Singapore & KL

Lobbed up to Singapore and Malaysia for the week - dropped off a bunch of meat pies to some Aussie friends in the MS Singapore office - only fare given the food experieinces I get in return. Singapore has great food. This trip I ventured out to Arab St. for some middle eastern and Malay food - awesome and only S$4 a meal (approx. USD$2) - crazy.

The Arab St. area is centered around the Sultan Mosque , it has lots of older style buildings mostly containing shops selling fabric, carpets, food and crafts. All up pretty interesting and only a $5 cab ride from town.



A couple of days in KL - I travelled with a guy who likens KL to Bedrock (Flinstones) with lots of seemingly hi-tech/modern stuff on the surface but if you peek behind the facade it is all run by 500 guys going hell for leather on a tread mill. Staying at a brand new Hilton insulates you from that so I am yet to form an opinion. Staying at a new Hilton also offers swimming opportunities, the best reason to travel to S-E Asia this time of year (Sydney is still 2 months away from swimming weather for me). I shared the pool with a couple of people including two women who swam in full burka's - seriously.

After days of laksa, beers, pigs feet, various forms of offal soup and some great Australia wine (link below) I headed back home to cheer on Mark (our builder) to finish our house in world record time!

http://www.voyagerestate.com.au/one/home.html