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Sept. 1 - Arrival in Singapore
I arrived this morning, about 7am in Singapore, by train. The train ride was not good. The trains and the train tracks are not as good as they are in China. First, the set up of the train was ok, maybe a little better. The beds went with the train versusbeing......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-01 03:22:47 | Rating:

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Sept. 1 - Singapore
Well, I was definitely disappointed the Vietnam leg of my trip had to be changed but I'm very happy to have ended up in Singapore . Man, what a beautiful city. I love this place. It's a Western city in the East. I got at the hostel a little after 8am. After a......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-01 10:02:42 | Rating:

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Sept. 2 - Singapore
I woke up this morning hoping to get to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and have a look around for a couple hours. After getting on a bus and riding for over 30 minutes, it begins to rain, hard. I get off, sat around for about an hour just to see if it would pass, it didn't. I......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-02 06:59:24 | Rating:

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Sept 16 - Kunming & Dali
Ok, sorry about missing the last entry in Singapore, that day was pretty interesting, too. I'll post something about that day later. I don't want to get too far behind, again. I've been staying at a friend's house who actually doesn't have the internet so I haven't been posting......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-16 10:41:15 | Rating:

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Sept. 17th - Dali
Today started off kind of late. Dali is just such a beautiful city. We switched hotels/hostels after lunch because we found one last night that was great. It was less than a 5 minute walk to the bustling part of Old Dali and it was right next to a stream, so we're able to hear......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-18 09:24:08 | Rating:

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Sept 18 - Dali
Today was definitely the laziest I've ever been on vacation, not at a beach. We woke up around 11am, then went to eat lunch. After a great, lunch, we both decided we needed a nap. Well, I didn't wake up until 4pm, same as Vivi. So our originial plans of climbing the local......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-18 09:38:21 | Rating:

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Sept. 19 - Dali
Today started off a little slow because I had a bad sleep last night. I am in China which means the bed is really just a piece of wood, hard and stiff. Every once in a while that wreaks havoc on my back and it did last night. Because of the late start, we had a quick lunch and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-20 01:15:16 | Rating:

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Sept. 20 - Dali
Today started off the best way in the last year. I woke up to the sunrise over the mountains covering Lake Erhai. It was by far the most beautiful sunrise I've ever seen. It was just incredible. I'm not even sure what time it was because I didn't bother to look at......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-22 09:52:14 | Rating:

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Sept. 21st - Lijiang
We woke up at 7:30 this morning to pack everything up. We got up a little late so Vivi packed my suitcase and the room while I ran out to get breakfast, 2 orders of bao zi and 1 thing of baba (a Yunnan flat bread served many ways). I love bao zi and there was a place in Dali that......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-22 10:14:01 | Rating:

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Sept. 22nd - Lijiang/Shuhe
This morning we slept in again until lunch. This time we wanted more traditional Naxi food and we were told the only places to find it is in people's homes. So we wandered the streets for a little bit until we finally found a place. Again, the food was amazing and we both ate......Read More