travel buddies!

My first trip abroad: spectacular destination (check), plane ticket (check), pocket-money (check), accommodation (check), travel itinerary (check), travel mates (check, check, check, check)!!!!

Before jetting-off somewhere spectacular, every traveler has this in mind: I’M OFF TO HAVE THE TIME OF MY LIFE! Well, if you ain’t having fun or at least the epiphany you need, save your bucks, stay home, get your eyes puffy-happy!

Traveling is an opportunity to see yourself at your happiest, craziest, thriftiest, friendliest, cam-whoriest, etc…! Let me stress, that anywhere is a destination, when you’re with happy people!

Traveling can only get you so far, it’s the people your with that the makes the destination SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR!

Nikki, Melanie and Pykeee…. As splendid as Singapore and Malaysia was…you put the exclamation points in those destinations!

Singapore

December 7-13, 2007

Destination: Singapore

my first international destination SINGAPORE! All the adjectives heard, read and said about this place either had super as prefix or “est” as suffix. Exaggeration is necessary! Its understandable since I come from south of a third world country. The city I come from is positively thriving, yet to reach its full capacity. Singapore is clearly on its better days, relative to what they were decades ago. The four-hour-travel was exhausting. The tickets we purchased were sold on unbelievably low rates, comfort was too much to ask. Arriving was a blur, i hardly remember the details of it. Gawd! I stepped on concrete and i thought “gee we have concrete back home”! hahahaha Earth to me, I’m still on the same planet, same continent, same timezone!

Singapore is officially clean, safe, organized, tourist-friendly, and memorable to me! I can’t say more than what is already written and said about the place. Its a destination, an experience, a much needed diversion, etc…