12.-15.07.2016 : The last days and our final conclusion

On the 12th we checked out early to get our train from JB Sentral to Singapore Woodlands. Actually, the ride itself should have taken 5 minutes as we only talk about a really small distance between JB and SIN, but we had not taken into account that our hotel underestimated the traffic, that during early morning the immigration counters were full and that no one was able to point us the right direction to the train instead of the tons of buses leaving every 5 minutes.

In real, we left JB on a crowded public bus with a 1,5 hour delay, stood with our heavy luggage on the back for further 45 min on the bridge to SIN in a typical traffic jam and arrived completely exhausted at Heike's office around noon. This has really been the most stressful part of the journey so far. 

We dropped off our luggage, changed our clothes and went out for final shopping moments. No need to mention how much Kjell loves these kind if activities during our vacations. 

Orchard Road, Chinatown,.... we did it all with our feet and legs getting sore. But what needs to be done, needs to be done! 

The evening we drove to Heike and Björn's wonderful, beautifully equipped stylish home out in Changi Ville. 

We went out for a small dinner at Changi beach and were looking forward to our last full day in Singapore.

Unfortunately, we had to change our plans the next morning. It was heavily pouring. Instead of driving out to Sentosa Island for final beaching we drove to Vivocenter at the Harbour and took a few   pics but then continued to Mustafa's, a major incredibly huge shopping center. If you cannot find it at Mustafa's, you won't find it anywhere. Insane! 

A final Mango Lassi at the outside Café and we called it a day... 

Packing the next morning was hilarious. I am always surprised about my packing skills. Mugs, shirts, Aroma diffusors (yes, really hip around here at the moment), it all fit somehow....

A big hug to Heike for their hospitality and off we went for Chengdu/ China in the afternoon. 

4 hours layover and when we left China at 1:30 am for a 10,5 flight back to Frankfurt / Germany we fell asleep straight away for almost 7 hours. 

We arrived in Frankfurt in pretty good shape, welcomed by the fact that still everywhere in the World airport trolleys are freely available but you need to have to pay 1 Euro for it in FFM. Still annoys me every time I get here.

Currently, I am sitting on the train to our hometown, so much looking forward to my wonderful husband and our lovely cat.

So, the conclusion of the past three weeks?

- travelling with a 10-year old is great, inspiring, mind-opening and bonding

- Malaysia is a safe country to travel to. Extremely clean, very helpful and always smiling friendly people

- You can easily travel, eat and sleep pn a low budget if you have to

- no dogs but many healthy, happy, cosy cats everywhere

- the Malayan kids don't seem to be raised in a strict manner, hardly ever I heard a kid being yelled at but on the other hand, I would have -from time to time- loved to say a few words in regards to good manners (pillow fight on an airplane i.e.)

- Chinese people have horrible eating habits and no facial expressions but still an interesting clothing style

- Asian women are sooo tiny and thin with beatiful legs - in general

- I HATE sandflies !!!!

- I love Singapore which now ranks very high in my 'favorite cities worldwide' list

- buying chewing gum is not possible in Singapore as it is forbidden. Just owning it for own consumption is allowed (yes, we are talking about bubblegum here!)

Asia, we will be back!!! New plans already in mind....