Driving Miss Karen

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Leaving Singapore and Asia: Final Thoughts

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We finished our time in Singapore where even the airport was quite special. This little country packs a lot into a small area.

We really liked our swing through Asia. It is definitely a very different part of the world with lots of beautiful things to see and cool things to learn about. The people were fantastic even though our cultures can be so different. Our two favorite countries were definitely Thailand and Japan. Karen likes Japan slightly better and I like Thailand slightly better but they are our top two. Unfortunately, we also found the only place that I have no interest in returning to, India. Maybe I’ll change my mind, I’m not even sure why I had such a strong negative reaction to it. Mostly though it was totally worth it and I hope we will be back since we couldn’t travel to China due to their COVID lockdowns. I expected this leg our trip with Africa and Asia to be the toughest but it was really pretty easy and we would have no hesitation in returning. I feel grateful to have been able to have this experience. I learned a lot

Our last night in Singapore we visited Gardens by the Bay where they were hosting Avatar; The Experience to promote the upcoming movie. The gardens and the Pandora stuff was a nice mix
The gardens are nice by themselves but the Avatar stuff was a nice pop
A banshee looking at home near the cloud dome waterfall
The Avatar display was in the cloud dome which simulates a tropical cloud forest (but nicely air-conditioned)
Avatarized me. Not a good look. Goat boy from SNL?
The dome is nice and they have stuff like Chihuly glass
The cloud mist activates periodically and was pretty cool
Nice “Avatar” lighting
The Flower dome had cool Baobab trees from Africa
And flowers and surprisingly lots of Christmas stuff
The two main domes are cloud dome and flower dome but there is the giant tree light show and lots of other stuff to do
This is the “Jewel” area at Changi Airport. Of course the waterfall changes color you uncultured peasant. It was a nice way to kill a little time before our flight
Karen trying to make a friend. I didn’t have the heart…
Even the airport in Singapore is very pretty and luxurious
It’s not all umbrella drinks and tourist sites. Click play to share 5 seconds of our last full day in Singapore. 34 minutes to go!
Durians (the king of fruit) are so stinky they have a sign on the subway. No smoking, No food/drink, No flammable liquids, no stinky fruit
Because I still haven’t lost my high school sense of humor. Karen spotted it so…
There were lots of funny signs (at least to my immature mind) and that is one of many small things I will miss.

Jose

AKA Alfred

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