Kool runnings in Kiwiland

After a lot of hot weather and wetness (snorkeling and sweating) I was looking forward to cooler temperatures and to a reunion with two cool Servas ladies on the South Island of New Zealand.

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Here is also a short video of the seal pups we saw at Wharariki Beach:

Singapore once more

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From KL to Singapore with Tiger Airlines - cheap and basic; in Singapore I have only 2 days this time, just a prolonged layover, really. I return to the hotel I used when I first arrived from Europe and retrieve some stuff I had deposited there (they had really kept it for over a month!)

Modern Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur

From Thailand's Koh Lipe I took the speedboat back to Langkawi and flew to KL (with AirAsia, very cheap - then I paid almost as much as the airfare had cost me for the taxi to my Servas host's house (but it was worth it, because I did not want to lug my bags around on public transport, in the humid heat, and in the dark).

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"KL" is what the locals say - "Kuala Lumpur" is for tourists This is a pedestrian crossing at the Masjid Jamek Station: the little green man hurtling along like that made me smile...