River View Hotel Singapore

Annie, Jesse, and I went out to supper with some of Jesse's friends last night and while we were out the waitress stopped me to tell me that I looked like a famous movie star. Being ever the humble one, when she asked who I was, I quickly told her, "Pitt... Brad Pitt." She laughed and informed me that I was not Brad Pitt but that I looked like t...

It's 2:30AM in Singapore, and I made it to Singapore!!! :)

Our flight was 23 hours long, and we got into Singapore sometime after midnight. I took the airport shuttle(about $7USD) to the hostel where I stay now. After I checked in, I went to the 24hrs 7-11 next door and got a SIM card(thanks for M&N, I am using your phone in Singap...

It is hot and humid, not good for the germanz ... we are sweating a lot!

After landing in Singapore we went to the hostel - great location inside the city, we can walk everywhere. After taking a cold shower because we did not know how to turn the water heater on, we went outside and hit the city - Orchard Street. First real asian food f...

Hi again everyone, so its been a while and there is a lot to tell again... This is our SE Asia leg so far..
We landed in Singapore from Mumbai, what a flight, our plane was so brand spanking new despite being in cattle class it felt like 1st class it truly was so much fun that we forgot to sleep and so arrived into Singapore absolut...

Good morning everyone. It is Monday morning in Singapore and my sister and brother-in-law are at work. We had a great day yesterday in Singapore and did more than most people do in a week (or at least it felt that way!).

Here is a quick rundown:

- We started the day with some exercise. The kids, my sister Eeks, and I went swimming ...

Singapore is SO easy, so Chinese and safely predictable, and so, so enjoyable if Day 1 is anything to go by: the perfect place for the jaded traveller...

Surprisingly to me, the Chinese make up 80% of this island's population with the remaining
20% consisting of Malays and Indians. Singapore left the Malay Federation in the 1960's ...

Well, what can I say? While I won't say it was a disaster, I definitely didn’t have the best of time in Singapore for the 2 days that I was there – for various reasons that will be explained. (Edit: This ended up being a long post – I’ll have to look at making them shorter from now on!)

Landing in Singapore, I wa...

After spending the night at Katie and Jason's we left for the airport and duly arrived in plenty of time to check-in and then have a coffee with Katie before she headed off to work.
Had a browse through the Duty Free shop with a view to purchasing some stuff on the way back and then boarded our flight.
The flight was excellent - nice lun...

Well I'm in Singapore. Can't quite believe it myself and I'm still in a mild state of denial due to the months of organising, stress and planning this has taken. Not forgetting the anxiety, panics and hyperventilation. You'd think it would be plain sailing once I actually arrived in the city... But no.

We left Kuala Lumpur early and the...