This document provides a travelogue summary of the author's 28 day trip to 25 countries beginning in Istanbul, Turkey and ending in Singapore. Some of the key locations visited include Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; Male, Maldives; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Darwin, Australia; and Dili, East Timor. The author documents their travels through photos and descriptions of local sights, cultures, modes of transportation and interesting people met along the way.

1. 25 countries
28 days
43 flights
“Priceless”
Part 1 of 3
2016 ISLAND STATES

2. 40 of 43 Flight paths

3. Heading East Around the World from Maryland
First Stop Istanbul (IAD – IST)

4. Bosporus
Straits(red)
Dardanelles Straits (Yellow) 

5. Took Metro
from Ataturk
Airport (IST)
to this Bridge
over the
Bosporus

6. Tram & Car
Bridge over
Bosporus
Straits

8. Bridge
connecting
two
Continents

9. Fisherman &
Photographer

10. First
Handstand
since Surgery
on 4Dec2015
Standing on 2
continents at
one time

11. Boat Tours
of Bosporus

12. Blue
Mosque
Istanbul
Turkey

20. Singapore
(SIN) at
400am

22. MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur

28. INDONESIA – Jakarta, Java

29. First handstand in
Indonesia

30. I was able to hitch a ride from
one of these bikers

37. BRUNEI
Bandar Seri Begawan

38. The Island
of Borneo
is divided
into parts
of three
countries
Indonesia
Malaysia
Brunei

39. Photographer
missed my
first
handstands
in Brunei

40. View from
my hotel in
Capitol City

41. Bandar Seri
Begawan
is a
beautiful
colorful
clean city

42. Scenes Walking Around
Bandar Seri Begwan

43. Golden
Dome
Mosque

44. Razi
escorted me
in to pray
with him in
this Mosque

46. Canal to the
Brunei River

47. Local
Farmer’s
Market
Bandar Seri
Begawan

51. Modern Shopping Mall

53. $10 for a Hour ?

55. Brunei
Water
Village

58. Brunei
Water
Village

59. MALDIVES
Male

60. Male is the
capitol of
the Maldives
and one of
the most
densely
populated in
the world
47.4kp/kmsq

61. I’m not the
only one
walking the
beach just
before
sunrise

62. But I am the
only one
doing
sunrise
handstands
on this
beach

65. Sunrise
Swim in
Maldives

66. On roof of my
Sunrise Beach Hotel

68. Airport Island was manmade by
filling the Largo Reef to enable the
first airport in the Maldives

69. Vishal
volunteered
to be my
walking
guide across
two Islands
in Maldives

70. Ferry from
Hulimale
Island to
Male Island
(The cars
here are
Boats)

71. The White
House
Equivalent

72. No Helmets
required

73. 100%
Muslim with
a unique
Language

74. One Muslim
Missionary
came here in
the 1400s
and
converted
the entire
area to Islam

75. Male Island
Fish Market
Main
Industry in
the Maldives

76. Farewell from the
MALE airport team

77. SRI
LANKA

78. Tuk Tuk
Transportation

79. Taxi Driver &
Tour Guide
Sarath
Kulasinatra

80. Who has
the
Right-of-
Way?

82. Gongarama
Temple – it’s
Srilankan,
not Hindu

84. Local
Foreign 

87. Independence
Memorial Hall

91. Finger-Lickin’
Good
Day Tour

92. Colombo (CMB) Airport

94. Scott (bootsRichard@hotmail.com)
from Australia
Free Foot
Massagers
in SIN

95. AUSTRALIA
DARWIN
Darwin is the capitol
of the Northern
Territory State of
Australia. Located in
the Northern tip of
that state.

96. Outside DRW
Airport
Darwin
Australia

97. First
Handstand
in Darwin
Australia

98. I wanted to
get passport
Stamp so I
elected to go
thru
Immigration
rather than
wait in Transit
Lounge

99. Problem was
that they
took my
bags off too
and I didn’t
know that,
so they were
left in
Darwin

100. TIMOR-LESTE
Dili
Dili is the capitol of East Timor

101. East Timor
Handstand
Photographer
from
Tasmania

102. Because I elected to go thru customs in Darwin instead of
the transit lounge, they removed my checked bags and I
never thought to look for them until they didn’t show up in
Dili. Luckily the SDV folks got them on next flight in time.

103. Jacinto drove me
around entire area
while laying over in
Dili 8 hours. Bags
arrived in 4 hours.

104. Scenes
around Dili

105. Found post
cards and
stamps in
this
shopping
Mall

106. Scenes
around Dili

107. Timor Leste
Beach near
Christo Rei

108. Climbed 586
steps to
Christo Rei

109. Christo Rei –
Dili - Timor Leste

110. Scenes from
Christo Rei
Overlook

111. Scenes from
Christo Rei
Overlook

112. Magnificent
Views from
Christo Rei

113. JACINTO Let
me drive a bit
in
Timor-Leste

115. Local Crafts
Bought material
from this gal

117. Aussies
Bill & Deion
will mail Post
card from
Timor Leste
on their next
tour

118. Timor Leste
Farewell
Sonja
(middle gal)
wants to
come to USA

120. Back to
Singapore
for 2 nights
Time to tour

122. Landed
at Changi
Shuttle to
Days
Hotel
(near Red & Purple)
Walked 5.5 miles to
Marina Bay

123. Walked 5.5
miles to Marina
Bay and 12
miles total all
around the Bay

128. 150 meters
high
160 meters
tall

130. Views from
the Wheel

131. Site for a Grand Prix Race in September

132. Singapore Views walking the
Marina Bay Gardens

133. $1B
Cloud
Forest
Pavilion

134. Not to be
over
shadowed
the $1B each
Cloud Forest
and Botanical
Gardens
command
millions of
visitors to the
Garden Park

135. Inside the Cloud
Forest

138. 7 Levels of
Walkways
inside Cloud
Forest

143. Super Trees

147. Surely the
Marina Bay
Sands Hotel
is one of the
MOST
UNUSUAL
buildings in
the World

156. 12 miles of
walking
warranted
foot massage

157. Took
Metro to
Hotel and
Next day
rode
entire Red
and most
of Green
lines to
SIN