Selamat tengah hari!In our last week in Mumbai, we found out more than ever, that India is a very manic place, and Mumbai is the most manic place in India! This coupled with trying to sort out all sorts of things that would have been hard for us in our own country, we had a very stressful last week! We were up late the night before we were due to fly to Singapore, going in and out of internet cafe's, our shipping agents' office, and trying to courier documents back home. Basically our bank refused to let us transfer any money unless we actually went into a branch in the UK which was obviously not possible! Thanks to our great parent agents back home, we were able to sort it out though and we managed to fit in a fine curry on our last night.
So we waved goodbye to Indian roads, Indian driving, dirt, taxis (that you can't fit into!), smells and got on our lovely Singapore Air plane. Arriving in Singapore from India must be one of the biggest contrasts ever! We were amazed by what felt like the smoothest roads, most courteous driving, cleanest streets, and fanciest buildings we had ever seen! Our hotel was in the 'red light' district as that is where the cheapest hotels are and many locals seem to think it is a terrible area, but we found it to be quite pleasant with the coolest eating scene in Singapore.
Singapore is all about shopping, and although we tried our best not to we came away with a few bits and bobs and...a video camera, so that's cool! Lovely city to wander round anyway, being so clean and quiet with heaps of classy waterside restaurants and bars lining the river and coast. We only spent one day there though before we shot of to our tropical island paradise of Pulau Tioman in Malaysia. Here we stayed for 9 days, and really became complete beach bums! It was very beautiful indeed and a lovely strip of sand with clear bright turquoise water and silky soft sand. Lovely - we felt like we deserved it! With out making you go emerald green with envy,
Simon went scuba diving down to an old wreck which was particularly exciting as we had bought a big triple set of famous five books, and had just been reading about the five looking for treasure on their wreck! He couldn't wait to get back to tell Rhona who was quite happy sunbathing. We stayed in a wooden chalet (shack) right on the beach, and it was just one step down onto the sand.
Back in Singapore, we are just counting down the hours until our
flight leaves early in the morning, and that is where we are now, so we see you then!
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