Thursday the 21st of October; A WARM WELCOME NOT TO EXPECT

Hard to get with public transport to Little India?! If you ever travelled a metro before it isn't. SIngapore is well developed, lights in the metro which tell you what side opens, everything in 4 languages, strange commercials about standing up for other people. Funny and much better organised that we Dutch do in Rotterdam. Took a long time in humid Singapore, after changing 2 times I was there....dirty humid little India. Some friends told me this is a police State; the fines are high and chewing gum is prohibited. But I don't see any of that strict ruled life here. Inncrowd was a good hostel to stay. Busy and with many nice people, most of them just starting their trip around Asia / Australia. Singapore is filled with smog and grey?! No, it seems that it is from the fires on Sumatra. One of my new temporary friends is Swiss Gabrielle, who gave me loads of good massages for free. Must admit, the first ones that reallly worked in a long time. And she told me I was pretty fucked up.

Friday the 22nd of October; THE TRIP TO MALAYSIA?

Early wake up, run to the bus station and try to find a bus to Malacca Malaysia. It was not so easy as in other Asian countries to arrange this last minute, so no trip to Malaysia today. A long stroll on my feet-killing Ballibongs along Marina Bay. Nothings changed in Singapore, still humid, hot and grey. A night in another hotel to experience more things in Little India. And if you want to have a good view of the city, why not sneak in into one of the highest offices in the city and go to the top? Easy business to avoid the security, and even the whole top floor to ourselves (a place with the most exclusive restaurants in the city). Thanks for the golden chopsticks :-) The SKypark Building was another evel of architecture, one of the nicest modern buildings I've seen. Here you can go inside for free, the viewdeck costs around 20 SDL and a night in the hotel costs 399 SDL +++. With a adrenaline rushing swimming pool 200 metres high on the 56th floor. Worth a try to get in???

Saturday the 23rd of October; BORING, SLEEPING AND ILIGHT FESTIVAL

Can't really remember what I did that day...whaaaa. Must be boring :-) The evening I went to Marina Bay...shit I'm thinking about my colleague Marina right now whahahaa ;-) The whole area is decorated with Light Artwork. Good night to practise some photography skills. I was on my own so not much to do at Saturday night. So I ended up in an open air theatre with some locals watching a real bad Malaysian horror movie...but the worst horror movies are quite funny.

Sunday the 24th of October; NEW FREINDS, NEW EXPLORING OF FAKE SINGAPORE

I didn't met that many locals last time in Indonesia so it's time to do that all over. Tai was a funny Indonesian girl living in KL. My temporary Singapore friend to explore the Singapore beachlife. Sentaso Island. A very touristy island with some too fake beaches. The view is even worse than at Hoek van Holland; many freight vessels and lots of industrie in the back ground. The ziplines suck and are expensive. The police is giving you fines for smoking on the street because they have nothing else to do. The Wavehouse offers big waves for a surf, try this? First win the lottery. This rollercoaster resortplace for fat lazy tourists, who want to travel in free trams to get 2 meters further, is shiiiiit! On the other side of SIngapore there should be a better island. Rain all the time, but let's go to Pulau Ubin. An exhausting trip in public transport, waiting at the ferry before we have 12 people to pay 2,50 SDL...no time scedule. Don't expect a nice sunset on white sanded beaches. It's an island that doesn't feel like Singapore; absolutely no development. Just riding around on a mountain bike, doing MTB tracks, loads of nature and cheap warungs in a small village where times stands. Finally we know where are those old yellow Heineken-crates are! :-) Sooo tired at the end, taking a 20 SDL taxi to go back to Little India. Yeah we crossed the country severeal times today in 1 hour, where can you do that and see several islands?! Coming back in Little India was freakin madness! Indians all over the place, crawling on the streets like ants. Thousands of them, fighting in a sale for mobile phones and shirts, big lines at the ATM's. I lost Tia, she is little so I had to look under the cars. After a sleep and a cooling shower we were reunited to go out...Clarke Quay whohooo. Booming, but not on Sunday. Drinks for 14 SDL wtf?! Corrupt bouncers and no crazy party.

Monday the 25th of October; CHINATOWN, CLARKE QUAY, COLONIAL DISTRICT...WEIRD YOGA STUDENTS AND RACING FERRARI'S

I missed my appointment so a lonely walk through Singapore. Colonial District, Clarke Quay again and anoying drunk people blocking my path in a dark tunnel. Chinatown for buying some camera updates. A cheap portable hard disk and walking down town again, approached by a so called yoga student. He had this weird trick with a note and he guessed all my answers correct. Quite good and he told me he could read my mind. Well, I already knew that there was a part coming about donations. He said one of my bad habits is being to open hearted. 'Well sorry dude, you know about my other bad habit?' I'm greedy! Hahaaaa, he asked me for a 100 SDL donation...he's completely loco! Let's see if you can read my mind right now...hahahaaaa. Mr Yoga was not happy, I could only laugh :-) A waste of time, it's better to check all the Porches, Lamborgini's and Ferrari's on the streets here. It doesn't matter that I missed the Singapore GP, because many people think the city is one big racing circuit all the time. Roaring engines from tuned cars echo between the skyscrapers. I met Polaroid Tai again, it seems that many Asians like making Polaroids and I must admit that it's a damn good way to meet people. I already made new friends agian. Jesper and Fiona, 2 cool Dutchies. Tasty food at a hawkerplace in Little India. My ass is starting to hurt with all that tasty spicy food :-) Ozzie tourguide Goerge was the other laidback character that joined us. Cute Fiona and I talked and had many laughs till deep in the night. Again I was more active during the night than the staff buing busy with their work :-)

Tuesday the 26th of October; SHOPPING ORCHARD, BOTANICAL SPEEDVISIT, THE RUSH TO THE SKYPARK

After a night of Changs I felt different and dizzy. Maybe because I slept for only a few hours and it's even more hot and humid than last week. Shower and eat were a good remedy. Fiona was sick enough for a doctors visit so I waited. Jesper came back from his work so we walked to Orchard Rd for some of the world famous shopping area's. Dozens of Super Malls with all the same stores. You think the Malls are huge? Take a look underground. Many basement floors filled with even more shops! The city is much bigger underground, and cooler as well. Don't stay underground too long Vince, you will have Airconfever again. It was getting late, but just in time for a short visit at the Botanical Garden at Holland Rd, with Dutch swans, nostalgic! Fiona and I wanted to see the sunset on top of the Skypark Sands Hotel...it was already past 6pm. Taxi got stuck in traffic, MRT was fast but didn't bring us where we wanted. Still a long walk to get there. We saw the sunset, but not from the roof. After paying 20 SDL for a 5 minute visit to the viewdeck we finally enjoyed the moment. It was worth it. Darkness and a colorful lighted city. No time to try to get into that adrenaline 200mtr high pool. Ok, just jump into the elevator again to fly 56 floors down with the speed of light. A cab and a kiss, it was short but very funny friendship :-) I even waited longer on my Murtabak at the Indianplace with Jesper than I spend time on the roof...LOL. I missed the kick-scooter trip from Inncrowd (AGAIN) so spend some time with the hilarious Thai/Chinese sisters from Inncrowd, showing my imumesystem for very spicy chili peppers. SOme of the others couldn't stop sweating and crying hahahaaaa.

Wednesday the 27th of October; IT'S OVER...ASIA GOODBYE...A WONDELFUL YEAR WITH UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES

The last day in Asia, last day in humid heat, last day ? Fucking enjoy it dude! Walking around dizzy after a few Chang beers. After walking a while looking for some food it seemed that I was in a 'different' area. Many times I was approached by horny hores asking me for all sorts of sex. The hotels in this cosy neighbourhood had also unusual names like 'Gay Heaven' with special rates for an hour, night rates and more. There was a new sort of karaoke for me...Sex Karaoke. The name of the street? Geylang Road. Later that day my Thai/Chinese friend told me this is the red light district of Singapore. After some spicy stuff (no sex, just food) I discovered I forgot my EZ-Card for the bus. What do you do then? Just stop the most expensive car on the street, knock on his window and ask the Chinese businessman if he's going into the direction of Little India. So there you are, speeding and racing through the streets of Singapore in a fast Aston Martin VROOOOOOEM!!! It was a last day to remember, also all the compliments from the Asian girls (it's true, they like Europeans)...many thanks for making my ego just a little bit too big :-) A long train trip to Changi Airport, no they didn't want to send my bag to London, only to Amsterdam. So no chance for a stopover at my friends there. Just spend some time on the airport with some girls from FInland and shopping. The flight was nice and easy most of the time. Scottish Anna was good company next to me. The rum and Coke was tasty, the nuts chips and chocolate was gone before reaching the highest point in the flight. Movie madness and Anna and I were almost ready to kill the screaming baby in front of us! That annoying creature from hell was trying to break the world record by screaming at least 6 hours of all 13.5.

Asia...I loved it. I will visit it again some day... BUT THIS IS NOT THE END OF MY TRIP!!!