Finally we arrived in singapore....after an 8 hour delay and major TYPHOONS hitting, we made it here. The flight was a bit scary with lots of turbulance. BUt luckily Jeff and I were so tired, we slept almost the whole first 14 hour leg of our trip. When we arrived we jumped on the convient MRT, which is handy train station here. IT comes right o...

For the past few months there have been difficulties with the visa situation for VSO volunteers in Indonesia, and every month the passports of all 50-odd volunteers have to be sent to Jakarta for visa extensions. This only works for six months or so, then volunteers currently have to leave the country and re-enter in order to continue with their...

Our last stop in Asia was Singapore and we arrived after the swiftest border crossing of the lot. We even got some free gifts when we left Malaysia for completing a questionnaire. The fan Theresa was given was to prove very useful in the next few days. We soon found that we should have booked accommodation before arriving; the best hostel was fu...

Last night I slept really well and got up and had a nice breakfast at the guesthouse. It was cornflakes with banana and milk, which wasn't a whole lot, but really good, and something I literally haven't had in over a year. Good stuff. I also finally arranged my travel plan through to Japan... finally. I'll be flying from Johor Bahru (next to Sin...

Finally the four of us were reunited. We took a trip to the Singapore Discovery Centre. It is a cool, interactive museum showcasing Singapore's history and its future. We also took a tour of Singapore's military base. We saw all the exhibits and capped it off by watching an Imax movie about simulation combat with fighter pilots. Next, Heidi and ...

Richard Simkins is a fab host. I completely recommend Che Rich for anyone dropping through Singapore. Rich kindly again opened his house upto a stranger and let Steph stay aswell. This visit was my favourite visit to Singapore. Rich managed to lay on such good nights out for us. As it was Steph's first visit to SG we did to the tourist thing, go...

The night in Auckland was very refreshing after a week in the Polynesian heat. Again it confirmed our liking of N.Z. The flight was a long ten hour journey with two full meals and I think between us both we watched 5 movies. Singapore air is very comfy to fly with. Still ten hours is very long. Upon arrival we gathered our energy the best we cou...

We arrived in Singapore 2 weeks earlier than expensive, purely because we found Oz really expensive and we were ready to see something other than beaches! We've basically just been sightseeing since we've been here. There's a bus you can get for $3 for the whole day which takes you round the city. We started our day walking down Orchard Road to ...

After five great days in Hong Kong, we were off to Singapore. During the flight, noticed it was a bit rough and got a little worried when the stewardess flung herself into the seat in front of us and strapped herself in. I tried to remain calm until the pilot instructed us to sit upright in our seats and to leave our baggage on the plane in cas...

After flying from Solo, Indonesia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia we took an overnight sleeper-car train to Singapore, 10 hours away. Singapore is composed of Chinese (about 75%), Malay (14%), and South Indian (8%), and we were able to visit Buddhist and Hindu temples and Islamic mosques while walking around town. English is widely spoken, as well as ...