I called at the railway station, an old colonial building like something you imagine from the days of the Indian Raj. I wanted to buy a ticket for the overnight train tomorrow to Singapore. I decided to go as soon as possible to ensure that I had left enough time to queue in the doubtless… Read More »
Hungry again I got the monorail and the underground to have a look around the shopping area to see if there was a nice quiet local café to have a meal. However, there were lots of people shopping in huge gleaming shopping malls selling all the usual labels. There were indeed restaurants there but of… Read More »
I have left The Cameron Highlands behind and got a coach to KL. It took just over 4 hours and was only a quarter full. The scenery was unremarkable – a lot of palm trees and roadside shacks. On arrival at the bus station I decided not to take a taxi and to walk around… Read More »
Decided to go and have a look at the tea plantations today and signed up for a jungle trek. The plantations are extensive and our guide was an ecologist who knew all about tea and told us that, unlike wine grapes, there was only one type of tea plant – Camellia – and that the… Read More »
A lazy day today catching up with some sleep and took route 10 up into the mountains to see what I could see. It’s Ramadam so the restaurants are quiet until later in the day. Remarkably there is a Starbucks here but all other places are local and much busier! I had a lovely plateful… Read More »
I had enough time to go and have a look at the harbour side and I wanted to see Marina Bay Sands Hotel. I got the MRT underground to that part of the city and spent an hour trying not to spend any money then headed back to Little India and to Arab St. 10pm… Read More »
Arrived 2.5hrs late in Singapore last night after a delay caused by air traffic in Shanghai. God knows what they have to do with Nanjing but that’s what the captain told us. I rushed for the taxis and got one straight away to Emma’s house. Luckily she was still up and welcoming. This morning I… Read More »
What does it say about a company when on finishing your business you have to push a button to score the service level you have received from the employee and you realise that the highest you can possibly give is satisfactory. And what sort of organisation considers the ‘average’ customer service level to be less… Read More »
I’m not sure how I ended up having the Wuxi boys around for a meal – I think they might even have invited themselves. Anyway I cleaned the place up a bit and bought a load of vegetables (Brett is a veggie) and made an effort at veggie curry with coconut milk. There was a… Read More »
I needed a new bag as my other had broken in many places and is now unserviceable. My favourite bag shop is in Golden Bridge market near the train station so I decided to go up there to have a look at what they had in stock. Taking the metro as far as Hangzhongmen and… Read More »