My last day in Singapore was spent on Santosa Island. Apparently when Singaporians (?) go on vacation, Australia, NZ and the rest of South East Asia isnt good enough. they need to make their own holiday resort. Enter Santosa Island. "Plastic Fantastic" is fairly descriptive. man made beaches, giant floral displays, cheesy attractions, and a gigantic "merlion" (half fish half lion). Obviously i loved it. All other backpackers ive met scorned it, and then stared open mouthed at me while i explained that the cheesiness was part of the fun! These are probably people that hate disneyland as well. weirdos. Anyways, that took up pretty much an entire day, that evening i went to the Chinatown markets, which were alright.

The next morning i left for KL again, i had a bus all to myself, which was sweet, but the bus driver apparently thought that meant he could do whatever he wanted. Like put on "Rambo". Ironically that movie takes places in the same part of the world im in. (if you havent seen it, dont. really.) My half day in KL was uber-productive. Shopping for purses and movies, then watching said movies and gazing adoringly at my new bags.

Flew to Bangkok last night, and spent all day today at Chatuchak Markets, which is a MASSIVE outdoor weekend market. I actually came back to Bangkok just for these markets, and met a couple guys on the plane who were doing the same thing. There are thousands and thousands of stalls, and no just of crap, really nice stuff too! the only blemish on the day was accidently wandering into the "pet" area. Lots of sad puppies, and a cock fight to top it all off. Awesome. Its crazy humid here right now, the sun hasnt been out much but the heat is so uncomfortable. it poured this afternoon for about an hour, which left like ten thousand people hiding under the market awnings, waiting for it to stop. i took the plunge and kept shopping. (not surprisingly)