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Dylan – Waking up with a headace and toothace, I knew one of my teeth is in trouble. I tested out the travel insurance and made the international call. They couldn’t advise me on a dentist in the area, but said I can claim if seeing the dentist is to releave immediate pain. It was just that.
Up I went to the dentist on the 29th floor of a huge sky-scraper, after a few xrays he recommended he extract one of my wisdom teeth and do two fillings. The indonesian diet must have push it over the edge.
This is not what I had planned for Singapore. I was ment to be relaxing and sorting out another visa. Four hours later, one tooth is gone, two new fillings and the entire left side of my mouth numb. The good news is that I got it done in Singapore,not Indonesia and that the pain is now gone.
I got back to the hostel in some shock, couldn’t believe I had to get a tooth removed. That afternoon we head into town to see a movie. One of the luxuries we had both been missing. It was such a shock to be in such an advanced city, from being in Indonesia only a 30min plane ride away.
As we jumped on the metro, I was expecting the usual Indonesian small-talk conversations. Where are you going? Where are you from? From being starred at in public, to being completely ignored was a new experience. I wanted to start up a conversation, just say Hi how are you. But everyone traveled in silence. Reminded me of the movie scene from Crocodile Dundee in LA.
21 Day 63 Singapore
Today we try to sort out a Visa. We head to the embassy, but get refused because we don’t have a plane ticket booked in or out of Indonesia. Its hard to know when we will have to leave the country when you don’t have a visa.
We resort to the contact that Rick had given us. He was in China town, only walking distance from the Rucksack Inn. It was a travel agency. We told him that we wanted a 60 day visa and he organized a sponsor from bali for us. Done in about10 minutes, It would be ready on Monday. It was Friday so we had the weekend to do many things.
If you are on a budget, Singapore is not the place to get stuck. Everything is like Australian prices and the beer prices are ridiculous. $15 singapore dollars for a scooner. That’s about the same as Australian dollars. |
  
 
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