Singapore

Every 30 days I have to leave Thailand. The routine is a fact of life with the visa I have there. The cheapest and easiest way to do it is head on a bus to the Burma border, which is what I did last month. This month I decided I needed to go to Singapore. It's a quick, cheap 1.5 hour flight south of Phuket, and among other things, it's home to some of Asia's only International Young Life staff. I'm spending three nights in their "fortress" here...a big, beautiful house that has their office in it as well. Here's a link to Singapore YL's website. They're the only staff in SE Asia, but they're doing amazing work!

Being in such a developed, western feeling city, and hanging out with great people has been a huge encouragement to me! You still can't buy gum here...but after stepping back onto the curb to avoid getting caned for jaywalking yesterday, I watched two other people run right across the road and so I eventually followed suit. I guess it's not quite as strict as you hear on the news after all...