Hotel81 - Bugis Singapore

here the first test....is it possible to blog from the psp? singapoore, finally real chinese food...i didnt realise how much i missed it....sniff. its clean and i walked 2am trough the park...no crime. met a guy from southafrica for whom this was the highlight. baozi!!!!!

... moved onto several other locations across the city, including the beautiful Queen Victoria Train Station which was crowded with innocent, unsuspecting commuters - most of them rushing to get home after a hard day's work..

I remember sitting in front of my computer at home in Perth - with one hand over my mouth as I placed my coffee cup down onto the desk. News footage of the majestic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on ...

... the civilian population, more than 50,000 of whom were massacred often for no discernible reason. As a result Singapore marks not only the November remembrance but also the April ANZAC day, which we will see in NZ. Of course that is all now over and we are moving seamlessly into Christmas - the decorations at Raffles were spectacular, photo follows.

We've been pottering around dodging the rain (although that does mean ...

... off!! Woah I better not have missed that bus...oh and how stupid must I have looked sleeping in a waiting room with my 2 rucksacks tied round my feet!!ha ha!!

On the bus and holy shmokes this is posh...I have my own seat, my own tv AND my own MASSAGE CHAIR!! You know those chairs that they stick in shopping centres and charge you to go on but you never do...yup I have my own one of them for the next 6 hours!! Shaweet!! Tucked up in my sleeping bag I ...

... beige corridors; reams of signposts in 3 languages and the wonderful food court with the temperamental waffle woman, the stand called "Ole-ole" and the rather out-of-place DeliFrance (that serves hot croissants at lunch but not at breakfast when you need it). I'll also strangely miss the countless doctors, nurses, secretaries, elective co-ordinators and surgeons who have humoured, taught, entertained or just stared at us with a mix of confusion, bemusement ...

... br>So on to Singapore, cracking place, no litter, clean as anything, quite pricey but otherwise it is mustard. First day we met up with my sisters friends Kev and Deb and their son Jack who now live in Singapore. Singapore is well expensive for beer, about 5 quid for a pint in happy hour. But we had a few beers together then some grub, after which we headed back to their flat for a few more beers and a cigar on the balcony. A really quality time and cool to catch up with ...

... hr kip on a chair but was a bit paranoid about sleeping so didnt really. Had really wanted to go and do a tour of singapore but they didnt recommend it , as they thought I wouldn't have time. So airport bound I was! Thank god for free internet terminals.
So at 12.30 I boarded the 380 airbus to continue my journey...for 13hrs this time!

... in front of the MRT station. When we arrived there, I didn't think it was a hostel. It looked like a restaurant. hehehe really! I asked for the room rates and asked her to show us the room, she showed us the pictures as well. Jeejy and I decided that this hostel would be the last one so we gave our stuff that we had to this hostel. hehehehe but I ask for some of their brochures as well. By the way, If we saw any hostels are ok, we told ...

... floor of a building on North Bridge Rd. I didn't realize that there was a guesthouse in there, but while I was looking for a guesthouse, someone told me. At first, it looked dirty and I thought I should have looked for somewhere else, but I was shown an OK room and I decided to stay there. During my stay, I visited Little India, trying Indian curry, and China Town somehow including Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple and Sultan Mosque.

Until the 15th of ...