Back to Singapore and the "Indian Call"

Okay. I'll stop backdating my posts and tell the truth. I'm in Auckland now. Still you'll have to wait for the next post to read about NZ, as this one is about my 10 days in Singapore.

I could live here. That's what was often on my mind when I was in Singapore. But then again I thought that of almost every place I've visited so far. Once again I was impressed by how everything works so efficently, the safety of the city, and the beauty of the girls. Not to mention food. You can walk into ANY random restaurant, food centre or simpy a stall on the street and still get exeptional food quality.

This time I was staying in Little India. Maybe a coincidence, maybe another step towards “the call”. India has been calling me so strongly in the last months. So in Singapore I was almost pretending to be in India. I was staying just in the very heart of Little India; two minutes from my hotel is Mustafa, an Indian shopping center open 24/7 where you can get absolutely everything, from gold to bikes, from aftershave to laptos, at the best prices in town. No bargaining though, which is a bit less fun. The most interesting event I attended was Incredible India, a 3 day exhibition to promote tourism in India, with art crafts, music and dance. The best part of it was actually the people, their costumes and their pride of their land. All pics here and a few videos here as well. I was really impressed by the Kalbelia tribe folks from Rajasthan. They had something surrounding their fantastic colorful costume, like an aura. Pure magic.


Another one of my signs. I don't know when I'll visit India, but I now know whereabout in India I'll go. First stop just has to be Rajasthan. Anyway, for the immediate future it's going to be New Zealand, where there are some good old friends and a lot of drinking sessions waiting for me. And speaking of which, there's a Scruffy Murphy's in Singapore.


What a perfect place for a TGIM!!