Travelling alone can be pretty empowering. You can go where you want when you want and spend as much time as you like. You also get to meet some pretty interesting people (see picture of drunken Irishman with Indian dancer).
Today I went to the Changi Chapel and Museum on the site of Changi Prison (with a German Guy amnd a Finnish Girl. Its a pretty moving exhibition dedicated to the memory of the Englishmen, Australians and New Zealanders who were imprisoned there during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. Very bizarre to see the letters and memories left their by former POWs and POW relatives who have been back to the site. The majority of the letters seemed to come from the small Yorkshire town of Barnsley.
However, I am looking forward to Pete arriving this afternoon as the city of Jakarta (my next destination) can be a little dodgy and apparently you cant move for people trying to rip you off, so safety in numbers is what I say...
17th September 1983 Part Two
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Looking good, thanks for the pics. I hope Pete gets there OK.
Seems you are having some challenging experiences already. Hope you make it to Borneo it is a great place. It is much easier to get there if u r going into the Malayian part you are trying to do it the hard way of course!
I think you have already reached Bali - what do you think?
I hear there is no one there..we found that too something to do with bombs sadly.
Enjoy and keep safe.
x
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