Fragrance Hotel - Ocean View Singapore

... or whether they work automatically??!

Last night we got the MRT (with our new Swiss friend Patrick) to find a big christmas tree, however, ended up in MacD's! We couldn't find where we were going so ended up coming back and going to the local wine bar. I couldn't handle it for long as shattered but the others managed to last a while! We met Patrick at the airport as heard he was coming to the same hostel as us, so we ...

... We stayed out till half 6- it took an hour to walk back to the hotel! And we could only afford one round of drinks, when it was my turn we had just got to this club and I got two drinks for four people and told them to share as they cost near to a tenner each!! Got up at 10 and went for a walk round the designer malls. It's the only place so far thats been slightly xmassy. Hannah was with me and Jen also, as she was getting the ...

... Village". Evidently, this place is quite popular with the locals. It was very busy for a Sunday night and it was difficult to find a table. Once we found an available space, Keith and Teng Fang checked out the different stalls and selected key Singaporean dishes and flavours that they felt we ought to try. We all shared chicken and beef satay, two types of noodles, fried oyster, spicy stingray and barbecue chicken wings. In addition ...

... Michelle & Rob headed out to find some take away dinner. Not five minutes from our apartment we found a food hall and were knocked out by the variety and low cost of the food on offer. Taking back arm full’s of different local dishes and a couple of drinks we enjoyed a lovely dinner, a long bath and a big comfy bed.

Despite the stifling humidity and warm temperatures, we really like ...

... with noise and color. This year it starts on the October 15th and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Basically people decorate with anything that lights up and eat a lot of sweets. How can you go wrong with this?

I will try not to get fined or caned the rest of my short visit here. Singapore has been the perfect place to decompress from Borneo and to bring myself back into the civilization I am used to.

... i klip-klapper, brugt, gammelt, billigt og snavset toej. Nogen gange kigger doermaendene skaevt til en og overvejer om de overhovedet skal lukke op:) Det er helt klart et problem at pakke til backpacker-rejse og shopping i Singapore.
Vi glaeder os rigtig meget til at komme hjem og se jer alle igen. Nu skal vi ud og shoppe videre. Vi ankommer i oevrigt d. 2 september kl. 10 fra London i Kastrup.

Mange knus
Lone og Martin

... on Lake Maninjau but we enjoyed it nonetheless.
The weekend arrived and PPM became our full time tour guide taking us to Sentosa Island and Singapore Zoo and wildlife parks. Sentosa Island is a mini-theme park and the highlight was a water fountain, light, laser and firework show over the bay. Difficult to explain but a must see on any visit to Singapore. The zoo was also great fun and the highlight was seeing the Polar Bears and ...

Hey everyone,

I thought I would start a blog to keep everyone updated while I am abroad. I am already behind the updating process as I have been to Asia and back and am already in Costa Rica. I promised many of you that I would write about Asia through this blog, so I apologize if some of this is repetitive for some of you. I will try and write in this about once a week and keep my posts short (which may be a bit difficult for me) and sweet.

I will start ...

The following day (my 2nd & last day) I wanted to get a very brief overview of the city so I took a river cruise in a Singapore "bumboat".This is a great way to quickly see all the major sights (I think). I was the only one on the boat so I felt like I was travelling V.I.P! The journey began at Raffles Landing Site. Almost 200 years ago Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles set the wheel of ...

... To me it wasn't very exotic, the value is low, and the food was not easily accessible (compared to Thailand).
Anyways, the driver dropped me off at the budget terminal of Changi. I was a little disappointed I didn't get to see Changi because I've heard it's one of the best airports in the world. I checked-in, waited for about an hour, and boarded my Tiger Airways jet. The plane looked brand new!

I should explain my Singapore excursion a ...