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... for the pair of<br>them. We head on to an Irish bar for a few drinks and, despite<br>telling the pair of them I am not drinking as we all know the results<br>of such actions, we end up having several pints followed by several<br>bottles and all of a sudden there is a massive rush to the airport!!<br>Not before I have phoned my mum of course...****** on a bench<br>chatting to my mum from the otherside of the world...I know it<br>stresses her out a ...

... as November sees the arrival of world politicians and business leaders for the APEC CEO Summit, and they hope to impress them<br><br>Later, at last, we managed to get a tour with live commentary of the Heritage areas, and what a difference it made. Very interesting. From there it was back to Clarke&#8217;s Quay and a stop for a beer named Scottish Beer at a microbrewery.<br><br>During our meal in the evening we noticed kites (lit up) buzzing ...

... up in a dance, we find some food and then we enter the night safari, see clouded leopard, elephants, girrafe, tapir, tigers, deer of many sorts, and very weird looking giant flying squirrels to name a few, the tram ride around is kitch but fun and we see many other animals and have a brilliant evening.<br><br>14/09/09 - I escape for the day - enough said except that erin and cait met barry the chinese australian man from the Gold Coast with a real ozzie accent, they went on ...

Luckily, we live really close to Marina Bay and we heard they were doing a rehearsal for their National Day Parade last weekend. We walked over to the site to check it out. This rehearsal is pretty much the same as the day of the event. They actually rehearse twice before the "real" celebration day on Aug 9th.<br><br>We were impressed by what we saw and were lucky enough to get tickets to the main event on the 9th, stadium seats ...

After running around Hawaii...finishing up the remodeling of the house, having our friend watch over the lil' ones/acting as our landlord, getting roommates to cover the mortgage, trying to sell our Mini, gathering up all the necessary admin details, selling off most of what we own (again), packing, etc...we have embarked on our world trip. Although it's not exactly how we planned, ya kinda just have to go with the flow and take up opportunities that ...

... I moved onto the Arab Quarter which was full of markets, mainly food markets with everything you could imagine from the Eastern world. Everything and everyone was crammed in under whatever shade was available to avoid the heat. Despite how hot it was, everyone was eating spicy noodle soups, in particularly spicy fish head curry, which had a few sweating... Then it was off to Chinatown on the bus.<br><br>Back in the 1800's it was predominantly the Chinese who were fleeing from the ...

... where I visited a Hindu Temple, Islamic Mosque and a Chinese Buddhist Temple. First I visited Sri Mariamman Temple, the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore, it was built in 1827. It now finds itself in the heart of China town. It's a beautiful temple, with detailed carvings and colourful paintings. It was really interesting to see, and to read a little about the religion. I had to stay in the temple a little longer than intended as I was hiding from a ...

... the Sea", the multi-sensory extravaganza enthralled the audience with its dazzling display of water jets, lights, lasers, flame bursts and other pyrotechnics, which, together with striking computer images, created a fantastic audio-visual feast. The show, with its captivating musical numbers performed by a live cast, brought down the house, drawing ohs and ahs from the crowd who watched it from an open-air viewing gallery ...