Traveling Outlaws

Alright, I have to admit that when we go as a family we try to get off the beaten path and largely stay away from the tourist centered focus places, but in Singapore it’s been about every place that I’ve been – super fun but also a little overwhelming. Ashley and I have been to little India, Chinatown, boat tour, skyscraper, casino/hotel resort (built on man made island), etc. etc. etc. It’s all very interesting and unique – the casino/resort feels like Las Vegas. A guess Singapore is really a tourist destination now – I can see why – it’s easy to get around, most folks speak English and it’s clean. It’s also super expensive. Example, basically it’s $1000 per sq ft. to buy a place here – so a 1,000 sq. ft condo is $1M. If you’re a citizen they have subsidized housing with 1% interest rates, etc. Want to drive a car? There’s a $100k fee for a ten year period of time…

Well yes I’m in Singapore (via San Francisco) for work and literally going around the world in 9 days. We are here for a couple of meetings Sun-Tues and I definitely need 2 days to get acclimated and the start of time zone adjustment period started. it’s 14 hours vs home so anything to improve is good. The trip door to door was almost exactly 24 hours, strange to leave Wednesday a.m. and arrive Thursday p.m. but all good.