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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Erik at 02:24 PM
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Malaysia,
Singapore
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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Erik at 04:05 PM
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Singapore
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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Jakarta,
Singapore
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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Erik at 10:56 PM
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Singapore
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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Erik at 02:16 AM
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Singapore,
Taipei