Ibis Singapore On Bencoolen Hotel

By far the hotest day really sticky, found an excellent resturant in China town where the food was amazing...really authentic! Afterwards we moved on to Raffles hotel where we couldn't help but sample the famous Singapore Sling....apparently the Sling was first made there! Unbelievably, everyone throws their used peanut shells on the floor so a bit of a ...

... pathway!!! It was really thin and red ... so i watched it and then ran!!<br><br>Also saw lots of Orang Utans .. i just love them<br><br>anyway .. thats it for the day .. oooo ii forgot .. went for dinner was absolutely starving got rice and bean sprouts and lemon fish cost $2.70 and noodles and a crispy roll from another stall cost $2.00 lol so cheap ($2.20=1 pound!) and i couldnt eat it all!!<br><br>anyway .. bye for now<br><br>c xxx

... was alot easier than first expected - we caught the bus - right outside our hostel - got off at the stop a little way down the road from the pickup. Done and Done! Now he was excited! We haven't eaten all day so we were very ready to eat...we found a nice Thai resturant in one of the many underground malls Singapore has to offer - this and the smell of Lycees is what I remember from my last visit here with the parents - oh and walking out at night into the balmy Singapore air! They ...

... Thailand and US$0.50 Angkor beers in Cambodia! <br><br>Other than the beach there is nothing else in Batu Ferringhi well unless you&#8217;re a girl then there are the night markets which I&#8217;m sure the ladies could spend hours shopping through. We found a great hawker food store where we enjoyed probably the best Kebab I have ever had and a nice Indian for no more than £5 each. Oh and how could I forget being woken up every morning at 5am by the loudspeakers from the mosque blaring ...

... in perfect synchronicity.<br>Once the parade had passed over the bridge and behing City Hall a high pitched squeel announced the start of the fireworks. Every explosive bang was met with the obligatory "oooohhs" and "aaahhhs" as the bright colours spread into the sky, briefly setting it alight before fading into the black night.<br>Half an hour later and it was time for the crowds to disperse, and as expected with Singapore people waited ...

It's been 2 weeks now since the start of my Singapore stint and time is rapidly progressing. I'll be back in Britain before I know it!<br><br>2 nights ago we went to a concert in the evening given by the National Youth Orchestra of Singapore. At an absolute steal of a price (2 GBP!) we enjoyed a chamber concert played by various ensembles from the orchestra in the "Esplanade - Theatres by the Bay" recital hall. The recital hall itself was quite small and had an intimate feel about ...

... the first few days it was no different than any other meditation time, but on day 6 it became a "sitting of strong determination", which means that you shouldn't change your posture or move at all for the whole hour...which I was never able to do...the best I ever did was change my posture twice in an hour...it's tough stuff!) <br><br>9:00-11:00- Meditation in the hall (and occasionally we would be allowed to go back to our room to meditate during this time...and when we did ...

... Instead of taking exit A out of the subway we took exit E which then lead us on a 45 minute trek around china town until we found our hostel. We did witness some random Chinese people line dancing to music in the street&#8230; twice!<br> That evening we headed to the famous Raffles hotel for a Singapore sling at the birthplace of the drink. We was all dolled up in our best outfits, as the Lonely Planet guidebook informed us that you could not go casually dressed. (we ...

... India, so Dave was in heaven. He, of course, wants to eat Roti Canai for every meal. I, unfortunately, cannot even though I love it so much. I have made it my goal to master the roti canai making. With only a few days here, we are strolling around and trying to keep within our budget. That, unfortunately rules out some things, but we are happy to hang out in ...

... by other travellers and the LP. It was good... it had everything, white tigers, minature monkeys, pygmy hippos, and a polar bear with it own air-con indoor enclosure although it seemed quite happy outside. The orangutans were ready to pose to pictures ...