Oh No!… then Aha!
I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve been a committed journal keeper for some time now (daily, since July 2012). I didn’t note there a paired set of related experiences, both on this trip… With a few days of loosely organized time available to me upon arrival in Singapore, I decided to catch up […]
Cranky? Paranoid? You be the Judge.
I’ve kept a journal, more or less faithfully, for years now. Here are my entries for the past two days. First… Tuesday, 17 March George Town, Malaysia Ellie tried her best to kill me this day, arranging a walking tour, led by an unknown distant Malay relative of the Marquis de Sade. Tiny little thing. […]
A Strategic Decision
Port Klang Straits of Malacca Seabourn Sojourn This is a place with a great deal of turbulent history. It sits at a strategic crossroads of the overlapping and competing trade routes of many empires, as they’ve surged and receded over the millennia. After a founding period where indigenous peoples, comprising hunter gatherers from the north, […]
At Sea, Evening One
Singapore Straits Bound for KL Settled. Suite 1023, Seabourn Sojurn. Home for the next 33 days and a bit. Our driver from the Singapore Shangri-La added just a bit of adventure to our transit here, first bringing us to the wrong marine terminal (“Seabourn used to dock here…”), and then giving us a tour of […]
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