A Little Update

Hey there, Just thought I would write a quick update since it has been a while. This last Saturday we finally got our student pass which is shown to the right. It was quite an ordeal, they are quite particular about how things are done. We had brought a picture of ourselves since we were told to, but it was not adequate even though we had followed all the passport photo rules so we had to go get another one (looks a little more scary then my other one), in the midst of all the chaos at the immigration building. But after about 2 hours we were official with this card which is now scanned every time we cross through customs, making the process very fast. I'll finally be able to feel like a local at customs, wont have to wait in the long lines. After getting our passes we got some lunch and set out on an adventure to get Dan a backpacking backpack. We ended up at a place where there was a bunch of shops selling backpacks via bartering. We spent the rest of the afternoon bartering with the owners before finally making a decision. I brought my backpacking backpack from home but felt the need to get a small hydration pack as well. I had a general idea what the backpacks went for but was not positive, so when we got back to our rooms we looked online at an outdoors website and found out that we had done a pretty good job, Dan saved 30 US on his backpack, and I 10 US. It was a pretty good feeling. Not much other news though. Next week we will be leaving for Bali Indonesia which is about a 2 and half hour flight form Singapore. We will be there during our semester break and will be leaving on the 18th and returning on the 24th. We plan to do some surfing and then travel around the island, with the hope of climbing one of the volcanoes called Mt Batur.

Ill post again when we get back from the trip, hopefully with a bunch of pictures,

Until then, have a good one,

Brett