Euro tour day 31
Today was the day that I leave Singapore for home. I got up
early as I had to finish packing my bags and sorting out what I needed to have
for easy access. I had charged my netbook and phone the night before as I would
have been without a fully charged phone. The bags didn’t take long to pack at
all and I was ready to leave. I was being picked up at 10 am by Dawn in a taxi
who was going to take me to her place for a swim before going towards the
airport. Dawn was on time and I was actually reading short stories by HP
Lovecraft.
Dawn picked me up and I went to her place for a swim in her
pool. It was a nice place and the swim was really appreciated. That and the
shower I did have afterwards. I did have to dry my shorts afterwards with a
hair dryer to make sure it was not dripping and then placed into my bag. There
was a small hitch that I did not realise until later was that I had left my
toilet bag at Dawn’s place and had left. I was not too worried about this as I
knew it was safe where it was. Dawn treated me to lunch at a club she is a
member of and it was really nice to spend time there and eat something. I had a
steak, which I had been hanging out for. We then left for the Changi museum
which is about WWII.
Changi jail and chapel museum is not just how the
Australians were treated during the war, but how the people of Singapore were
treated and how many were just executed or used for other purposes like the
Thai Burma railway on the promise of better conditions. The museum was not just
about the people but how they survived during the war and what they actually
did to pass the time. I took the audio tour and just wandered around listening
to the stories and watching the people who were walking around the small
museum. It has been said that it will take around an hour to go through,
although I think it took me a little longer.
After changi museum, we headed straight for the airport and
was talking to a nice Chinese taxi driver who revealed that he works 7 days a
week. He also has to pay the taxi company money as he works for them. I don’t
know why he has to do that and if he needs a relief worker then he has to pay
half of what he earns to the relief driver. The driver had been in Singapore
for around 30 years or so as he knew what the country was like before they
reclaimed land and the road conditions. I checked in at the airport with a bag
that weighs 19 kilos and Dawn I think was surprised I put this on my back to go
places. After leaving and saying goodbye to Dawn, who I will meet again once
she ends up in Sydney within the next year. I did wander around the airport and
only stayed in Terminal 1 as that was big enough anyway. I found plenty of
shops in the airport including electronics. If I had more time I would have
gone through the other terminals although I was on the far side of the terminal
I was in.
The plane was late and it had me wondering if I would have problems
with getting to the Australia flight. I made it with plenty of time though and
it was actually pouring when I flew into KL. The wait was around an hour and
then I was off again. KL LCCT airport is boring once you have been to the big
ones like Changi, although so is the Gold Coast terminal unless you class that
as international when it is more country.
This is the end of my trip and I would like to organise
another one for next year although I don’t know where to go other than Berlin
maybe Italy, more of England maybe with Ireland and Scotland thrown into the
mix. I have found so many interesting places that I want to visit and have made
some interesting discoveries too.
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