Tanah Rata

Okay bring charged by the minute, so...
We went from Singapore to KL and just stayed the night there. Saw the twin towers and had a meal and then got the heck out of there. We are so done with cities. So now we are in a town very similar to Aqua Calientes in Peru and staying at a cool bungalow just outside of town. It is quiet here with lots of flowers and we can walk into town in five minutes. It used to be a British military hospital. So that is really nice. We are planning on staying here for three nights and doing tours and hikes during the day. Tea plantations, strawberry farms !!!, temples in the mountains etc.
Next we are going to go to Perentian Kecil; an island on the east coast of Malaysia and hang out in the water and go snorkelling. Cool huh?

So that is what I am up to.

Leaving Singapore

So Sg was cool and all. The best part was having time with my cousins, who are great people and fun to hang out with. We also went on a few hikes in town and went to the zoo today. That was all fun but I am ready to really dig my teeth in. I want to be dropped off in a jungle town for a week with a map and one bottle of water kind of stuff. Not really, but I want to go and do. So on that note we are leaving my cousins, maybe too soon in some ways, and heading on to Malaysia and KL in the morning.
Hopefully we are going to be in the jungle or on the beach very soon.

Singapore

First day in Singapore/On our actual trip. We are staying with my cousins in Singapore.

Today we had a sleep in, slow breakfast kind of morning, then by 1pm we finally got everyone out of the house, only an hour late, and headed out on the train. The Ryans place is really nice and big and the apt complex above the mall is also awesome. We walked around Chinatown and went into a Hindu temple and Buddhist temple within three blocks. The Buddhist temple had a ceremony today and everyone was chanting really loudly. Then we walked around a few areas, they had a Starbucks, but we had cheap PB toast around the corner, and Heidi and Jim went off for dinner at their friends place.

Then it was just me and Clem and the girls. It was really fun. We walked to a thai place by their home. We never ran out of things to talk about and then after dinner we walked home and rented a movie from the place downstairs. Oh, I also forgot, before dinner we played in the pool at their place. It was the only time I was even close to cool this whole time. It is going to be a long trip. :)

Singapore is americanized, but it has it's different hotspots of culture. I would call it modern rather than american. The cool thing here is that you see all different type of people all together, and all the religions too, but everyone is content. Today I saw a mosque, Buddhist temple, and a Hindu shrine on the same street. Also in the train stations everyone is crowded on together, in all forms of religious dress, and everyone is cool with everyone else. People seem pretty happy here.

Munchen

Okay. That's it. I found the best place in Germany to live. Munich is totally my city. You can walk to the river from anywhere and once you are there the city disappears. Also there are markets and fresh veggies everywhere. Bier Gartens and shopping for you people who like that kind of thing. And best of all for me, people were wearing jeans and rain jackets; so I fit right in!
I just felt so happy and fulfilled and excited when I was there. You can bike everywhere and jog forever in nature. I think it will be a really good fit for me. And did I mention that you can take a train to go hiking. Yeah. Screw you cars. Unless you want to drive to Italy for dinner, then you might use it. :) (Sorry, too much? Well just come visit. We will have a place starting in February)

Woo Hoo for feeling good about our decision.
But don't worry everyone, I still like Seattle better.

Okay everyone, here it goes with my attempt at blogging. I apologize in advance.

We are in Frankfurt now. It was quite the experience getting here. The plane out of Seattle was late, so we got to Chicago with only an hour to change planes and it took us that long. They had to hold the plane for us. We were those people who were running through the airport and everyone who worked there was looking for us and pointing us the right way. Like in a movie. So I am glad we made it, but unfortunately our luggage did not. Hopefully we will get it soon.
It was sad leaving but it is fun to go places.

Hannelore and I are going to head to the bank, market, and her garten today so that will be busy. I am keeping up with the German better than I expected, at least with the forgiving parents. We will see how I do in the real world.

Okay, those are my stories for now. Always more to come!