Singapore
Travel Blogs from Singapore, Singapore
Oasis again!
... I even had to write it down on one occasion! Thankfully, the driver who took me to the gig understood the words "Singapore Indoor Stadium," so I arrived at 7.30pm despite the horrendous traffic. I treated myself to a t-shirt from the merchandise stall ...
Singapore
Version traduite plus bas Dec 20, Singapore I had memories of a very warm, sticky and rainy Singapore and the idea to go there again did not excite me that much, except that the kids wanted to stop there and "shop"!! So we did...and in the end, I have ...
*Day 80: National Day '08
... ended, and Donald Duck who was for some reason still awake bidded us a goodnight. ---Vital Signs--- Food Poisonings: None Bug Repellent Supply: In the Yellow Travel Weariness: Cured by Singapore's Comfort Countdown to Full Moon Party: T-1 ...
*Day 90: Bittersweet Farewells
... I settled down at a Muslim food court near the hostel and "splurged" SGD$5 on a huge feast of deliciousness including Singapore's specialty fish-head curry, gross in appearance but heavenly in yer mouth. Yousif, the obese mustached cook of either Malay ...
Bindi Blessings
... . But sometimes you just cant put a price on such an experience. The day ended with another "must do"...The night safari at the Singapore Zoo. It was amazing! It was a tram ride thru the Zoo after dark when all the night animals are out and in their ...
Kuala Lumpur to Singapore
... days were spent doing what basically summed up a large part of Asia for me and that is shopping. I hate shopping and Singapore is a shoppers heaven. There are shopping centres everywhere - and I mean everywhere. It is on a par with Hong ...
Singapore or 'Death of a Budget'
... simply resign yourself to the fact that you're going to overspend, that's what we did. And so we headed to Sentosa Island, Singapore's answer to Disneyland. There's lots of cool things to see and do, most cost between S$10 and S$20, packages are ...
Day 81: Singapore Redux Cont. & The Indian Trio
... Duck a faretheewell. I shared some tea with him as he told about his father's B&W photography work, chronicling Singapore's development from an underdeveloped Colonial backwater to booming modern financial center and Andy's own hopes to continue the ...
My Five Days in Singapore
... 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 ...
City Tour
... of the British Empire. When it was occupied by the Japanese during World War II, Winston Churchill called it "Britain's greatest defeat". Singapore reverted to British rule in 1945. In 1963, it merged with Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia. Less ...
Last Stop SE Asia - Singapore
... the water out of the tap. There are strict emissions controls and littering laws. You cannot buy chewing gum in Singapore. After contending with the less-than-wonderful toilets in the rest of Asia, Singaporian public washrooms are heaven (and always ...
Slinging around Singapore
... organized for our jump to Hong Kong tomorrow. She Said: After so many months on the road, I loved the organization of Singapore and the general feeling of being completely anonymous. We stayed in an area of town called Little India, which seemed ...
More Singapore
We took a trip on the 16th to Sentosa Island. It's effectively a "theme park" island and mainly caters for tose looking for beaches. We took the cable car across the sea to get there, and went to see the aquarium. Saw some sharks, manta rays, Dugong, ...
Out Of Time
... photos of the leeches ready to pounce and the blood covered ankles pretty much speak for themselves). In the meantime, we're in Singapore. Singapore is great. I want to live here, but I'm not allowed. It's about 70 percent Chinese, 15 percent Indian, ...
Heading North this time
... same as the London Eye. This really gave us the chance to see the whole of the city from up high. Singapore is seriously impressive when it comes to adding new buildings to the city, everything is well planned and placed around the ...
Singapore
... wakes up around 10.30ish the area was strewn with litter! Ditch the image of heavenly cleanliness and instead delve into Singapore's fascinating history. Firstly, big up to my Auntie Caz whose acted as our Asian flashpacking saviour. (You've ...
Andrew has some trouble at the border
... drove through in to no-mans land then after ten minutes had to get back off, this time with all our bags to go through Singapore immigration. I had no problem getting through, the lady only asked me what colour the coach was that we had come in on, ...
A filthy case of cheese lust
... carpaccio that we all shared. To have cheese again was such a treat and I know I’m going to come away from Singapore a few pounds heavier than I arrived. It took Andrew, Cheryl and I back to the days when they lived with us in ...
The Perfect Hosts
... ’s Cathedral and the Old Supreme court which were very beautiful and in stark contrast to the new Supreme court building. Singapore does that to you a lot. We decided to go to the Asian Civilisations museum as it had received rave ...
Clean and friendly
Singapore is really clean just like everyone says it is. We treated ourselves to a lovely aircon room not too far from anything, grabbed a map and headed out to see what there was to see. David's Mum had bought him a t-shirt years ago with all the ...
The first 22 hours...
Everyone who was concerned about our adventure into the rustic and wild East should spend a few hours in the Singapore airport. Phil found his first souvenir: a brochure with a map of the airport and directions to the pool/swim-up bar, the nap lounge, the ...
Singapore
... really nice with an awesome view of downtown. The buildings here are all amazing, they dont do anything half assed in Singapore. Someone from our great civilization of Alberta must have come here to show the natives how to build stuff. Also the trees ...
Repeat: Wine is not your friend
... it out to watch the National Day celebrations and fireworks which everyone had been looking forward to. National Day here in Singapore is a major event there has even been a song written to celebrate it which all the kids know and there are flags ...
Singapore Sling!
... , rooftop pool, health spa, and a great viewing/resting area that served us very well. A tourist destination in itself! Singapore is a great introduction to SE Asia as it is a conglomeration of several different cultures - composed primarily of ...
*Day 48: Big Things & Lights! Phase 2 Begins
... !" It wasn't Disneyland though, it was, you know, a normal, functioning Westernized city. An abnormally clean westernized city (Singapore is that infamous "benevolent authoritarian"state where bubble gum lands you a $1,000 fine), but a city nonetheless. ...
Safari, So Good
... fees. Modern skyscrapers rubbed well-designed shoulders with colonial buildings and everything seemed walkable even in humid conditions. Singapore is a shoppers paradise, a culture-vulture's paradise and a food-lovers paradise all in one. In short, an ...
Singapore
... straight through passport and customs and jumped into an awaiting taxi. Just a taste of how efficient and accommodating the Singapore lifestyle could be. We checked into our hostel, 1 Florence Close, located in the northern suburbs of ...
Kissing Pink Dolphins
... we walk to the Southern Most Point of Continental Asia (an island attached by a bridge and Sentosa is attached by a bridge to Singapore) to take a few pics before getting a bus back up to coffee bean and grabbing a sandwich from Subway for a very late ...
Leaving Singapore
... airport and head off to Sydney, should be wicked!! So on the first day, we took a trip to Santosa, an island off Singapore which is geared up for tourists really! We did a tour which included a cable car ride, Carlsberg sky tower, underwater world, ...
Singapore - Multicultural, Metropolitan and Clean
... super congested yet cosmopolitan all the way. Everything you'd ever want from a city is never far away. Lowlights: 1. Going for a Singapore Sling where they were invented in the Long Bar at Raffles and paying $60 for 2 drinks and 2 Shirley ...

