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Travel Blogs from Singapore
Sleepless in Sentosa
I had one of my worst bouts with insomnia on the eve of our departure for Singapore where I, along with my seven companions, took the plane bound for Davao in southern Philippines.
Having slept for less than three hours, I felt enervated but the thought of visiting the city-state kept me up on my toes even as we took the six-hour travel …
Fraudulent Journalism
Ok, so we're not in Singapore and it's been a while since we last updated the travelpod. But please believe me when I tell you that any prolonged period of time on a computer in Singapore would have required a re-mortgage of 119 Hwervey St, and in Darwin we'd had to have sold the place. Cairns, our current location, for some reason, is a little …
Hangin' at Changi
My final night in Hong Kong was spent pleasantly, meeting a guy called Ian in the hostel who promised that the drinks were on him when he got back from teaching English. With this sweet music in my ears, I headed up to The Peak to check out the night time view. Unfortunately it wasn't a super clear night, but the view was still pretty stunning. I …
Singapore
After a somewhat drunken Halloween at Harriet's in Croydon (I hope you're feeling a little better, Alison - at least you got some Skittles out of it!), we managed to catch our 12 and a half hour flight to Singapore. The flight was really good - I hadn't expected too much of Qantas, but they were really good. Singapore is hot, humid and lush - much …
Singapore Day 1
... There were also some other famous landmarks, the opera house, Ferris wheel and a giant hotel with three towers connected together by one giant swimming at the top.
The most amazing thing about Singapore is the quietness. I guess people call it "Asia lite" for a reason. The best thing is that there no motorbikes, so the insane amount of noise usually generated by those is nonexistent. You also have to pay $100,000.00 ...