Hotel 81 - Cherry Singapore

... however, a very worthwhile expedition!!

That night was the dreaded coughing night I talked about in the last blog, so Kate and I spent the day asleep after our visit to the really nice doctor man. We woke about 5, and made our way to ...

... down to the bottom buzzing with excitement. The ride was brilliant and we enjoyed the second one just as much. The rest of the day was spent on the beach and at a lovely pool bar, where we enjoyed a couple of drinks whilst having a paddle.

Our last day was filled with a few more shopping malls, as well as a few DVD's at our hostel. We decided to also book ourselves onto the Night Safari at the local zoo for the evening and took the bus ...

... Ja, eg var voda kul yfir tessu i safariinu sjalfu..

Vid lobbudum um allt i dag, gengum trisvarsinnum i kringum fountain of wealth, sem gerir mann audugan. Forum sidan i Chinatown sem var rosalega fallegt. Forum inn i eitt indverskt brudkaup, kinverska jardarfor og a kinverskan markad. allt mjog ahugavert.

snemma i fyrramalid fljugum vid sidan a eyjuna sem okkur er buid ad dreyma svo mikid um. hun ...

... as the Quays which were also beautiful by night. The next day, for a much deserved relaxing treat, we went to Sentosa island, known as the playground of Singapore, and visited a big aquarium, swam in one of the most artificial beaches you can imagine and saw a pink dolphin show... how touristy!!! but very cool!!!

To continue our commercial and touristic ventures, we stopped off at ...

... blue scrubs, hair net and face mask which were a welcome break from my stuffy shirt, tie and black trousers. I then put on a pair of wellies (although a lot of Crocs lying about but I couldn't bring myself to wear them) and headed with one of the nicest surgeons I've ever met to an operating theatre. We came in just as they were about to start a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and we effectively saw the whole thing - I was surprised how quick it took (around 40 ...

Singapore - 2nd July

We had to come to Singapore, as it is a hub for onward flights to our next destinations, however I'm glad we did because it is a fascinating city. It is a city of contrasts –areas like Little India & Chinatown are almost like 3rd world countries, but in areas like Orchard Road it looks like 5th Avenue, New York. We stayed in Little India.

Its funny how the Chinatown in every large city ...

... gum banned, but when one guy dropped a sweet wrapper in the terminal, someone came running over as soon as he left to pick it up.

After debating between taxi and train to the hotel, we quickly realised we had no idea where the hotel was, so taxi it was. Pretty standard, and we didn't get too shafted by the taxi driver.

Staying at the Link Hotel which is really a business-esque hotel, but is clean (there you go Sally and Lisa) and has air con. Weather is really humid and ...

... my friend and I showed up at desk, we jumped through all the necessary beaucratic hoops, then we needed to pay. Apparently Immigrations Dude doesn't take payment, you need to go to the machine on the first floor to make the payment with the random cash card thing that they decided we should pay with. We go to the first floor, the freaking machine doesn't allow you to "charge" your cash card, it only allows you to "pay". Cursing the retardedness, we ...

... Airways breakfast inside me I decided catergorically, most definitely not. This was it, I was on my way! Touching down in Singapore - indeed doing anything in Singapore is a pleasant, clean, easy, efficient experience and I had no trouble getting the metro to Fiona and Simon's who I was staying with. After a couple of days sightseeing there I think I had seen most of it. It would be a great place to live as all the other great ...

... and about two minutes later came over and said our room was ready. Daniel, a very good looking guy of Indian decent took us up to the room. Wow!! Super cool corner room with windows on two sides, 42 inch LCD, big bathroom with a window for one side of the shower. Beautiful l'occitane bathroom products. No idea until later that this was a business club room and was a pretty good upgrade. Didn't bother unpacking as we'd worn clothes off the ship that we ...