Singapore day 03

.Late sleep in cause I didn't pass out till about one, Instagram and fb are accessible and I uploaded a bunch of photos. Totally forget everyone back home is on the computer and since I'm awake, why not catch up :p

We Went to China town just around the corner on North canal Rd. And then left on a main road at the park area. After walking down past the Chinatown point, you get to the actual Chinatown which is seemingly more south China than the rest of actual China! I won't get into how well mannered and smiley people were, OR how much better the shops were than they are in actual China!!?? Does China just make awesome things to give themselves a good wrap and send them to awesome places you wouldn't think to look because well you didn't go to another country to see the culture of another a different country necessarily., but for people who do, they must think like wow!!! This is what they have here? What must they have in their own country, I'm not going to spoil it for you but actually, I think I'm going to do my honest gift shopping for Chinese friends and family in Singapore! This is the place you want to do expat family gifts and memory sakes. 

After saddling up with some snack foods we headed to the train station from woodlands MTR station on bus 327, excellent trip, great timing but you always need to get to the station 30 minutes ahead of time and you may also buy the tickets at the station.

The train was about a five hour ride with a very relaxed security staff. We had stops along the way and they were happy to let us off to look around for a few minutes and as we pulled out, they would let us have the train car doors open for air. They probably had bets on which of us would be tossed out of the car first. It was a shaky and noisy ride, but beautiful as we watched the palm tree plantations and beautiful sunset. The food was ordered locally and brought on the train to be sold, as it was run by Muslims, there were clearly no alcoholic beverages, but the dining cart was a nice hangout spot to play cards and do some research on.

We arrived at our stop in Kuala Lumpar, next adventure.

Cheers,

Carm

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