Le Meridien Singapore
Travel Blogs from Singapore
Boy does it rain
... board the plane five hours late meaning we'd miss out connecting flight to Singapore. Anyway, these plane tickets were REALLY cheap (£74 taxes etc, and thats return) and I know you get what you pay for, but its fair to say we were rather shocked on boarding the plane. First of all it stank of fag smoke - who ever thought it was safe to smoke on a plane?!! Luckily it is now no smoking. Secondly the chair covers were falling to bits - ...
Day 1 GINSING
Our first day of the conference was action packed, informative and inspiring. This conference is beyond amazing. Over 800 youth have come together from 62 schools wanting to make the world a better place. Our students are networking with international students from places such as Cairo, Jakarta and Bangladesh. The motto of the conference is "Time to Act. Time to Change." Some highlights of the day: 1. High ...
Slingapore
... smart rider equivalent for 8 months, we posted them home, credit and all, just before leaving Aus. These $12 beauties are the best and by far the cheapest way to travel, and come in handy when you need to jump on a train for a little emergency shelter from the rain, or a little ice cold relief from the 400% humidity Singapore seems to have. Our first 24hours couldn't have been more eventful. We, uncharacteristically, remembered our way around the city and were ...
Singapore, a city of contrasts. Day two
Good sleep last night for us both but Helen has come down with a cold and i think im starting one as well. Great breakfast and ready to go. So, off to explore again. A nice walk to the MRT and another clean pleasant trip to Orchard Road which is the 'famous' shopping district, full of huge high rise buildings with top hotels and top stores too. Oh what an experience, I don't mind shopping but this is just 'mall hell'! More high end designer stores than you can shake ...
Singapore Slings, Peanuts, Sa-Tays & Orangutans
... the little boy was entertaining by painting his face with a texters and loved to be cheeky and play with us.
The guy next to us was from Singapore. We got chatting briefly, he was friendly and he said "I think Singapore is a bit confused, it doesn't know whether it is meant to be Westernised or Asian", we all laughed.
Just over 7 hrs we land in Singapore. What a massive airport. We grab our luggage and couldn't believe how many people ...