Bangkok, Chinatown

Yesterday I had several times that I walked long distances in the wrong direction in Chinatown. Found out that where the maps shows straight streets, they in reality are bend a lot.

Yaowarot street, also called  Chinatown street is north of an area with lots of tourist stuff for sale. In this big streets many jewelry shops. In one of them many many people bringing back their gold chains, changing them for heavier ones. So I wondered now the oilstakes have fallen gold has gone up again? Everything in this shop was about the grams of a ring, the design not important at all. And silly me thinking if the ring would look nice on my finger or not. And the heavier the ring, the less it will for me.

(Again problems with uploading photographes)

Finally bought a new backpack today. This one worked for almost 30 years, so the new one is pprobably my last one.

I notice, my mind is more and more in Norway now. Not at all looking forward to a temperature change of 45C at all.

One night Singapore

Near skytrainstation Harbour Front there is a lasershow every night. Starting at 20.00 and once more at 21.30. Here an impression of that I saw.

I managed to combine the lasershow with the light show in the gardens nearby. Walk across the shopping mall hotel to the other side of the big road Towards Groovy Trees. They made the stones around those trees like that that you can lay down during the show. The show is every evening at 19.45 and 20.45.
if you only have time for one show, I recommend going to the laser show.

Ok,it seems these photos are still on my phone somewhere. But from those moving trees you also have a great view on these condomeneums incl hotel.

Singaporeans call these the Living Trees. It was nice and relaxing with the music just before bed time. Rhapsody music.

Because of the year of the Goat starting with Chinese New year at 19 of February, a part ofChinatown has already started firing this.

kinabatang river in Sabah with APE, tropical rainforest

Some pictures.

A leech. They can make themselves very long for so jumping on you.

Ula using machette to free young trees from killing 

weeds.

At 06.30 on the way to the Ape planting site near Sukau.

Another day at 06.30. To the site, 40+ minutes by boat.

Just before arriving at the planting site. Macaques Monkeys.

Singapore

So my Air    Asia stayed in the air today. Hope the same for Wednesday when I fly back to Bangkok.

Just ate ... beans here means tofu, to my surprise.

Tomorrow, Singapore in one day. Will be a lot of walking. But it will already be possible to watch Chinese New year, when it really will be at february 19 this year.

Ok, it was a long day. Going to my bed in a 4 bed female dorm at the Tree in lodge. Only 2 women tonight. A small green b&b. Not sure if I will sleep. The mattress has a thick plastic cover, which I am allergic for.

Leaving here tuesday around 08.00.