Puteri Pacific Johor Bahru

As I write, the psychos from next door are moving out of their room and out of our lives forever which is a relief. It's a Saturday morning and I'm feeling especially lazy today.<br><br>Yesterday evening we went to Singapore's night safari which was quite possibly one of the funnest days I've had so far. After coming home reasonably shattered after the day's events we got our mosquito repellent on and headed out towards the north of Singapore where the zoo was located. At this point it was ...

... foreign brands are already rooted themselves there.Even the outlying cities mutanjiang is as developed as the city.McDonald and KFC are found there as well. <br> It was a relatively relaxing city to visit but a 5 days trip is more than enough if you do not plan to travel to other parts of the province.<br> Harbin reminded me of HK years ago when the cutomer service is found wanting.<br>

... metro (and only 80p per ride - why can't London be that cheap, it is far dirtier) and then a clean and efficient bus to get to the zoo. David got very excited (again) when he saw a Subway, so I said he could have one later. The zoo was definitely one of the best I have ever been to. Only the large cats (not the lions) were in cages, all the others were separated by water or by nothing at all (the apes and monkeys) so were free to roam, which they did. We saw ...

... sehr laut, so dass wir das Ganze nicht so sehr geniessen konnten. Tolle Fische gab's trotzdem zu sehen und Matthias war am Ende wieder mal total happy :-) Nach einer kleinen Ben & Jerry's-Eiscreme-Staerkung beschlossen wir, zurueck in die Stadt zu fahren und Little India einen Besuch abzustatten. Ich wollte noch ein paar Gewuerze kaufen und am Ende fanden wir auch noch ein paar andere schoene Sachen fuer unsere Wohnung. Juhu, die Ruecksaecke werden immer ...

... not before I'd stocked up on super-cheap antihistamines). We got tickets for the bus to Singapore and I spent the last few pennies on fruit that I had to eat before crossing the border. It was raining hard when we went over the causeway and our bus left without us at Singapore immigration (this is normal, you just have to wait for the next one but annoying nevertheless).

... Being bitten on the finger is pretty bloody awful. I mean it - for some reason its the most painful part..maybe its because the skin is stretched there or something. Oh well...everything else is still going pretty well. Mr Shan is a complete legend, he took us to his house today and showed us his garden and his impressive collection of cars. He's one of those people thats always full of ...

It was around 7am when we landed in Singapore, and we were so jet lagged and tired from our flight, that all we wanted to do was sleep! We booked ourselves into a day spa/lounge place in the airport for a couple of hours so we could have a nap before the full day of sightseeing we had ahead of us. Singpore airport is brilliant for free internet, so unfortunately our sleeping time was wasted on facebook....<br><br> We caught a train into the city ...

... I was squeezed in the back seat with three other people. One of which was a small older man that kept giving me some kind of "kiss" lozenges and falling asleep on my shoulder. In addition to being uncomfortable the ride was also quite frightening as minibus drivers like to pass alot and drive really fast on twisty roads packed with big logging trucks. When we reached the junction, I was surprised to see that the "junction" was in the middle ...

It is relatively convenient to travel from Singapore to Johor Bahru during the off-peak hours. We hopped onto the causeway link bus and off we went for a day of idyllic fun across the causeway. Danga Bay was huge, but as it was the weekday, nothing much was happening. It was just so ...