Peter and I are incharge of Charlotte, Graeme is playing golf in a charity tournament, and Lisa is on a course. We are meeting a friend for lunch in town. We have known Lucy and her faamily for about 25 years, but had lost touch, but managed to make contact with them when we were in Singapore a few month ago. Taxies are usually easy to get but w...

We had originally planned on getting an overnight train from KL to Singapore, arriving first thing in the morning then exploring all day. But the train was booked up when we tried to book it! So we ended getting a bus to Singapore the same day we were flying out. So we only saw the city for about half an hour! The people there though, in that sh...

My flight landed on time in Singapore last night, and I felt like I just got home. Big modern clean airport with signs in English. Orderly taxi line out by baggage claim, talkative efficient taxi driver who knew the hotel. Then a concierge to open the door in the hotel turn-out with a "welcome madam" as he handed me my luggage ticket and said my...

Hello, Just arrived in Singapore for the start of the third (and final, boo hoo) leg of the trip. So we have spent the last two days in Singapore where shopping is most certainly a national pastime, I have never seen so many shopping centres in my entire life! The very strange thing is that alot are filled with things you can buy in the UK, not ...

It was a late start this morning, we thought we'd have a lie in to try and catch up on some of the sleep missed over the past couple of days. Mid-afternoon we made our way into the main commercial district, Orchard Road where we had a late lunch and a look around some of the shopping centers. Late afternoon we started to make our way to the Nigh...

Today was the 8 days to my trip to Thailand. Really looking forward to this trip as it was my once-a-yr long holiday and my first diving trip overseas. I was just worried if the diving would go on smoothly as my partner thought that the live-a-board i had booked was too expensive and it was near the monsoon season in Thailand. Nevertheless, i wa...

Our night-time entry into Singapore was easy (Customs thankfully allowing Dan back in, explanation for those who don't know to follow....when get safely back to the UK) and our arrival at the Shangri-La was sooo welcome. A fantastic wedding present from our friend Charlotte, our 3 days here were to be savoured! Our bags were whisked from us, we ...

We checked in at Christchurch airport for our flight to Sydney and then on to Singapore. There was some issue with the computer so before we knew it, we were running to the departure gate without a chance to wave goodbye to this country we'd come to love. We arrived in Sydney and with 8 hours to spare, we headed into town. We loved Sydney as muc...

So far the eKit global virtual phone card that I bought has proven to be really good. I've used the phone in the hostel and the orangy-red international payphones (which I didn't have to put any coins in).

The end of the trip-and it's gone so fast, can't quite believe it's all over! But i suppose that technically it's just the end of the beginning -if you see what i mean! Singapore was another beauiful city, and so very clean-it was lovely! Had a lovely evening walk around the river front, and had o indulge in a little singapore sling at Raffles-w...