Longitude: W 122° 28.206
After the jump, a few of the random places (and I mean random literally) that I visited vicariously last month that are "off the blue roads".
From 2012 10 12 Sunset vs Berkner |
Singapore
January 28 - February 1, 1977
We attended a Chinese celebration for a baby boy, eating a feast of roast duck, quail eggs and seaweed.
We visited Toa Payoh and Dr Lee's home. We had fresh coconuts from a tree in the yard.
At midnight we went to Bugis Street -- amazing!
We ate Indian food. The cost for seven people was $US5. Later we attended the outdoor Chinese opera.
We ate seafood at a beach restaurant on Sentosa - cockle shells, crab, prawns, squid, cuttle fish.
Source: Personal travel notes.
From 1977 01 29 Singapore |
In China, karaoke bars, known as KTV, offer a place where small groups can gather in private rooms with state-of-the-art video and sound systems for karaoke. KTV is ubiquitous in China. Apartments are small in China and standalone houses are uncommon. If you want to host a party, KTV fills a real market need.Well, either you're closing your eyes
To a situation you do not wish to acknowledge
Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
By the presence of [karaoke] in your community.
Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
I say, trouble right here in River City.
Source: With apologies to Meredith Willson.