Holiday Inn Batam

Today in Singapore me Gabrielle and Doris, a new addition to our group, headed to Changi Village to check the place out as it had been recommended in the Lonely Planet Guide book. This trip was quite a way, involving taking the MRT for 30 mins and then the bus for a further 25 minutes, but we eventually arrived there at this sleepy village. There wasn't a great deal occuring in this humble setting, everyone seemed to be ...

... a second. We take 25mn to get to the Zoo and the rain is a bit softer. We go to a local restaurant: KFC and get stuffed! Waiting for the rain to stop, we spot a lovely massage place where you drown your legs in an aquarium full of little fish that come and clean your feet...<br><br><br> <br ...

On Monday afternoon we got to have a tour of the dialysis unit at the National University Hospital by a highly knowledgeable nurse and it was nice to step out of the stifling heat of the wards and enter some air conditioning. In the evening we toured around Geylang however after having a nap I felt groggy and headache ridden. This was made worse the next day after a terrible night's sleep due to incessant cat wailing outside. I hate napping, and will resist the urge in the future.<br><br>So ...

10th July<br>Singapore Zoo<br>Some storms, humid, 30 degrees<br><br>After a yummy breakfast of bacon and eggs, our cousins joined us for a trip to the Singapore Zoo. It's a beautiful zoo with lovely exhibits and lots of animals. They hired a little wagon for Tyler and Jayden to sit in, while Loida, the family&#8217;s helper, pushed little Erica, a foster baby, along in the pram. We had a brief stop while a thunderstorm passed, but it was ...

Hey everyone,<br><br>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.<br><br>I will start ...

... too detailed, but very good interpretation and some beautiful objects. We checked out of Lollypopcorn! and decided to spend the night drinking beer at the Hawker centre because our flight was in the morning. We settled in and eventually met Mr Fo, a local taxi driver. He came to sit with us and told us all about Singapore hospitality and food which we got to sample as he kept buying us different foods to try! His friend Douglas also came to ...

... bustling and its hot- very hot. We pass garlands of brightly coloured flowers, rows of neatly packed vegetables and lots of different smells of spices and cooking. I'm on the lookout for fruit but its a bit disappointing, considering the a mount of veg. I'm beginning to think that this is taking a lot more than 5 minutes when Steve reassures me we're getting close and the hostel" Footprints" is in sight. Thank goodness for air con.- We have been so ...

Left HarbourFront Centre in Singapore by ferry at 07:55 hrs, arrived Perlabuhan Batu Ampar in Batam, Provinsi Riau Kerpulauan, at 08:00 hrs WIB (Waktu Indonesia Barat, or Western Indonesia Time). By taxi to Hang Nadim Airport (BTH) for Air Asia flight QZ 7555 departing for Jakarta at 10:50 hrs.

... by plane, I had try to catch some information at Tourism Help Desk, but I missed it. That desk empty, no body in charge at there on weekend. So I ask on one of Airport security to get one of safety rent car or taxi. He was help me to get the kind and good rent car driver, after we had deal the price for 2 days rent, we soon go to the town. The driver also help me to get good budget hotel, good, clean, and safety for single woman traveler as like as me.

... given samples to taste of dry cuttlefish and other things, hanging up were dried seahorses apparantly they taste very nice but we werent about to find out for ourselves, We were then taken to lunch....well i say lunch I stocked up on the rice as there were prawns, cuttlefish, chilli crab, some kind of seafood in its shell which you had to pick at with cocktail sticks to get at and the best plate of all......a whole fish ...