The boat trip in the afternoon cooled us off as we were rather steamingly hot as the Singapore clouds lifted and we were in full sun..... We had an interesting chat with the taxi driver as we noticed you only see new cars, no old bangers whereas I guess we saw masses of rusty dented ol' bangers in the Cape.....the government doesn't want lots of cars in Singapore, so the price of a new car in three times the price in Europe....in fact the price is the same but t...

Shoes off for Temple time....as temples go this was a quick visit....

So bye bye South Africa.....loved the Cape of Good Hope..loved Franschoek....wish we had stayed there longer....loved Stellenbosch.....loved the plump, ripe Avocados!....12 days.....however it was an uneasy nut to swallow seeing the townships, and such poverty....baracaded security walls with barbed wire in top around houses and estates made us feel unsafe....glad we went but would not go back.... Singapore, after a twelve hour flight, which strangley went by fa...