Museums, Kite Festival, and Night Safari — another day touring around Singapore

Museums, Kite Festival, and Night Safari — another day touring around Singapore

I woke up Sunday, refreshed and ready for another packed day of touring to see the sites.  If you happened to read my previous post, you'll recall that I forgot my sunscreen at home (amateur move, but hey, it was my time out during the day--rather than night--when you really feel the heat of the tropics).  I wasn't going to let that stop me from taking advantage of my day off from project work, though, so I decided to hit up a few museums. First, I took the MRT from my hotel over to the … [Read more...]

Day 1 – Singapore to Yogyakarta, Indonesia

I departed Singapore last Friday (Sep 6).  At my employer, I turned in my laptop and company credit card.  At my hotel, I piled up my work clothes in my room with a note -- "I no longer need these clothes; please feel free to keep, donate, or throw out."  I took breakfast for the last time in my hotel, grabbing a newspaper to get the latest update on the Syria situation and reading about the flooding that had occured yesterday in northern Singapore (away from but not far from where I was staying … [Read more...]