Countries – Page 31 – Simply cycling around

Singapore, East Coast to North Singapore, Thai Temple

Second day spent with the Thai cyclists. During their trip they rely a lot on temples. Thailand has a lot of them apparently. They provide free food and accommodation for anyone. Singapore has its lot of temples too. Tonight we will sleep in one of them. This is going to be my first time. This afternoon the temple surroundings were occupied by huge tents and other installations. Hundreds of Chineses were here for the celebration. Again, for the first time I’m enjoying a festival like this one. Lots of discoveries today :-)

Singapore, visit guided by Hong with Arjan, Kate and Pee Ta

This morning, I was packing my hammock when three guys walked towards me to ask some questions. I realised only few minutes later that they were cyclists too. In fact yesterday night when I came back on the beach, I’ve seen bicycles loaded with bags but I thought it was those guys who live here. It was dark so I could not see clearly. Straight away they invited me to follow them around. I’ve met one of their Singaporean friend called Hong. Lot’s of surprises today!

Singapore, Philippine fashion show

Here we go, today I’m in a judge’s skin. David is one of the judges too :-) We’ve never done that before but why not :-) Fortunately my skills in graphic and web design might help a bit but it’s still an environment I did not expect to be in! Vic is quite confident about us, maybe more than us haha.

Singapore, meeting with Michael

Today, I’ve finally met Michael again (on the right hand side). We met the same day when I met David. Michael was training with a friend that morning. He would like to cycle around like me so I hope I will answer to all his questions. Today we met front of a very nice bicycle shop called “Hello Bicycle“. The guy with the tattoo is the boss :-)

Singapore, Chinese mid-Autumn festival mooncake

Everything is in the title but you can have more information on that Wikipedia page :-) I’ve met Dave again today as we do minimum once per week (we must take a picture before I leave Singapore!). We first had lunch at the same food centre next the Marine Parade. Then we walk around the place and finally had a coconut at his place. Dave always wants to buy me something. Today, I did not let him spend his money for me so he gave me one of those mooncake. I’ve never eat something like this before. There is four major chinese festival during the year and the mid-autumn one is one of them. In that case, people offer a mooncake to their family or friends. It’s a famous delicacies and it’s sometimes hard to find because it sold out quickly. Lucky me! I can test one :-) Thanks Dave!

Singapore, bus tour

Today, I’m going to get on a tour offered by Nicole and Jose (Thanks :-). As I knew, the haze is still very thick today so I see things in black and white. It was a bit tricky to find the right bus stop but I did make the tour. Then as usual, I came back to the library and finally to the beach. Classic!

Singapore, being homeless again :-)

As we agreed with David, I would leave his house today but I want to stay few more days in Singapore. First, I want to finish updating my blog. Second, I might be able to see Nicole, Jose and Jean-Louis again! We kept in touch since we met in Darwin and knew we could see each other in Singapore. They are sailing, I’m cycling. When I arrived in Singapore they told me they would be here in about two weeks. This is why I’ve decided to stay a bit longer here and why I met David too. If I knew I would be late to see them I would have continued my trip right through Singapore and would have spend only few days here. I stayed at David’s place until 6pm, then we said goodbye. This is very strange to be by myself once again. Every time when this happens, I need few days to get used to it again. I had good time with David and Vic. And their respective stories are quite interesting and very different.