Singapore: Round 2
I suspected that Singapore was going to be a breeze considering it was, after all, my second trip there and Malaysia has a certain craziness that doesn't exist in Singapore. Unfortunately, Charles and I fell on some hard times in Singapore. Most notably, after enjoying a delicious Indian lunch in KL we both suffered in Singapore from various stomach-related illnesses. The situation was worsened by an absolutely brutal experience at the border crossing between Singapore and Johor Bahru which landed us about 4.5 hours late in Singapore.
Singapore is an amazing city, though. But, we felt as though we missed a lot of the city's charm because we were both under the weather. Ray, as always, was an amazing host. We had a few delicious meals along the water together and drank some of Chuckie's cosmos at Ray's apartment. We also got a tour of Ray's lab in Singapore where he works for The Diabetes Group and is working with human embryonic stem cells. His boss is the dude who cloned Dolly (unfortunately he was out to lunch when we had our tour). It was really interesting to hang out with a bunch of uber-intelligent / educated peeps (yes, they all had a PhD) who left their respective countries in favour of Singapore, a highly funded and liberal scientific community.
Last night, Charles and I headed out to the night safari, which was not to be missed. It was a lot of fun actually, despite the fact that we were both still feeling under the weather. Our night ended badly, though, when Charles had his wallet stolen. We searched the park at midnight (it being a *night* safari and all) to no avail. At home, Ray spent another worried night wondering what was wrong with the two of us who couldn't seem to keep ourselves out of trouble.
Right now I am writing from the airport in Johor Bahru, where we are waiting to catch our flight to Kota Kinabalu the main city in Sabah on Malaysian Borneo. We have planned out our last 8 days in Malaysia, which will hopefully include a stop at turtle island, Pulau Tiga (where Survivor 1 happened) and the Sepilok Orangutan Reserve...
Singapore is an amazing city, though. But, we felt as though we missed a lot of the city's charm because we were both under the weather. Ray, as always, was an amazing host. We had a few delicious meals along the water together and drank some of Chuckie's cosmos at Ray's apartment. We also got a tour of Ray's lab in Singapore where he works for The Diabetes Group and is working with human embryonic stem cells. His boss is the dude who cloned Dolly (unfortunately he was out to lunch when we had our tour). It was really interesting to hang out with a bunch of uber-intelligent / educated peeps (yes, they all had a PhD) who left their respective countries in favour of Singapore, a highly funded and liberal scientific community.
Last night, Charles and I headed out to the night safari, which was not to be missed. It was a lot of fun actually, despite the fact that we were both still feeling under the weather. Our night ended badly, though, when Charles had his wallet stolen. We searched the park at midnight (it being a *night* safari and all) to no avail. At home, Ray spent another worried night wondering what was wrong with the two of us who couldn't seem to keep ourselves out of trouble.
Right now I am writing from the airport in Johor Bahru, where we are waiting to catch our flight to Kota Kinabalu the main city in Sabah on Malaysian Borneo. We have planned out our last 8 days in Malaysia, which will hopefully include a stop at turtle island, Pulau Tiga (where Survivor 1 happened) and the Sepilok Orangutan Reserve...
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