Grand Majesty Hotel Batam

Not many good things about 13 hour flights except that I imagine they are a lot less boring than they used to be thanks to video on demand. Saved my life. <br><br>Now I am about to do some duty free shopping. <br><br>I will save my last post for when I get back so I can complete the circle on my map and write something less ...

... t going to do in this humidity. The weather is so hot and what makes it uncomfortable is the high humidity. I then came across the Fou Lu Shou Complex, an interesting street market area really close to the two temples I was looking for. The Sri Krishnan Temple was quite pretty from the outside, however it looked fairly modern and slightly tacky, I wasn't overly impressed. The other temple; Kwan Im Thong ...

... to do lots of shopping if you're into that sort of thing... It was nice to go to the beach for the morning, and lounge around in the 29 deg heat (Lucy is sweating lots and I am too). <br><br>The locals love to eat out and about so we have been also: little China town places for lunch to rest and eat up little delicables.<br><br>After Sentosa we went to the Orchid Gardens. It was a beautiful place set in ...

... definately visit Singapore again. <br><br>We are currently at the airport getting ready to board our flight to Darwin and then Cairns. It is currently 18:55 local time and we will get to Cairns on the 5th August at 8:05. We plan to go straight to Kuranda once we have picked up our car in Cairns downtown.<br><br>Hope everyone is well,<br><br>Much Love,<br><br>Ben and Em xxx

... great hopes for the Singapore Handicraft Centre as a place to get some good gifts. Big disappointment. "There are no people because it is full of tat and rubbish" Ella remarked. Nicely air conditioned though! Off to the Night Safari later so back to hotel for a quick nap. <br><br>Singapore is a fine city! Examples include No chewing gum (S$1000), No pets or animals (S$500), No eating or drinking (S$500) and No durians (smelly ...

... to ignore thoughts running through head, cocoon myself in my sleeping bag liner and sleeping bag.<br><br>Wake up after awesome sleep, head off to airport, get on Air Asia flight, seat is the size of foot rest in B.A. Premium Economy. Go to special B.A. Premium Economy place in head.<br><br><br><br><br>

From the Phuket bus station, it was off to Phuket Airport to catch the plane to Singapore. But wait...it's not as easy as it sounds. I caught the "Airport Bus" which you would think would go straight to the airport, right? Wrong! I swear it stopped at every single bus stop in Phuket &amp; beyond. There was only me &amp; another man whom I'm pretty sure wanted to go to the airport. All the other passengers were local ...

Arrived yesterday night in Singapore. It's just as hot as Bangkok if not more so and today's highlights included one of those first ominous out-of-the-clear-blue-sky tropical monsoon showers. Maybe just suprising to me since I'm not watching the weather and don't live here. In fact I haven't been back in Singapore at this time of year since I was five years old. Either way, nature has served its ...

... novembre 2008, ore 2: siamo nel mezzo del nulla, piu' o meno sull'Equatore, notte fonda, seduti per terra, uno sguardo speranzoso rivolto alla strada in attesa del salvatore, uno sguardo sconsolato all'autobus, che dopo sei ore ha deciso che era giunto il momento di piantarsi nel mezzo del nulla piu' assoluto. Il motore e' fritto: per una mezzoretta hanno anche tentano di resuscitarlo con il metodo cinese, a sprangate, ma invano. Ora stiamo aspettando che arrivi un altro autobus ...

... by a local girl called Octavia who is showing me around the island in a van. We first of all went to a place called 'Monkey Bar' where there were real monkeys (tied up) and watersports to try. No way! I'm not suicidal. They even admitted that the parasailing sail was broken. Then I was joined by a family of three from the Phillipines who are travelling around Singapore on holiday. We all went to a Buddist temple which was beautiful and ...