Night Train to Malaysia

Whenever Eva takes the train, it’s a close call. It was all because of the dumplings in a Hawker Center that had to be freshly prepared. But again: we reached the train, nothing learned.

The “Jungle Train”–it crosses Malaysa from South to North over a distance of 526km for which it allows itself 16 hours–was a good decision. The bunks are comfortable, in the morning the branches of the trees right next to the tracks knock on our windows. Furthermore there is a little roller coaster feeling as steep ascents and descents take their turns.

At Wakaf Bharu we take the taxi (actually 2, but that’s another story) to Kuala Besut and there we take a jetty to Pulau Perhentian Besar. A quite adventurous day in terms of transportation.

DSC01639
DSC01642
DSC01679
DSC01672
DSC01789
DSC01748

Sleepless in Singapore

We reserved 2 days for the “city of the lion”–with 30 degrees and 97% humdity quite enough, but from a food perspective it could have been longer…

Botanical and Orchid Garden (with it’s very nice Cool House, the counterpart to the Tropical House in European Zoos), many many Hawker Centers and Food Stalls and a unexpectedly long hike over the Southern Ridges (the green areas in the South of the city are connected through (partly canopy) walks which leads through tree tops and over the bridge ?URoeHenderson Waves?UR?).

Sleeping is hard at times because we are still jet-lagged but we’ll give it another try on the night train to Malaysia.

DSC01474
DSC01634
vor dem Nationalmuseum in Singapur
DSC01455DSC01409
DSC01435
DSC01427DSC01343
DSC01628DSC01566DSC01572
DSC01618
DSC01606