Geography Lesson
It has come to our attention that some of you don't know where the
begeebers Singapore is, let alone any other country in Southeast Asia. It's nothing
to be ashamed of; as far as we can remember, no teacher of ours ever made us memorize the
capital of Laos or the average annual rainfall of Sri Lanka either. As a service to
our loyal Fongnet visitors, we are here to give you a brief geography lesson on the
Southeast Asia region. And you won't even be quizzed on this later.
A large map of Southeast Asia.
Note that Singapore is the little speck at the southern tip of Peninsular (Western)
Malaysia. Sarawak and Sabah are part of Eastern Malaysia, although you can't tell very
well from the map. Indonesia is shown as the largest country, a group of islands all
in yellow. Here it is again.
Singapore is a small island just east of central Sumatra.
In relation to the Southeast Asian peninsula, here is a close up of that region. Bangkok, Thailand is
about a two hour flight from Singapore, or roughly 900 miles. Kuala Lumpur (or KL
for short), capital of Malaysia, is a 50 minute flight or a four hour drive from
Singapore. Hong Kong and Manila are roughly three and a half hours away by plane.
Tokyo is about seven hours, and Sydney, eight hours. And our beloved San Francisco,
a mere seventeen hours away (plus 2-3 hours for a stopover).
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