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Vatican

We took the Metro (underground) to Vatican City. The Metro is somewhat of a disappointment after the efficient, clean Singapore system, but it got us there.  The crowds were enormous. Last visit had been in January some years ago when … Continue reading

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Rome

It took us a day to get from Singapore to Paris to Rome, then another half a day to recover. The AirFrance flight to Paris was … squeezy. But then, it was cheap, so we got what we paid for. … Continue reading

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Batam Island

We stayed until mid-afternoon on Batam Island, taking the ferry from Sekupang to Singapore and arriving about 5pm. We left our rucksacks in storage and went to Little India on the MRT for dinner. Then it was then back to … Continue reading

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Singapore to Batam Island

We took the ferry from Singapore to Batam Island in Indonesia. We did not get the ferry until late in the afternoon. The ferry dodged many ships passing through the Singapore Straits. We booked a hotel that is a resort … Continue reading

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Training walk in Singapore

Mark offered to take us to a recreation area in Singapore. He runs an 11 km circuit around MacRitchie Reservoir most Saturdays and suggested that it would be good ‘training’ for us to walk it. I’m sure he was right … Continue reading

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Singapore

We arrived late in Singapore, and took aTaxi to Mark and Kellys house in Singapore.  Nxt morning we did the usual tourist things, walked some of Orchard Road, went to Raffles, and ate lunch in Chintown. After that we were … Continue reading

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