The Last Night

Singapore

I realised I just spent the last night of my trip. The next one will be on an airplane and the one after that in my own bed thousands of kilometers west-north-west of here in Germany. How do you spend the last night of a one year and three month journey?
I can only say I was very lucky to have met Elaine and Sylvester while climbing Mount Kinabalu, and had the chance to meet them again in Singapore. So, after spending an amazing afternoon with Elaine on Sentosa under a gorgeous sun and sharing a huge portion of Ben & Jerry's ice cream (slurp!) we met Sylvester. We first went for Ba Ku Teh (肉骨茶, Hokkien stewed pork ribs), proceeded to a selection of beers at a local microbrewery (burp) and finally crowned the evening with a Karaoke session that lasted until closing time at 4 am. The latter means, of course, that I'm both tired and slightly vocally challenged today (Linkin Park songs have that effect) but I couldn't have imagined a better conclusion. It was literally going with a bang. When the sun began to colour the eastern horizon grey I was still sitting at a small shop with Elaine drinking tea. I find myself wishing this night would never end. It's been an awesome ending for a memorable trip. Thank you so much guys!! Hope to see you again soon!