Crowne Plaza Hotel Changi Airport Singapore

... in the Long Bar whilst listening to the cars go around the nearby track before heading back tot the hostel.

Sunday 27th September - Singapore

Today we took a walk downtown in the morning to visit Raffles Quay and Chinatown. We took a route around the harbour and part of the racetrack stopping to take a few photos along the way. On Raffles Quay we came acoss a huge foo hawker centre and so not having eaten breakfast we tucked into a hearty brunch. After consulting the map ...

... a city that, no offense to any Hong Kong citizens reading this, was proclaimed by several friends and family members as having little to recommend in it. My previous impressions of Hong Kong, while positive, were a product of some coddled handholding back when I was a kid.

We managed to book the trip through the newfangled method of logging onto a travel website (Zuji, a subsidary of Travelocity, to be precise) and purchasing a flight and hotel package. This was also a cost ...

... I think) (S$500).


In the evening we visited the Night Safari. Have never been to a zoo in the dark before. Lots of animals including bush babies, flying squirrels, fishing cats which were really active and porcupines. There were also tanks of Doctor Fish in which people placed their cheesy feet for a pedicure! Revolting! We travelled around the zoo by tram then stopped off on the walking trails. Had excellent food ...

... know if I buy that meditation is a way of getting to the unconscious level of the mind either, although certainly we do have an unconscious mind and it's pretty ***********trol what goes on in there. So, a *slightly more* scientific of looking at this is that Vipassana is a good way of training your mind to stop reacting with aversion or craving (or at least, not as often or not as strongly). If you do it over and over again with bodily sensations, maybe you'll become ...

... what was going on to him but do you think I could understand anything he said back to me? Of course not. Luckily, I had allowed enough time to check in but I had no idea where the airport was nor did I see any signs for it. At last, after almost 2 hours we arrived at the airport, me being the only person left on the bus. I was hopping mad! Suppose I hadn't left plenty of time to get there?? How dare they call ...

... Bangkok with a (hopefully) renewed visa for 30 days. Long enough for the school to process a work visa for me. Last hurrah in Bangkok for the weekend before summer camp on monday. I'm going to try and moderate myself but that was never my strong point (I'm also going to pick up a bottle of tequila at the duty free, where I'll be able to find something other than bloody JC, so we'll see what ...

... places we saw, I really wanted the one we put in the offer for. It's truly amazing what **** you get for $2800.00. Our place is a three bedroom, 2 ½ bathrooms, full kitchen, a fairly large dining/living room combo with floor to ceiling windows in the living room. All of the windows have protective child bars on them for safety, so don't worry mom!! Two bathrooms and the kitchen have recently been renovated ...