Bumboat River Tour Singapore

After an eight hour flight, we arrived in Singapore on Thursday evening. Bowie was very excited when we checked into our temporary home...the Peninsula Excelsior Hotel. He was very impressed that we had our own bathroom, television and a window looking out across the city. He tested all the beds by jumping up and down on them a few times and …

Singapore Bumboat Tour

29˚C. Cooler with a light breeze, not quite so humid, cloudy.

Woke with the alarm at 8am and had a lovely surprise with a note under the door saying that our checkout time wasn't 12 noon but 3pm. This made it so easy to be able to have a shower in the room after lunch, rather than in the showers …

Last day in Singapore, we thought we'd cover the rest of the touristy stuff, but not before we worked out how to get to off this heavenly island! So we walked to where we thought we could get a coach to Melaka. As usual, we ended up nowhere where we wanted to be. Finally found it, booked our ticket to leave on the bus at 8.30 the next morning. …

Ok, what feels like a tremendously long day..... Left Jhb yesterday around 3pm, landed in Singapore at 7am this am, 6hrs ahead. Connecting flight is only at 5pm this afternoon so decided to head into the city and have a squizz around. The city is surprisingly quite english, easy enough to get around and get on with locals. Left the airport, and …