Author: Craig
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Runny Eggs & the Night Zoo (ok, Night Safari, but I wanted to make a Night Court reference)
As a very cautious dip of a toe into Singaporean cuisine, I tried the traditional breakfast – Toast with coconut jam, very runny eggs with white pepper & soy sauce, and coffee with condensed milk.Did this at a food court so that if I hated it, I wouldn’t be observed by the people who made…
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A Quiet Day With Fountains
I had a vague plan to go to the Night Safari this evening, but by around midday I noticed that I felt a bit … off … so flagged that idea in favour of a more relaxed day. And I’m happy with how it turned out. I’d headed out to get a lunch of some…
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More Rain, More Gardens, And Some Clouds
A bit of a slow start, but that seems to be a feature these days. I was eventually driven out of bed by a message from the hotel asking if I wanted my room tidied up today, so I had to get all of the crap I was storing next to my bed out of…
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What A Lot Of Rain
It was a good day, even though it didn’t go to plan, and I suspect had some of my favourite moments of the trip so far;
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A Wander Through History
Chatted with a friend over FB Messenger this morning; I set myself up in the ‘laundromat’ area outside my room, which looks like it’s supposed to be a secondary common space, but mostly seems to be a space people walk through. Sometime during that conversation a couple of identical emails arrived from the Vietnamese Immigration…
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Merlions and Conversations and Meals, Oh My?
Yeah, not my best work, but once I saw the Merlion bit I couldn’t think of anything else.
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Wandering Around
Today was a designated don’t do much day. About my only goal was to get out of the hotel, and I managed that.
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Fiji to Singapore
Slept pretty well, though maybe the poolside beer helped a little with that? I did, of course, wake up early & not really get back to sleep, but that seems to be a thing with travel days.Packing up didn’t take long; I’ve almost got a system for flying days, which is mostly “meds & anything…
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Auckland to Fiji
There’s a bunch I could write about travel planning, and anxiety about travelling, and the things that haven’t gone right so far, but I wanted to write something positive. Maybe I’ll put something in later, backdated to provide the seamless blogging experience you’ve come to expect.