Marina Bay Singapore

The day started as soon as I was up. There wasn't much to do in the hotel so I stepped out and headed to little India, to refresh my memories of the trip from 13 years ago. The place had changed beyond recognition, it was now a crowded and downtrodden looking part of town full of grey market goods and Thai "massage" places. The Mustafa Center had …

The race day only tickets for the race were going on sale at 10 am and I got up in time to get to the Hotel Fullerton to get in line. Once I got there i realized that the sale actually started at 9 am and I was quite a distance back in the line. It took a good 45 minutes but I did get a general admission ticket, life was good!

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Our trip started nervously at 4:45am checking we'd packed everything, but neither of us could shake the feeling we'd forgotten something. Our preparations for this trip had been rushed and not well planned, which was unusual for us.

We'd booked a private airport transfer, which was much better than the usual shuttle bus affair.

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The vast change from India to Singapore was hard to cope with, it felt like being flung forward 100 years instantly!

Every where you go there is a mall, with at least one McDonalds and a Burger King. Massive high rise buildings, the best and cleanest metro system I've seen indeed the whole public transport system is fantastic. Shops of …

It was officially my first time in Singapore. The only other time I had been in Singapore was a few years back during a flight transit, so I didn't see anything but the Changi airport at that time. This time, I'm ready to explore Singapore!

And what better way to start off than the Singapore Flyer? However, the first adventure would be to …

As mentioned previously, our Singapore leg of our journey began at breakneck pace as we crammed in many of Singapore's best known attractions. Since the last entry we have decided to just relax a bit and save some of our enthusiasm for the 16th when we head to Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur. Another change since the last entry was our move from The …

Hari ini kita akan mengelilingi Chinatown, Singapore dan juga ke Marina Bay. tetapi sebelumnya kita akan membeli tiket masuk Universal Studio dulu. Terima kasih kepada peta gratisan yang dapat diambil bebas di Airport. Di peta itu terdapat iklan tentang tiket masuk Universal Studio dengan harga miring (lebih murah dari counter ticket-nya).

After bidding farewell to Bonnie and Clyde, my complimentary couple of room roaches at the Kuala Lumpur hostel, I went all the way back to the the KL Sentral station for the last time. Singapore is the next stop of this journey.

After another dirt-cheap flight offered by Air Asia, my new favourite airline (well the favourite one that I can …

So we were up at the crack of dawn to get our flights, but upon arriving at the airport we were told it was delayed by 2 hours – JOY! Luckily this did not affect our connecting flight from Kota Kinabalu and we arrived in Singapore early evening. We caught the uber clean and hi-tech tube over to Clarke Quay and headed to RuckSack Inn. It was …

... in front of the TV and no bath curtains in the bathroom! Well, it was only a budget hotel with reasonable price (around $170 Singapore Dollars), so I shouldn't have expected it too much. The following day, we left the hotel and took a taxi to the Resorts ...

... a nap. That evening we went to eat at the famous Maxwell Road Hawker Centre. This place is generally esteemed as one of Singapore's best hawker centres, basically this is in an open-sided 30 stalled food barn. This is where the local people come to eat, ...

... of the slightly surreal creature. At this point it is worth noting that photographers who are unable to take a beautiful photo of Singapore Marina at night should probably give up photography. This city is spectacular. 21.30 – A walk back across ...

... . Quite a trip to get there on the, not as nice as MRT, LRT trains. KL bit of a culture shock from Singapore people appear less friendly, town dirtier, smellier and altogether more hectic pace of life. Watch Irish rugby victory in Finegans with load ...

... train to Malacca, or better Tampin, the closest train station to Malacca. We took a taxi to the Malaysian train station in Singapore. The station is already a different world, it looks old and run down, and does not really fit in the pristine world of ...

... set up all over the city. I wandered to City Hall, St Andrew's Cathedral, Merlion Park, along the quays and into Chinatown. Singapore really is a clean city. Maybe a bit too sterile and every place is air-conditioned so it's a bit unnatural. Lots of ...

... you expect!), with the average daily maximum of 31°C. Brief rainstorms are common November to January. Shopping Singapore offers an unforgettable shopping experience in a convenient and comfortable environment. A highlight of the shopping calendar ...

... checking out the shops on Orchard Road and walking around the city.  Ben, friend of mine from college, had a friend staying in Singapore for business that week so we met up at Jazz Cafe for dinner along with a few pitchers of Tiger beer ...

... never forget this and we are convinced that we are back one day. Can't get rid of the Flynns:-) We spent 3 days in Singapore, acclimatizing and getting used to the backpacker lifestyle again. The temperatures are about 30 degrees and it is very humid. We ...

... time, saw The Rite which was really good, and then went the airport. Goodbye South-East Asia and hello to Australia! 3 Word for Singapore Clean Expensive Fabulous NB. One thing I hove forgot to mention in the blog, but would like to pay homage to, is ...