Dragon Inn Chinatown Singapore

... of us instantly gasping for breath (like walking from a huge freezer into a fully cooking steam room); our un-acclimatised bodies slowly negotiated our way to the terminal building. Walking inside and taking a breath in the cool air-conditioned building was like taking a desperate gasp of ...

... at Sleepy Sam's in Kampong Glam the Muslim area of Singapore, then off to Orchard Rd for a look around the giant shopping malls, OMG these Singaporeans certainly know how to shop. Trapse from shop to shop, looking for I don't know what. Erin has the spending bug (when doesn't she) and wants everything, I get sick of explaining to her that I am not a fountain of money, get back to hotel room and feet are killing me (need some different shoes for shopping I think), eat at the local ...

... my funny turn had been the result of studying the price of a glass of wine on the menu in front of me.

The first thing (apart from the prices) that struck me about Singapore is that unlike every other South East Asian country they do not think that they have to be sporting a surgical face mask to survive. It was refreshing to see that at least one nation seemed to have a sane grip on the reality of the H1N1 virus. The Chinese, Thai & ...

... itself was unremarkable but the on board entertainment - which I admit on a train was a novelty in itself - was a bizarre pic n' mix of odd TV programmes and films. At the start of the journey, one of the train conductors put a DVD in the machine and a Samsung flatscreen at the front of the train suddenly came to life. There were the usual adverts and promotions for the train and then adverts for other things. The real shock to the system was that he then played several ...

... their eyes, to other women in traditional Indian dress, others with a Bindi on their forehead, Caucasian women in business attire, and young Chinese and Malaysian girls wearing not a whole lot, anything seemed to go in Singapore… Moreso than this, Singapore is rich in smells, food, culture and history. Definitely worth a few days visit for anyone stopping over anytime soon, even if you're on a budget and just want to wander around for a while...


 
 

 

 

 
 

this is exactly what s'pore has been; a new personal record was set yesterday when I spent 14.5 hours on the SAME street. let me explain: orchard road is the equivalent of bloor/5th avenue/rodeo and what it really is is mall after mall with 5 stories each littered with stores galore that leora (aka the girl that "never goes shopping") had to check out. so that's what we did. started the day ...

... light up the sky for a brief moment just before we'd hear the crashing pounds of thunder above. Yet again watching God has been an awe moment. Sam seemed to love the storm just as much as we did, he'd stand by the window banging it with his hands, laughing and sometimes yelling as the pellets would hit right in front of him. Issaac seemed a little frightened because it was the storm that had woken him from his much needed sleep ...

... some of it quite hard to follow and it went on a bit but the stuff about the war was interesting. I found it weird though as it said that some people were pleased to see the brits back and to get rid of the japanesse but some were not happy as we didnt protect them properly in the first place. I didnt realise that Singapore was a third world country until around the begining of the 70's when they got a new prime minister which ...