Okay, so not even a full 24 hours into my adventure, and I've already had to talk myself out of having to spend the night wandering the streets of Singapore, had problems with my tickets (StudentFlights are really bad at issuing correct tickets, that actually take a person ALL the way home, not just leave them stuck in Sydney), and been woken up out of my 3am nap by a very friendly woman police officer flanked by three very friendly male police officers with very large semi-automatic weapons strapped to their chests. Just a routine passport check, but what a way to wake up!
You meet some very cool people in transit bars at 2am. It was fantastic to sit in the outside balcony bar surrounded by so many different languages and accents. Makes me realise how much I miss the whole multicultural tapestry that is so missing in dear old Brisbane. I really hope that nice Canadian girl who was on her way back home from teaching English in Jakarta made her flight. She asked me mid-beer what time it was and I told her 11:45. "Shit!" she said "My flight boarded at 11:30!" and promptly dashed off, although not before a last gulp of her beer. I didn't see her back at the bar, so I presume she made it.
All in all, Singapore seems like a great place. Next time I visit, I would like to make it out of the airport cause if the airport is this much fun, man, the city must be fantastic!
Next posting: Somewhere in India...
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Don't worry about it. It's all sorted.
- Al
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