Singapore was the first place I ever went to outside Australia, so it's somehow appropriate that I start this journey here.
I'm staying on probably the nicest street in Singapore - a pedestrian plaza of colourful shopfronts leading to the Sultan Mosque. I look at one of the minarets whilst brushing my teeth. Lovely.
Went to the zoo today, which is every bit as good as everyone says it is. Best landscaping and enclosures I've ever seen. First-time animals: babirusa, saki, manatee, giant squirrel, and three kinds of mouse deer!
Took a long MRT ride around to Orchard Road, and found that all Singaporeans really do live in giant housing estates, but at least they're colourful, look different from each other, and have bits of forest in between them.
Not much to say about Orchard Road - it's one giant mall after another, and lots of gaijin. Bugis Street market was more interesting - absolutely nothing I'd want to buy, but noisy, jam-packed and heaven for trendy Singaporean teenagers.
Hawker centres are brilliant - had a filling vego dinner for S$2 and fresh pineapple juice for S$1. Yum.
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