Evelyn Mansion
Travel Blogs from Singapore
Singapore Fling
... we relaxed. Vinh got a beer and I got a much cheaper Singapore Sling. We sat in the evening sun and enjoyed watching the afterwork crowd and talked some more about what it may be like adjusting to the Wellington life.
Once again time went too quickly. We decided to stick around this area for dinner and found a fantastic night food market with the most incredible selection of delicious street food. Street food is one of the best things about Asia. There is ...
Cool Day
... to are the receptionist at the hotel and a couple random tourists along the way. I just get blank stares and EVERYONE - I mean EVERYONE has their nose buried in a cell phone. I grab a Sapporo beer at one of the hotel resorts on the beach and notice a group of Japanese tourists who are all holding bags of water with bits of seaweed in them. I think this is very funny so I snap a photo for the record. I walk onto a shuttle which works Siloso beach and get off a ...
Spend >$50 dollars on beer get 4 small beers free!
... the heavens started to open and our "raincoats" didnt seem great as we were wet inside and out - since then we have figured out the inside wet was due to sweat =s
After the zoo had closed we headed to the Night Safari - a separate zoo a couple of minutes walk away where they have fire-eaters and nocturnal animals on show. As the rain was so bad the train ride was so busy we decided to walk around the park, luckily the rain did slow down. As we were the only 2 ...
5 Lessons From Our South America Adventure
... in El Chalten (Argentina), one short hike in Torres del Paine (Chile - I don't count Chile as one of the 5 countries we visited as it was only a day trip across the border) and once on the Perito Moreno glacier (Argentina). Doing these hikes in itself was no big deal, but having to deal with the elements as well was what made it interesting. In El Chalten for example, we endured crazily strong winds and a mini snow blizzard that actually forced us to turn back on one of ...
Drive around Singapore and Chinatown visit
... and we're not complaining for a minute. Dinner was in a dumpling restaurant where you can see the guys handmaking it in the kitchen. You've never tasted dumplings like these - 80 of them to be precise. The kids loved them, Ava included who I never saw eat so much.
A nice walk down Orchard Road with a few ice creams along the way and we were back to the apartment and a nice glass of wine by the pool before heading to bed.
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