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My favorite Caribbean island! Always enjoy time by the pool and in town too.

I didn’t really think much of St Thomas. Maybe I should go back and take another look around? :) I like St Croix and St John much better, but it’s STILL the Caribbean. It’s all worth visiting!

I flew to Singapore from Shanghai on China Eastern Airlines. It was about a 5-hour flight to get down here. S’pore is situated only 1 degree north of the equator so this is the tropics.

Arrived to my hotel and out I went on a run down Orchard Road. It’s 90 degrees outside with tropical humidity. Feels like early August in the midwest, but more palm trees. ha! And it’s May!

I ran for 44 1/2 minutes. Lots of people out since it was 5-6PM. After about 30 minutes of running, I took an escalator down under the road to get to the other side. It was loaded with people. One of the hotter moments of my life!

Now that I’m thinking about it, Singapore is where I first started running without walking. 5-years ago this month!

I ran on the streets of Hyderabad before it got too hot, too busy and too spicy in my tummy with Indian food.

I was out just before 7 AM which is 9 1/2 hours ahead of Chicago time. My Garmin forerunner 201 GPS running watch sync’d up nicely which it had a hard time doing in the other cities I’ve recently visited with tall buildings. Hyderabad doesn’t have giant skyscrapers.

Instead of playing it boring and safe on a treadmill in A/C at the hotel, I was out on the streets of “Cyberabad” to see what things look like in the morning. Always an interesting way to see a city.

Lots of little mini-Taxis the locals call auto-rickshaws. They’re 3-wheeler mini-bike taxis. Saw only two cows. A couple of cats with longer legs than I would see in the US. Lots of yellow buses, cars, bikes. NO one else out for a run! Lots of people looked at me like I was a bit crazy…or maybe just dressed funny. Maybe I had my shorts on backwards…I did that once in a race by mistake.

It was hot! I ran 3 1/2 miles in about 30 minutes in the early morning 90F weather. Temp is headed to 100+ today!

My final stretch back to my hotel was up this long hill off the main road. What a great way to start the day. Worked up a good sweat…well that happened when I first walked outside ;)

Singapore is a city/country. I’ve been there twice. Very clean city. Very tropical. I enjoyed it.

I went to Athens a few year ago. It was a surprise because I thought I was going to the UK. So much history here. I only had 1 days to see the sights.

I spent two weeks in Brazil. Gorgeous country. It’s huge! I didn’t see enough of it!

Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich in 2005

Ticket is booked for September