M Hotel Singapore /Formerly Copthorne Harbour View

... about that place. Chatting on, I tell Nig that it is almost certainly<br>down to him that I am here today, travelling the world alone. My dad<br>travelled when he was younger, hitchiking through Europe, camping on<br>the sand in Mongolia, setting up a language school in southern Spain.<br>Here Nig concedes that he is living the world through me and that he<br>thinks it's fabulous that I am doing what I am, and alone!! To me<br>this has just become ...

... for the hop-on hop-off bus to get a feel for the city layout. <br><br>Our first stop was The National Orchid Gardens which were beautiful, and part of the Botanic Gardens. Then back in the city centre we walked through Little India, and took off our shoes to step into the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, one of the oldest Hindu temples in Singapore. There was so much happening inside, it had to be ...

... maintained a comically aloof expression. I also liked seeing a tiny baby hitching a ride on its mother's back. The otters were funny too, constantly running or swimming back and forth in their little stream, and making really insistent squeaking noises the whole time. The only thing I was disappointed by was the komodo dragon - I spent ages trying to find it as the signposting left a bit to desire in this bit of the park, and when after twenty minutes I ...

... available today, travel insurance finally tells us that it is going to cover erin's medical bills in the hospital, hurray!, hopefully will cover us for the lengthy stay in singapore too - not counting on this for the budget - rooms are $100 a night and that's cheap (but clean and not sleazy), more middle eastern food tonight.<br><br>17/09/09 - Let's really get the *******s Day - Cait goes off really early to the tribunal for her hearing, erin and i stay behind to pack up ...

Well we made it Singapore and Michael is already ready to go home... too many lines and too much waiting waiting waiting. And this is the only the first of 14 flights, one local bus ride (200klm) and one cruise to come. Hopefully he will get used to it by the end of 6 weeks.<br>talk to you all later.

... portions of course but I'd never seen it in butter spread containers before)...steamed dumplings...and stir fried long rice...yummmm. The breakfast started out entertaining but was cut brief when Steve had to head out for a meeting. I stuck around for thirds (!) but it was a bit lonely eating by myself. <br><br>I looked around...realized that everyone else was eating alone and on business, by the look of their attire. I was in slippers, my ...

... Eventually brothels were outlawed.) Also with these harsh conditions, gave a rise to Opium addicts with Opium Dens on most streets and people wasting away what little money they had on this highly addictive drug. Gambling was also common, always behind closed doors, and gang warfare and violence was a common everyday occurrence. So, for a land that people had hoped and prayed for and risked their lives to go to, it seemed only a small percentage would realise their ambitions. Chinatown ...

... Seilbahn die qu** ueb** den Hafen von Singapore v**laeuft) auf nach Santosa Island. Dort angekommen , wollte mir mal wied** eine nette Singaporeedame mit ihrem kaum v**staendlich Senglish (Mischung von Englisch, Mandarin, Phillipino, und and**e asiatische Sprachen) ein noch teur**es Ticket andrehen, mit dem ich den Delphin, Ti** und Botanikpark besuchen koenne. Nur leid** wollte Max nur an den so mal**isch beschriebenen Sandstrand von Santosa ...

... more about it. He has now converted to Islam, and works for the mosque. Islamic mosques are a lot different from any other religious place of worship. They are very bare, with no iconography decorating the walls and celings and there is no image of God. They do not believe God has a gender or can be personified. All that is there is a copy of the Quran. The American, Josh, explained the basics of Islam. It is actually very close to Christianity ...