Day 145

Location: Port Spot in HCMC

It’s winding down soon. Since Cambodia I’ve been to Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia.

For a quick recap:

Thailand was full of shows. It being a very vast and diverse county, I definitely have to return to hit the other spots. I’m dying to go up North and way South of the country one day. I remember having a talk with a South African girl about a week she spent in a Thailand kickboxing camp there and that would be an awesome thing to try out in the future. So did the usual, went to an alligator show, Transvestite show, and the works. I must say, the Buddhist temples there were one of the best I’ve seen yet. Impressive.

Singapore–
It’s a puny city/state/country. The size of the whole country is only one-third of Ho Chi Minh City. Being so, I saw pretty much all it had to offer in like 2.5 days. I must say, it sure is a clean country. It was definitely noticeable after my time spent in other Southeast Asian countries thus far. The waters are beautiful, but too bad it’s pretty much a waste dump full of contamination. Oh yeah, it was also funny that my time there reminded me of this one time in Peru.

So I was walking down a hill near Lake Titicaca and I was in front of a Singaporean and her Peruvian tour guide. He was fascinated that she was from Singapore, asking her all sorts of questions. Then he finally asked, “How do you say ‘How are you?’ in Singapore?” To which she gave him a dumbfounded look then slowly said. “‘How are you” We speak English in Singapore.” It was fraking HI-LA-RI-OUS. Of course, I’m not that cultured, so I would’ve made the same mistake but sucks for that sucker to be the one caught with the stupid question.

Malaysia–
I really enjoyed the country. Spent my time here with good folks. Food wasn’t the biz to be honest but it was fun getting lost here. I did visit Genting and its casino and even won a whooping $10 USD! It would’ve been $50 but I didn’t know when to walk away. Yay for me learning Tai Sai, dice games are fun. It was the closest I could find to Craps. Shopping here wasn’t as awesome as many professed to me. The bargains were that great, and anything of particular quality was nearly expensive as the States. One thing I’ve learned from my travel experience. Anything of particular high value is actually probably cheaper in the States and better quality (e.g. Sporting goods like REAL Adidas, and electronics. They’re gravely expensive in the countries I’ve visited).

Well my time here is winding down soon. I’m spending my last few days in Vietnam then back to American soil. To the harsh, cruel reality of the adult world. Whoopee…

~ by kimtravels on February 24, 2009.