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SINGAPORE

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for Singapore customs after an over night flight from NZ. if you ever pass through Singapore customs, feel free to smuggle anything you like because it was the cushiest customs experience i've seen.

Singapore's biggest hotel. it was huge.

$1 Singapore ice cream. i almost bought the whole cart. the kicker on it is the green and red swirl bread that they wrap around the ice cream like a taco. despite being green and red swirl, the bread had less flavor than actual white bread. astonishing.

congratulations everyone, you've got some great souvenirs coming your way.

my Aunt always asks about the flowers and birds in the places i've visited. i've tried to get pictures before and they were all terrible. so here it is Aunt Kay, a red flower in Singapore's Botanical Gardens. that's the best i've done yet.

you get life in prison in Singapore if you urinate in the pool. laws apply to white swans too.

 

hindu temple in Little India

night scene at Clarke Quay in Singapore

Sunday in Chinatown means the tournament of champions for checkers. this guy was the big man on campus.

i took one home. i doubt they'll notice it's gone.

more from checker-pocolypse

the most popular musician in Singapore.

Chinatown. this is the best picture i got of my couch surfing host, Alex. sorry, Alex.

an official Singapore Sling from Raffle's

laundry dryers

i fed this rhino too but it was $10 for a picture. yet another downside of traveling by yourself. the best part though was that the trainers had to call over the rhino like a dog to let you feed him. it was obvious he (the rhino) wasn't enjoying it.

KATHMANDU

a true sign of a good infrastructure. it looked like the outlet Ralphy's dad plugged the christmas lights into in the movie, "A Christmas Story".

sunset in Kathmandu from Rajesh's house. he lives on the outskirts of KTM.

the man, the myth, the legend, Rajesh.

this guy was carrying 8 boxes that said 10.4 kilograms each. that's over 180 lbs. he couldn't have been more than 5'4 and 140 lbs. the human equivalent of an ant.

the pond that is Kathmandu

walking around a Buddhist monastery i stumbled across this monk at the end of a long hall-way, looking out a window and talking on his cell phone.

the best picture i got of Mt. Everest on my mountain flight. it's the mountain on the right.

more mountains

beetle

laundry the old fashioned way. it was surprisingly not that bad.

typical Kathmandu road scene.

Nepal loves Tom & Jerry?

that's all for now. i'll have a post and pictures on Panauti in the next couple days.