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> Charlie- maybe you already know but in Kuala

> Lumpur you should go to the Sunway Lagoon. It is a

> water park but it also has the biggest man made

> surf pool in the world. You can surf there in the

> middle of the city. It's ace.

>

> Surely Charlie don't surf?

>

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Nice one! Very funny. Actually I am a rubbish surfer. I think we mey be going somewhere like that. A load of people that work in a bank going to some themepark thing on a Tuesday night. Should be a laugh.


Singapore I like but the last few times I've been there I haven't really gone much further than than KM5 beach bar and the four floors of whores (Orchard Towers). Too busy working to go to the zoo.


Charlie

That's right. You have Inner and Middle Temple. The Nights Templar used this as their worldwide crusade base. It's open to the public during the day to walk around and enjoy the gardens. It is very beautiful, I shouldn't complain so much (I could be selling toner cartridges in the back room of some telesales pit) At night though this place is gated and locked.

it definitely wasn't a walkabout when I was there. I did have to get past security but they never stopped me.


The walkabout is on Embankement - it used to be Shoeless Joes - that ain't the place I'm talking about

Could be the Grande Marque - EC4Y 9BT - certainly the location I am talking about

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