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April 30, 2005Real divers like WaterDiving was such a unique experience for each of us that we though we'd each write our own blog. Some of this entry is repetitive so you can skip it if you want but I needed to write my own...Read this update April 27, 2005In Over Our Heads in TiomanPulau Tioman (Pulau meaning “island” in Malay) is a large forested island off the east coast of southern Malaysia. I first heard about it while watching a show on the National Geographic channel which featured a herpetologist who took a...Read this update April 23, 2005Concrete Jungle ContinuedAfter further discussion, we decided 3 days was not enough time in Singapore so we booked another 2 free nights at the Holiday Inn, but this time we booked the Holiday Inn Parkview on Orchard Road (it hadn't been available...Read this update April 21, 2005Concrete JungleMy preconceptions about Singapore were that it was a small island full of tall buildings with all these robot-like people that never jaywalk or chew gum. In fact, Singapore is nearly 1000 sq km and when we first crossed the...Read this update April 15, 2005MelakaMelaka is perhaps the most famous trading port you’ve never heard of. Its prominence in the 15th and 16th centuries was legendary and according to that guy who wrote 1421: the Year China Discovered America, it was where Columbus stole...Read this update April 10, 2005The World's Tallest TowersWhen we first decided to go to Malaysia my first thought was "Cool, we can see the world's tallest building, the Petronas Towers". I have been fascinated by tall buildings ever since I read the Guinness Book of World Records...Read this update April 07, 2005PenangOn to Pulau Penang, the oldest British settlement on the peninsula - major city Georgetown: Georgetown is basically a huge Chinatown on an island. OK, so there's a Little India too, but that's just a Little India in Chinatown. On...Read this update April 05, 2005Duty Free ZoneIt might be hard for some of you to understand, but we were beginning to tire with all the beaches and hot weather and suddenly here we were in Malaysia and our first stop was a beach. We were on...Read this update April 03, 2005Heading SouthWe left Pak Meng with no solid idea of where we were going, but determined to head south. With our Thai visas running out in 5 days we knew we couldn't stay anywhere for long and we also both felt...Read this update April 01, 2005Underwater photosAs promised, here are the underwater photos that our snorkeling tour guide Amaru burned onto a CD for us. All of them except the dolphin were taken during other trips by another guide, Marcus. But anyway, here are some of...Read this update |
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