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Singapore Sunrise

I'm starting a blog to record my overseas thoughts. I'll probably write once or twice a fortnight, and I expect these entries to be long. Most people won't be interested in reading all of this, and who could blame them? But for those of you who are excited about the kinds of things that interest me, I hope you enjoy reading these little summaries on what I've done, seen, observed and felt on my extravagant world trip. Singapore sunrise. Singapore/Malaysia. Feb 16 to 23. Singapore has continued to surprise me even when I thought this humble island state had no more to offer in terms of diversity, natural beauty and cultural brilliance. What some perceive as a high tech fast moving business and shopping capital has far more layers once one scratches beneath its clean and tourist-friendly surface. The old-school island off its coast, Pulau Ubin, remains my favourite place on earth (the challenge I've set to the rest of the world is for some place to better it) wi...