This is just a quick post to say that Stephanie and I are still alive, we're having fun and everything is going swimmingly.


Singapore - view from our balcony - is this building meant to look like a durian?
Got to Penang with no dramas. The hotel was about 30 minutes drive from Georgetown (even though it's a tiny island). Most drivers aren't nearly as bad as they are made out to be, they're just lazy. It seems however that that road rules do not apply to taxi drivers.

Meeting Stephanie's extended family turned out to be ok. We had a full wedding banquet (the second one) with what was possibly the most delicious vegetarian food I've ever eaten. Steph and I visited Kek Lok Si temple (which, as with all beautiful buildings I go to visit, was covered in scaffolding), Penang Hill and the reclining Buddha (referred to by my new uncle-in-law as "the best buddha in town").

Arrived in Singapore on Thursday night to discover that our hotel was unexpectedly posh. I'm actually feeling quite underdressed when we go down to breakfast. The curtains are opened and closed by control panel next to the bed. Singapore has much impressive technical integration... a unified system for billing toll roads and parking using a device in your car... brilliant.

So far we've visited Little India, the Asian Civilisation Museum, Merlion Park, Clarkson Quay (briefly), Orchard Road (some of it) and Jurong Bird Park, where we got trapped for an hour under a shelter while rain bucketed down. The smallness of some of the enclosures made me sad.


king penguins at Jurong bird park
We've eaten lots of delicious vegetarian food. Stephanie has lots more on her list to try. We've taken a stack of photos (I'm going to need a bigger HDD).

If you're looking for wedding photos Steph has linked to some. We'll probably be offline again until we get back home on Wednesday.