Fragrance Hotel Singapore

... Chinatown. Stunning views just go up and up and up! From there I went to the Boat Quay and along to Clarke Quay. There's lots and lots of building work going on out there, so it would seem the recession hasn’t really hit there yet. Again, in contrast to the super-modern high rises, here there were the old colonial buildings of the Victoria Concert Hall, Raffles Hotel (of course!), the Parliament Buildings and St Andrew’s cathedral to name just a few. Singapore ...

... was interesting, but will probably not be ordered again.<br> <br>A short walk to Spotiswoode Drive, and a reunion with hostess Rebecca. On her recommendation, our evening would be spent in the Clarke Quay area, with a meal along the river front. This idea had obviously occurred to several tens of thousands of others, as it proved difficult to get a table anywhere. A quick change of plan, with the new destination being the Chinatown area. Several places were ...

... Why aren't you married?" and "What would you say when you reach the gates of heaven?"<br><br>Today, work experience officially began.<br><br>We woke up early and instead of putting on the usual shirt and T-shirt I donned my work clothing and wore a long sleeve shirt, tie and black trousers. We walked to the MRT station and headed west towards Buona Vista station which took quite a long time and because of rush hour, we were packed like sardines and I unfortunately stood pretty ...

... is getting alone and we are enjoying our time here, the kids always have something to do as Aidan is 8, Declan is 10, and Mark's niece - Brianna is 15 and Adam is 17, they and Car and Joe share a room.Today we are going to go on a hop on hop off bus around the area - hopefully to the world famous hotel Raffles - though we had not hear of it for a Slingapore Sling and then tonight off to Borneo.I will hopeully update again after Borneo.<br>bye.<br>

... out my day, studying the map and plotting out a course of action to take. I read the Lonely Planet write-ups about which streets to follow to find the best sites through Little India and Chinatown- two places I heard that I had to go to. I started off with Little India. I got off around where I thought I should and headed down the street. I stopped off first at the local market where hundreds and hundreds of vendors were selling local produce and gadgets for sale. Each ...

February 4-6, 2009: Singapore, Singapore 24 Not nearly as exciting as Jack Bauer torturing people, Mary and I had our own 24 experience: the bus ride from Phuket to Singapore. We departed on February 3 on a straight shot from Thailand, through Malaysia, to Singapore. We had to keep the ship moving to Indonesia, so did not have time to explore Malaysia on this trip. However, we heard nothing but incredible things from other travelers about this country. We ...