Borneo yo

I flew out of Hanoi into BKK I planned a night there to spend with my friend Peter who lives there. I got in late and headed straight to the Hotel. I had some left over Nam bucks and thought i would buy Peter a bottle of wine from duty free in Nam. Wine is quite expensive in Thailand. I got to the airport in BKK and as i was walking out to catch a cab i guy  grabbed me to see if i wanted to pay him three times as much for a ride into town. As i turned to say NO! the bag with the wine slipped out of my bag and crashed all over the floor, It was only $5 and Peter appreciated the gesture.
   Johnny had flown in a few hours before and pre booked us a room. I checked in and walked down the street to Soi Cowboy and met Johnny, Peter and Peters Girlfriend Nuct at the Cactus Bar. It was about midnight now. We had some drinks and good conversation and we were soon joined by our English teaching friends from Japan, Chris and Ean. That night was very fun and lasted well into the morning. I lost my watch a long time ago so when i got up in the middle of the night to pee i pulled johnny's watch of him to see what time it was, 10:30am Our flight was at 1pm, we were totally late. We flew up out of bed and just made it onto our flight to Singapore. the flight was great, it was two hours. The service was fantastic i asked if i could get an isle seat to stretch my leg and we ended up in the exit row with like 15 feet in front of us. We chatted with the flight attendants and a few people around us who told us about Singapore, Just weeks earlier i thought Singapore was the capital of Malaysia, who knew it was its own country? We landed and took a cab to a Youth Hostel, There and the whole way there, everyone we encountered was overly nice and overly helpful. Singapore is clean, and quiet. Muslims, Indians, Chinese, and Christians all living in harmony. I think the USA could learn alot from how the Malaysians live together. I thought maybe it was the fear of being caned for the slightest infraction that kept every one on their best behavior, but it is like that over here in Borneo too. This is a very nice change from the loud, dirty, You buy, You buy or Thai-Cambo-Nam
   We spent a couple of days in Singapore, just sort of walking around. It is a bit pricey, a bit like Canada, Which is not that pricey, but way over our budget. the drinks are crazy expensive. We went to one bar, we all wanted a Singapore Sling (when in Rome) We met some guy in the elevator. The bar was called the Loof, because they can't pronounce the letter 'R' for That bar up on the Roof. The guy was totally nice and bought us a round of Slings. $15 a pop, We had one more drink and left. The next day, today we took the bus to the other bus station, That took us to the border. We spent about 3 minutes at the Singapore immigration and well over an hour at the Malaysian immigration. We happened to be in the slowest moving line. I think it was the immigration officers first day. We then took a cab to the airport. Our driver, Indian was very friendly. I sat in the front and we talked about, Malaysian life, Religion, Gov. Subsidised fuel prices and medical and living expenses. About a minute after getting out of the cab i was Stoked to realise that i had forgotten my small bag on the floor of the cab. Camera, iPod, Journal....Gone!! Bummer. I was grateful that i had just put my passport into my pocket after immigration. I went to the info counter at the airport and the police station in hopes that it may be returned, I actually think it might? Even after that incident i am in a great mood, I love it here and we are all excited about what is too come in the next few weeks. We shared a cab with a few other whiteys to a B&B, the three of us did not like the price or the rooms so we walked on. We ended up finding a new Guest House with free Wi-Fi, a nice room with AC and the owners used to be in the travel business for 15 years and will help us to see Borneo with out going through expensive tour agencies. The have all ready given us the local bus route and told us how to walk most everywhere else. I think we are going to spend a few days here then head both into the interior for some jungle trekking and up the coast for fun in the sun. Tomorrow we shop for a camera for me, I'll be filling a claim through travel insurance too, and a rain coat, cause when it rains here in dumps.