*** Quoting Bj”rn Forsstr”m from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS>>  Malasia as well.  Singapore, I find boring and expensive.
BF>> Oh, so we shouldn't go there?

 CS> Well, It depends on what you are looking for.  I've been told tha
 CS> India' is more my style so next time I'll try there.

BF> What is Little India?

Well, I've never been there but it's a small area of Singapore with lots of
¨India style crafts and foods.  Supposed to have my type of open air
shopping ¨too.

Here's another place off the beaten path.  Pohang Korea.  Has a wonderful
¨outdoor mall, tarp covered.  You can wander for 2 days and still not see
it ¨all.  Good prices.  You just have to be accepting of the fact that dogs
are ¨food there as you will find dog legs at the food part sometimes. 
You'll also ¨find durian stalls (I love durian!).

 CS> centers are like stateside ones (big stores, brand names, brand name
 CS> prices).  They have a zoo but it's nothing all that great (other places
 CS> are better, England has a better one for example by far).

BF> OK. We'll skip Singapore then.

I go there pretty often due to ship work.  They have a big shipyard and a
trade ¨deal to do lots of work for 'cheap' so it saves money to pull us in
there as a ¨liberty port and have work done at the same time.  Lagging and
such.  Lagging ¨is insulation stuff for pipes that otherwise drip from
condensation.


 CS> Contrast this with Hong Kong.  Hong Kong has it all.

BF> It's too far to Hong Kong.

Really?  Seems it wouldnt matter when getting all the way from where you
are.  ¨Could be the price of a ticket from where you are to there is high
but I bet if ¨you check prices in Bangkok, you'll find it cheap to get from
Bangkok to Hong ¨Kong.  If you can find a 3 day, 2 night package, it would
be lots of fun!

Oh, hope riding water ferries is something you like.  Thats how you get
from ¨one side to the other.  They have really nice ones at about 1$ a ride
if memory ¨serves?  I think they have an underwater trolley too but I've
taken the boats ¨as they are more fun.

 BF>> Perhaps it's better to go to Malasia then.

 CS> Ohh I'd love to go there!  I havent yet and may never get to before we
 CS> leave.  I hear from a friend (Glenn in COOKING) that it's a great place!

BF> Have to contact him and hear where he lives. Perhaps we could visit hi

He lives in Australia but travels a lot.  He's in Malaysia now I think?  He
¨just made a note in Asian_link about it.  Short stopover in Singapore so
you ¨can ask him how he likes Singapore too.  Me, I dont care for Singapore
but ¨others do.  Kinda like 'nice place to live but wouldnt want to pay to
visit ¨there' is my assessment.


 CS> Oh, back in.  A typhoon drove us back to Sasebo to wait it out.
 CS> north of us (where we were supposed to be).  I'm only in for a few days.

BF> We've had small hurricanes here too now, lifting barns and trailers.

This one seems to have calmed down a bit but it's too late to get us back
up ¨north for the stuff we had planned.  Oh well.

                                       xxcarol

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