Royal Hotel Singapore

... us the low down of the do's and donts in Singapore. We really warmed to Hai, he's a very friendly bloke who obviously has a passion for where he lives, he told us loads about the city and gave us some great advice, we wish we could meet someone like Hai in every new place we turn up to!

On our first full day we left the hostel at about 10am for the island of Sentosa where Hai keeps his fishing boat, he took us to his favourite fishing spot which ...

... br>So on to Singapore, cracking place, no litter, clean as anything, quite pricey but otherwise it is mustard. First day we met up with my sisters friends Kev and Deb and their son Jack who now live in Singapore. Singapore is well expensive for beer, about 5 quid for a pint in happy hour. But we had a few beers together then some grub, after which we headed back to their flat for a few more beers and a cigar on the balcony. A really quality time and cool to catch up with ...

... around searching for beaches, beer, and babes I thought it'd be fun to meet up with Charis and Arik - because after all, there are only so many crocs, kangaroos, and Vegemite one man can handle. Of course I had to bring with me my fishing rod, boomerang, and didgeridoo. On my flight to Singapore there was a slight hiccup in security, but nothing that couldn't be solved with a couple swine flu swabs. Soon enough, and ...

Samstag, 11.4.2009: Ich habe einen Fensterplatz im Flieger. Dadurch sehe ich zwar nicht wirklich mehr von der Welt draußen als die anderen Passagiere, weil wir gegen Mitternacht abheben, aber ich muss nicht immer aufstehen, wenn ein anderer mal raus muss. Außerdem sitzen wir ziemlich weit hinten in einer Reihe, in der an den Seiten jeweils nur noch zwei Sitze sind. So habe ich mehr Abstand zur Bordwand und kann es mir richtig gemütlich machen. Wir werden ...

... ago. Now there are 4 million people here and it is an independent country (having been ousted from Malaysia). It is a democracy, although one party has been in power for the past many decades, and opposition leaders find themselves mired in expensive lawsuits. The press can not be said to be free. Since land is so limited most people live in high rises, and many of these are government-owned. Single family homes on 1300 sqft of land that need work run over one ...

... was supposed to have a great market. Lots of the same stuff we'd seen in every other market, clothes that looked cheap but we hadn't come on holidays to go shopping although it seems that's what most people do go to Singapore for. Up to Orchard Road. Lots of big malls that just didn't interest us so back on the train. The predicted storm looked like it was on it's way so we canned the idea of going to the night safari and decided on a nice dinner ...