Singapore- Good for the food baby!
Arrived safely to Asia sans checked bag thanks to Phillipine Airlines! Luckily, I had some "emergency medication" that I absolutely needed from my bag; magically the bag then appeared at the hotel 2 days later :D Three whirl wind days in Singapore = lots of eating yummy Singaporean food!
Memorable moments:
1. Fish spas: You sit with your feet in a tank and the fish "feed" off of the dead skin on your feet. It was the oddest thing I have ever experienced, although I highly recommend that everyone should at least try it once, kind of tickles
2. Kevin spitting: Yup Kevin broke the law and spit right after which he realized what he had just done and nearly crapped himself. No joke. It was awesome.
3. Casinos do not allow people in wearing tank tops, shorts and flip-flops. Check, check and check, thanks to me we couldn't get into the casino, oopsies! Although there is a super sweet looking casino that is three buildings and a boat that sits on the roofs and connects the buildings together, check out the pics!
4. London Eye, or is it Singapore Eye? Giant ferris wheel that goes reaalllllly realllllyy slow but you can see the whole city on it.
5. Being yelled at by the locals for not knowing that its ok to drink on the street because they thought I was Singaporean.
Sipadan, Malaysia = SipaWOW!
Travelling to Sipadan is definitely tricky. We caught a flight to Kuala Lumpur, then another flight to Tawau and finally an hour and half car ride to Semporna. The next day we took a boat to Mapul; this is the island that people stay on when visiting Sipadan since people are not allowed to stay on Sipadan island. Mapul itself was absolutely amazing, the water was so clear you can see to the bottom in the shallow parts. Sadly the locals are polluting the water and after a rainstorm you can see the plastic bottles, bags, etc floating in the water. I HIGHLY recommend the place we stayed at Sipadan.com, the people were extremely friendly and the dive masters were awesome! Since the shower there was outdoors and drained directly into the ocean, I spent 3 days not showering with shampoo and soap out of principle, I smelled delicious! (Eric will be proud of my tree hugger ways!)
The diving in that part of the world was by far THE BEST I have ever seen. Some highlights include: TONS of turtles, white tip reef sharks, beautiful coral, cuttle fish, sting ray, a HUGE school (it looked like a wall) of jack fish that you can swim through, another HUGE school of barracuda that you shouldn't swim through, and a FLAMBOYANT CUTTLEFISH! these fish apparently are the rearest to see when diving, many of the dive masters there with hundreds of dives have never seen one. When it got aggravated with us the FC walked along the bottom of the ocean floor and was changing colors, it was unbelievable. Photos to follow.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Travelling Part Deux
Yay! It's that time of the year again, time to hit the old dusty trail! :D Since I am unemployed until mid-September I figured the best use of my time and money was to go travelling! The agenda so far is as follows:
June 15-30: 3 days in Singapore, then 5 days diving in Sipadan, 3 days in Ho Chi Minh, 2 days in Siem Reap. This should be an awesome trip minus the fact that I'm going to be travelling with the brothers (Kevin and Neal) and Kevin's friend Chris and Akari (Akari's there for only 4 days). So basically it's going to be the guys getting drunk and me being like "aw come on guys, really? what did you eat?!" Ah, good times had by all.
July 2-30: Belize. I'm doing an MBA's Without Borders project there (yes, MBAs have hearts too, not just doctors!). I'm super excited about this project since it'll be working with 3 other people who are also going to be working for the same company in the fall. As per usual, I'm not sure what the details of the project are but will update when I figure it out!
August 1-16: Solo travelling in Central America!!! YAY!! Um yeah, that's the extent of that travelling, I was thinking of Nicaragua but then my brain started hurting from any more planning than that so I guess I will figure this portion out when I'm in Belize.
August 16-25: Los Angeles! Yes it's the most exotic place ever! You can see all sorts of creatures with crazy botox :D Actually the girls are coming into town for a fun filled week! Can't wait to see everyone!!!!! It's been too long!
August 25-early Sept: I'm still trying to figure out whether it will be Croatia or Machu Picchu
Early Sept - when my life is handed over to the man: Barcelona! Yep, I've never been to Spain before. Yes it's embarassing, but this will soon be rectified! Also, let's hope that Greece continues to suck so I can go to Barcelona and be the rich American!
So here's a preview of what's to come. I met an old, white guy (yes I am still specifying his race Chase, deal with it), let's just call him "Uncle Ray" who was telling me about how he was going to the Phillipines to meet his fiance. It turns out it was actually just his pen-pal who he was hoping was going to become his fiance on this trip out. That's when I graciously backed out of the conversation. Lucky for me though, he ended up sitting next to me for an AMAZING 14 hour flight where I was stuck between him and another big old guy (note to self, check in online before hand to get a window or aisle seat). First he sits down and was like "hey didn't I meet you in line? you can't imagine how much I had to bribe the ticket people to seat me next to you". Yup, he managed to out-creep himself. So during the flight the attendant had Ray reach over to wake me up for a meal to which he replied "I know she's beautiful, but she's not my wife", imagine waking up to hearing that?! I proceeded to vomit into a paper bag. Again, Ray, you've out-creeped yourself, bravo! Just to up the ante, other fat guy on the other side of me started asking me about whether I had a boyfriend or not and how he would love to introduce me to his daugher, yes daughter. Riiiight. It was a happy flight for sure!
That's all for now! I'm going to try to soak myself in bleach to wash the creep off my skin.
June 15-30: 3 days in Singapore, then 5 days diving in Sipadan, 3 days in Ho Chi Minh, 2 days in Siem Reap. This should be an awesome trip minus the fact that I'm going to be travelling with the brothers (Kevin and Neal) and Kevin's friend Chris and Akari (Akari's there for only 4 days). So basically it's going to be the guys getting drunk and me being like "aw come on guys, really? what did you eat?!" Ah, good times had by all.
July 2-30: Belize. I'm doing an MBA's Without Borders project there (yes, MBAs have hearts too, not just doctors!). I'm super excited about this project since it'll be working with 3 other people who are also going to be working for the same company in the fall. As per usual, I'm not sure what the details of the project are but will update when I figure it out!
August 1-16: Solo travelling in Central America!!! YAY!! Um yeah, that's the extent of that travelling, I was thinking of Nicaragua but then my brain started hurting from any more planning than that so I guess I will figure this portion out when I'm in Belize.
August 16-25: Los Angeles! Yes it's the most exotic place ever! You can see all sorts of creatures with crazy botox :D Actually the girls are coming into town for a fun filled week! Can't wait to see everyone!!!!! It's been too long!
August 25-early Sept: I'm still trying to figure out whether it will be Croatia or Machu Picchu
Early Sept - when my life is handed over to the man: Barcelona! Yep, I've never been to Spain before. Yes it's embarassing, but this will soon be rectified! Also, let's hope that Greece continues to suck so I can go to Barcelona and be the rich American!
So here's a preview of what's to come. I met an old, white guy (yes I am still specifying his race Chase, deal with it), let's just call him "Uncle Ray" who was telling me about how he was going to the Phillipines to meet his fiance. It turns out it was actually just his pen-pal who he was hoping was going to become his fiance on this trip out. That's when I graciously backed out of the conversation. Lucky for me though, he ended up sitting next to me for an AMAZING 14 hour flight where I was stuck between him and another big old guy (note to self, check in online before hand to get a window or aisle seat). First he sits down and was like "hey didn't I meet you in line? you can't imagine how much I had to bribe the ticket people to seat me next to you". Yup, he managed to out-creep himself. So during the flight the attendant had Ray reach over to wake me up for a meal to which he replied "I know she's beautiful, but she's not my wife", imagine waking up to hearing that?! I proceeded to vomit into a paper bag. Again, Ray, you've out-creeped yourself, bravo! Just to up the ante, other fat guy on the other side of me started asking me about whether I had a boyfriend or not and how he would love to introduce me to his daugher, yes daughter. Riiiight. It was a happy flight for sure!
That's all for now! I'm going to try to soak myself in bleach to wash the creep off my skin.
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