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Hi All
I am having the adventure of a life time. I arrived in Singapore at 4am on the 28th and then made my way to the hotel. I have to wait for my room till 7am or pay double.
After a power nap i started wandering round the many shops and Malls that the city has to offer. It is the cleanest city i have ever been to, but thats not surprising when you can be fined S$1000 for dropping a fag butt on the floor.
After wandering round i had a few drinks in the famous raffles hotel bar, i din't go for the Famous Singapore sling as it looked pre mixed and unnaturally pink!! So i had a long Island Ice tea and a Mai Tai.
I then headed for food and a few drinks at Chijmes.
The next day i got the bus accross the boarder and the real adventure has started. When i arrived in Johor Bahru (JB) I thought oh my god what have i let myself in for. It was fairly run down and i got hasstled by about 20 cab drivers offering me thir "TAXI" i realy dont understand why they all have to ask individually if i want a taxi whn i have just bloody turned the first 3 down....
I had a panic on when i went to get local currency from the cash point as even after the 3rd attempt my card was not recognised....i had $7 to my name, eventully i found a bank a got cash, i thne dodged the taxi mob and made my way to the station to make my booking on the overnight train to Kota Bahru (KB), that sorted i then asked the little newsagent to look after my bag for the day and i headed to the big airconed Mall. withing a few minutes i had made a new buddy a dutch guy. we hung around on and off all day.
Finally it was time to go to the station to get on the train, when a the station i saw only one other westerner. within minutes we were chatting and foundout we were both going to Kecil island. I told him i was going to meet Michelle at the lemon Grass and he was like no way!! the Mayalsian guys im chatting to one of thier brothers owns it!! well after a great trip on the train Olle and i ended up sharing a hut at Lemongrass....how cool is that
More news soon.......off to Penang
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