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Oggy, oggy, oggy!
Singapore Marathon day. Had I known far enough in advance, I’d have signed up. OK, I may have just gone for the 10k run that’s done alongside it, but I’d certainly have been up for it! The previous...
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Shopping perils – avoid Mobile Hut
I’ve been lucky. Being male and part Scottish, I’m incredibly tight with my money and will shop around like you won’t believe to make sure I don’t get ripped off. Sim Lim Square near the hostel, then,...
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Hard Rock and Four Floors of… erm… ladies
What a weird night. At around 11pm, Karen suggested a night out and we gathered a couple of people from the hostel and the bar next door. We got a free taxi as the chap gets a lot of custom from the...
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Catch up
OK, I’ve been “inactive” for a while so this’ll be a big catchup post! All the relevant pics are at FotoPic so please pop over there and check them out! Updated just before I left Kuala Lumpur on...
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Monasteries and music
A busy day this one. There was a tour organised by the hostel around the Lian Shan Shuang Monastery. This is the older Chinese Buddhist monastery in Singapore and has quite a history, a lot of it...
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Moving on to Malaysia
Following on from the previous post, I woke for about the 8th time when Karen was leaving after finishing her night shift. She’s one person I’m really going to miss from Singapore – an utterly...
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Tip – Obtaining a Vietnamese visa in Singapore
I had a very slight runaround and got some good information while I was doing this, so thought I might as well pop the info up here as I can’t find anything as specific elsewhere online. Please note...
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Ahhhh… back in the Lion City
After a fairly uneventful flight that reminded me more of The Big One at Blackpool pleasure beach than floating gently on a cloud (not the pilot’s fault, flipping turbulence), I landed for the third...
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Chà o Hà Nội
Yeah, back here again after a restful couple of days in Singapore. A quick catch-up as it really was restful: I lazed around the hostel, updating blogs and emailing people. Went on the walk around...
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Katie & Ben’s wedding – Koh Samui
Sadly, I couldn’t get to the wedding because of work commitments… but Katie and Ben almost didn’t make it either! Due to a handful of incidents involving forgotten cases, volcanoes, monsoons and bad...
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