One of the best things about living in Singapore is how easy it is to get to someplace else from Singapore. I look at maps periodically and tick off places I'd like to go, and look at how to get there. It astounds me, even now, two months in, that I live so close to places that always sounded so foreign to me.
This past weekend, I took of for a couple of days to one of those very foreign sounding places. Saturday morning saw me at the airport at 6:30 to meet the nine other people with whom I'd be traveling to Jakarta. I had met a couple of the others before, but for the most part it was a new set of people for me. Luckily for me, it was an interesting, funny group and we had a good time.
Not a weekend for learning the city, but a good time for a bit of wandering, a lot of playing and shopping, a lovely massage, and a crazy cab driver. All in all, a lovely weekend away.
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| The empty lane there is a bus-only lane |
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| Looking down from the top floor in a shopping mall. Lots of, "Hey lady! You like, you buy!" Hard to explain that, no, I really don't want to buy |
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| This does not even begin to show the traffic |
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| This gives a slightly more representative picture. We were walking along the roadway - two tall, western females. Lots of calls and shouts... |
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| We took a bajaj from the shopping center to the hotel - great driver... |
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| ...cramped space! |
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| At the nightclub |
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| ...in a different life from the one I lead. |
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