After sailing a day from Saigon we arrived in Singapore for a one day visit. As the city state is very small, Sandra and I decided to visit the area on our own. Singapore is described as a Dictatorship but a Benevolent Dictatorship where the people have many freedoms. However there are incredibly strict laws. Upon arrival you are informed that illegal drugs are not allowed and that the penalty for being caught with drugs even for personal use is death. Singapore we were informed has the greatest per capita execution rate in the world. It is also illegal to sell gum in Singapore, you can bring it in with you and you can chew it but if you are caught spitting it out or even just spitting on the street you could be caned. This involves being struck on your bare behind with a bamboo cane that has been split. The cane hurts like the dickens but as it is split it also opens and pinches your flesh, they say it is very painful and foreigners are not exempt from this sort of punishment for any infractions even as minor as jaywalking. Sandra and I were on our best behavior, most of our friends would not have recognized us J
After we re-boarded the ship we set sail for Phuket, Thailand.
We arrived in Phuket on April 5th for the day. We had booked a tour that took us to a floating village and through the area of small islands made famous in the James Bond movie “The Man with the Golden Gun”. It was a very relaxing day spent on a small boat that travelled in and out of the islands.
That night we boarded the ship to sail to Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) Myanmar
(formerly known as Burma).
(formerly known as Burma).
Dorr man at the famous Raffles Hotel Singapore. This is the hotel that invented the drink "Singapore Sling"
James Bond Island
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