Hello from Singapore... Ahh!It seems like the exahustion of the past month(s) has fallen on me. We arrived in singapore and we had 4 free hours as we waited for shab (he is housing us :) ) to get home and go have dinner. The best idea I came up to was to lay in the bed and relax,while miquel wanted to go out...this clearly shows that im not well, im exhausted. We just stayed at home... I was meant to sleep but ended up spending the 4 hours watching my first cds from cambodia, namely six feet under which is great! Then instead of going out i ended up going to bed...that was my first night in singapore, very very very intrseting as you can see.

At least today we headed to little india and to Arab street....what can I say about this city. I guess that its the cleanest of all asia, you cant spit in the floor,you cant throw gum in the floor. Everything is controlled, actually you cant even cross the streets if there is a red light...freaky! They are quite serious about everything. In my entry slip it clearly sais that anybody dealing with drugs will be threaten to death....scarry. Anyhow this country which is as big as a city, and a small island is a cosmopolitan mix of arab,indian,chinese and i guess singaporean people. Its strange how things change from one street to the other as you move from little india to the arab part... When we arrived at the airport i was dunted by the hard task of looking for Shab. The description i got was "Look for an indian guy". Alright...the airport was full of indian people. So then I was told " he looks brasilian"...how in earth is an indian/brasilian guy meant to look? Well finally he appeared and we found him due to his real madrid tshirt (bad choice of clothing for the day..!!). Did I even mention that we flew for two hours from Bangkok to Singapore on a 747, and we even got first row sits :D Awesome... Apparently the 747 was doing Hong Kong,Bangkok,Singapore,Hong Kong...seems like its a very famous route cuz it was full.

We went for dinner at McDonalds at 8pm and this is the awkward thing about singapore. Mcdonalds at 8pm is full of kids with their school uniforms. Wouldnt you expect kids to go home?No, it turns out that afterschool they just go to mcdonals and study study study and study. And indeed, thats what they were doing, books and notebooks open and studing. Awkward! I went to a place full of electronics today to ask how much a Nikon SLR would cost as im quite intrested in one. Well the service was shit,but the prices great...so it seems that i might come back to singapore soon for a good SLR camera, who knows! They were seriously cheap compared to europe.

Malaysia is right here and you can get there by bus car by crossing a bridge. So the bus we took today from the center to our house had a sign saying that you must have your pasport with you if you go to a certain stop. Quite funny to have a city that is a country and to see signs that tell you to carry your passport. There seems to be quite a lot of people that live in Malysia and cross the border everyday to come to work here or study....how fun can that be.

Thats all for now folks :D

Still waiting in the airport. Was ment to edit my previous post, but how am i meant to do it if the entire blogger is in Thai?Its hard to understand what it sais so ill just create a new post... Really want to get to Singapore, and get some sleep. As always didnt have too much last nite as im flying today... I tried reading my book and im still wondering why everybody loves so much Life of Pi, i dont find the magic in it and im almost finishing it by now...

Actually we got to the airport so early.But it doesnt matter im in the lounge with my free food and internet (which ill soon miss :( ) This airport is immense and it took us a while to find our lounge. Walking distance in this airport are crazy. It surely is a nice,huge,full of shopps and modern airport but you should get free wheel chairs to move around. Last time i was here it took me ages as well. An airport definatively not reccommended for elderly, unless they want to do their last marathon....

We finally left KoSanRoad behind and all the backpackers. Grr!It was cozy being with backpackers and all organized for backpackers. But it kind of drove me nuts as well...specially when you see so many on their party/drinking holiday, which i dont specially like.

Did i ever mention that the last day in Cambodia we were "forced" to go with our backpacks on motrobikes since the minibus wasnt showing up...after having told everybody during the trip that i did not like motorbikes i was forced to get into one not to miss our bus. And woho it was quite cool. Although i must admit that i told the driver to go slowly and he was going slowly saying "no worry..i see its frist time on motrobike..." wasnt first time,but it was in Cambodia and that is soemthing else... So fine, my next South East Asia trip will involve more travels on motorbikes.

Oh! Very intresting in cambodia everything goes with Dollars. The bank would not change 100 dollar bill notes. They would only accpet the 50 and 20 dollar ones. Basically 4,000 riel is 1 dolla. So 1,000 is 25 cents. Prices are generally quoted in dollars and you pay in dollars and then the small things or the cents parts are payed in Riel! Strange but true..we were astonished at the beggining when a big bank did not want our 100 dollar notes.

Also all our buses were always from Korea..and here comes the worst, everysingle bus ride in cambodia had a tv. A tv where they would put a karaoke super loud cambodia cd.. 7 hours of full volumue karaoke can drive you nuts, even if you have your mp3 at maximum volume. We did sing for 3 minutes while cambodia people in the bus glanzed at us and smiled..and then came the rest of the hours trying to avoid the karaoke... At least most of the buses in cambodia had AC,something that lacked in Laos...

And in case you travel this part of the world, be aware. Night buses seem not to exist in this country..so whether you want it or not you will be forced to travel by day and waste your time from place to place...

And once you come from Cambodia and Laos..make sure you have some money left for your arrival in Bangkok cuz Thailand will feel extremly expensive!!! What i spend in Laos in 5 days was spend it thailand in 2.5 days..horrible :( And in laos i got so much more out of the money....

Food in laos is cheaper than cambodia...but transport is all monopolized and thus prices sky rock...

Cheapest room ive been to 50 cents (dollars) per night per person in Don Det.
Cheapest internet 25 cents (dollars) per 1 hour of internet
Cheapest visa thailand -->Free!
Most beautifull place --> impossible to decide..
Food that i have eaten the most --> (it was quite full of western food everywhere) but definatively had too many banana/pinapple shakes and panckakes...and got a bit fed up of fried rice.
Most relaxed people to talk to --> the monks, cuz they understand you quite well and are very friendly...and Rural people who just want to say Hi and Smile.
Most beautifull country --> Laos! Tranquil...a place where a smile and a sabaidi will get you very far...bargaining exists, but nothing too hardcore. Maybe they have just boosted prices by 2 dollars. Unlike in thailand where they go ahead and triple prices. hey, im serious even didac now thinks Laos is better than Cambodia.... :)
Annoying tourists --> Keep away from big groups of english tourists that are dressed like they are going to a disco while they are in the middle of the mountains.... And be carefull with the big patriotic israeli travelers. Also be aware of those that buy all their travel clothing in a high trend shop (catala:rollo,coronel tapioca) in their country before leaving. They will be wearing a t shirt that costed them 40 euros while they could buy it all in the local country for 2 dollars. You can easily spot them, they are acting like showoffs and being mad at everybody and everything.
Souvenier not to forget --> Photocopied books that look bran new,cds,dvds, and then all the wooden things like buddhas that might break on the way home (i didnt get any woho!) etc... Oh, bracelets and scarfs.... and most important a fewT shirts with the brand of local beer and to compensate for your layed back holiday and keeping in mind that you do have a job or job interviews when you are back dont forget to get your own tailor made suit in Bangkok... :)
Next destination --> Happy I did not go to Northern Laos and Myanmar so that I have a reason to be back :)

p.s. when you go to bed if you decide to rely on your friend to put an alarmclock i suggest you check that the alarm clock is set at the correct time. For instance 00:30 rather than 12:30!! Also make sure that your room has at least a fan unless you want to die in the middle of the night.

Didac and Anna are gone to catch the qantas flight that comes from sydney and goes to London and then barecelona...we have one night left ...Then heading to singapore. Last time i was there i was 6 so long long long time ago!! Really looking forwards to the cosmopolitan city where people cant even spit or through gum in the street...waiting for a big big change!!

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Hello from bangkok...cant believe we are here. Finally in a city that appears in the weather news in Cnn and BBC...finally in the hub of south east asia... It feels awkward to be here and have crossed the border. We have had a 7 hour trip. The border crossing took 1.5 hour but we finally made it. ONce we crossed i thought i was in another planet..it seemed like we were in a first world country. ANd that is mainly cuz the road from Battambang to Poipet (cambodian border city near thailand) was an awfull road. After crossing we took a miniban and the highway was amazing....all paved!!! No dust!! No crazy driving!!!no honing! Finally after 4 hours we entered this imense city. It seemed as if we were entering barcelona. Full of highways lights, lights in the highway!! And huge adds....Its hard to believe that Laos and Cambodia are sooo close and yet sooo different. That we have "left" all those people behind and those cities...just awkward. Specially awkward since we are in KohSanRoad the backpacker sanctuary of Thailand. This is a street made for backpackers. I think thats all ive seen since i have arrived in this area...in a way really horrible. Its like vang vieng in Laos or Lake side in Phom Penh cambodia....

IN our last nightin battambang we went to see a pagoda...it was closed but full of monks who were looking at them. We ended up sitting with them and chating with them for a good 30 minutes..they were so nice and open..some were really shy..just wanted to practice their english. They told us to join them in their praying so we were invited into the temple to see how they preid....

Tommorrow a day of shopping and to urism in bangkok and then heading to singapore!!!! I so want to go back to cambodia and laos..but i know that when time comes to choose a destination i always choose a place that i havent been :(

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...And now already in Battambang...Yeah, havent updated for while.We have been in Siem Reap for 3 nights... We were forced to buy a 3 day ticket to see Angkor. They have a 1,3 or 7 day ticket. 7 was clearly too much and 1 clearly too little...so no option. We saw Angkor during two days...Both waking up very early. Specially the second night when the electricity went off and the fan stoped working. I was awake by 5 and rumbling around the city till5:45 when my tuck tuk come to pick me up to see angkor. The heat was trully horrible...the sauna got worst everyday that passed by...Angkor was really nice. Very huge. The first day we went to visit some temples far away by tuck tuck. We spend from 6 am till 1pm in various temples...leaving us trully exhausted. We had to climb up a few and it was hotttt...The second day we visited the famous Angkor Wat . Lazy Anna and I went there by tuck tuck....sportive miquel and didac rented bikes...And biked for 7 hours!! We amazingly met in quite a few temples...! The people from our hostel were very nice..it was like a student flat. There were like 10 young tuk tuk drivers living there...And they took care of everything and had their night joints and watched tv. I was watching a soccer game last nite withe them and Miquel..quite amussing.

Angkor was also full of tourists,but less than i expected. I reallyliked the trees that were entretwained in the rocks...the ruins were quite nice. If anybody goes i specially recommened the Byon and Angkor Wat as the two must see...Pictures to come up soon!

I officially have a record number of pictures...so whoever wants to watch them better be patient.Tommorrow destination is Bangkok...to do a last visit and get ready to catch a plane to Singapore.

They say the boat trip from Siem Reap to Battambang is one of the most beautifull of the country. But we came here by bus...thourh a road that took a while to get through...buah!Horrible...Next time must take the boat!