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Singapore – ENGINEERRUS

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Chinatown Shopping!

As soon as we arrived at the airport in Singapore, we realized we were in a country leaps and bounds ahead of India. It took until we were riding the MRT staring at the magazine across from us, Singapore’s subway system, to realize we were in a country that was also leaps and bounds ahead of the USA in many ways.

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SIN

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Drugs are bad

Couldn’t resist logging in from the super slick free internet access in the Singapore airport.

Off to go through customs where they will happily kill us for transporting drugs. (Which we will not do.)

Small World

Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Met someone who went to RPI for grad school today - graduated in Comp Sys the same year as Adam. His father owns the photo shop where we got visa photos printed this morning and couldn't stop gushing about how ... [Continue reading this entry]

And now for something completely different…

Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Mumbai is not India. There are not many cows in the street. Prices have doubled. There are hip bars. The sidewalks are walkable. Half of the women are wearing Western clothing. Sunday, we fly out of Mumbai to Singapore which ... [Continue reading this entry]

Settled In

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Adam's close shave From the content in Lonely Planet, one day should be plenty to see Jamnagar's three minor sights. In the six days we were in Jamnagar we saw each ... [Continue reading this entry]

Small Things

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Checking into our hotel in Jamnagar, we were pleasantly surprised to be offered a roll of toilet paper with our hotel room. We also don't have to take hot showers from a bucket! 9 days left in India. In the past ... [Continue reading this entry]

Midnight Safari

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
lioness in woods lion & lioness We had been sitting on the hilltop an hour without hearing a lion roar, and we were ... [Continue reading this entry]

A Warm Welcome to 2007

Monday, January 8th, 2007
In the past week, which we will probably detail later, we have: Stalked lions under a full moon Attended 2 days of an Indian Muslim wedding (in full traditional regalia for Cara) Gorged ourselves on street food and Gujarati thalis Survived several trips ... [Continue reading this entry]

Midnight Mass

Monday, January 8th, 2007
Party Central Both Indian and foreign revelers descend upon the small island of Diu for New Year's Eve. This old Portuguese settlement is covered with nice beaches, brightly painted buildings, and lots of ... [Continue reading this entry]