Asian and Australasian capitals

 

 

	An AUSSIE with nothing to do In CANBERRA went to the zoo He fell asleep in the sun While holding a bun Which attracted a large kangaroo.
	BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Is home to BRUNEI's ruling Sultan He's got lots of dough And you'll probably know That they think he's the world's richest man.
	PHNOM-PENH is the capital here In CAMBODIA/KHMER/KAMPUCHEA Their previous lot Was made worse by Pol Pot Who killed hundreds of thousands each year.
	Once poets in CHINA would sing Of the emperors based in BEIJING They built a great wall Much longer than tall And had blue and white plates known as Ming.
	A keen Irish tourist named Kelly On an elephant entered NEW DELHI See INDIA, he said, Before you are dead But by car would be rather less smelly.
	An very old lady from TOKYO Won the JAPANESE lottery and so, She’s off on a cruise For the glorious views From New Zealand to the island of Togo.
	A KAZAKH from ALMA-ATA Was terrified by a rat. Her Mouth went dry, She started to cry And folks asked what was the matter?
	A NORTH KOREAN from P'YONG YANG Loved a long shower while he sang, The neighbours were sour When it lasted an hour Without stopping, although the phone rang.
	A hopeful young man from SEOUL In SOUTH KOREA dug a great hole He wanted to hold Diamonds and gold But he didn't even find any coal.
	In KUALA LUMPUR (known as KL) A MALAYSIAN girl once fell For a boy named Shah Who got banned by her ma But without him her life was just hell!
	The MARSHALL ISLANDS' highest spot Is twenty feet - that's not a lot. Imagine the scene: Global warming could mean DALAP-ULIGA-DARRIT is not.
	A callow young man from PALAKIR Declared that he never felt fear. "For it would be folly When life is so jolly Here on the islands of MICRONESIA."
	A descendant of Ghengis Khan In ULAN BATOR did no harm. He was holier In MONGOLIA Where Buddhism helped keep him calm.
	Climbers will form a long queue For cheap flights to KATHMANDU There are in NEPAL The best peaks of all If I go, would you like to come too?
	NEW ZEALAND has for long Been ruled from WELLINGTON. But Auckland used To rule the roost, Though now those days have gone.
	There once was a FILIPINO Who welcomed Chorazon Aquino He said MANILA got Policies a lot Better than the Marcos’regime-o.
	A simple young THAI from BANGKOK In a shoe factory worked round the clock At ten baht an hour He thought it'd empower So his pay packet came as a shock.
	The best restaurants in HANOI Always use masses of soy Sauce on noodles, Oodles and oodles! Scrummy! says a VIETNAMESE boy.