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February 23, 2005

A Fine City

DAY 488: Singapore, the island off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, was once a part of Malaysia. However, the former English colonial port seceded from Malaysia in 1965 and went their own way due to "creative differences;" apparently...

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Posted by Erik at 02:24 PM
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February 24, 2005

Uniquely Singapore

DAY 489: Singapore is a hodge-podge of other cultures -- Malay, Chinese, Indian, British -- all masked by a sleek façade of modernization. The city-state has often been criticized, even by its own people, of having no real Singaporean identity....

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Posted by Erik at 04:05 PM
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February 25, 2005

Friends From Little India to Indonesia

DAY 490: The city-state of Singapore is small enough that one can see all of its points-of-interest in just two or three days, and this being my third day in town, it was time to wrap things up before heading...

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Posted by Erik at 01:38 PM
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February 28, 2005

The Beginning Of The End

DAY 494 (4 days since last Singapore entry): Flying across the equator from Jakarta back to Singapore was just one leg in a long gradual journey back home. However, there were still ten days left until The Return To New...

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Posted by Erik at 10:56 PM
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March 01, 2005

The Day That Never Happened

DAY IN LIMBO: Remember this conversation in India from Day 386: Trinidad. Erik Trinidad.?: "Which way are you going?" [Bea from the Miami Ski Club] asked me [en route to Udaipur's Lake Palace]. "The way that you earn a day."...

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Posted by Erik at 02:16 AM
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