Somerset Liang Court Singapore

... or train from Singapore so we took the cheaper option of the train. They are building a Universal Studios over there which will be open next year but for now its a building site in that part. We came over mainly to do the luging but compared to New Zealand it was dissapointing - the track was way shorter and they try to slow you down with barriers which isn't in New Zealand. The best track there was defo Rotorua. We went to ...

... the MRT to Changi Airport where we got refunds for our EZ-Link cards and then caught the skytrain across to Terminal 3 to check in for our flight home.<br><br>We had dinner at the airport and took advantage of the free wireless internet to kill some time before having a coffee then boarding our flight home. The flight left on time and our Singapore trip had come to an end!

... we could get away with our broken Spanglish, so we were happy to see that all signs were in English and learn that everyone speaks it well - happy days! The use of English became widespread in Singapore after it was implemented as a first language medium in the education system (quote: Wikipedia!). We decided to be brave and get the train to the hostel from the airport, this turned out to be less of an adventure then we thought it might be, as it happens ...

... walked straight past it and got ourselves lost half a mile down the road before realising we were heading the wrong way. We were exhausted and sweating buckets; Kate could barely stand cause of the lack of oxygen she was getting. Luckily we found our way after some locals approached us and pointed it out. The entrance to the Hostel was a single door in the middle of a terrace block, concealing a horrendous warm, humid, stale fishy ...

Tuesday, 11th August<br><br>A simple plan today &#8211; out to the HSBC rope walk in the XX Nature Reserve, then back into the city for the touristy elements of the Central Banking District, Raffles Hotel, and out to the Harbour Front for the cable car to Mount Harber and the island of Sentosa, ending with a leisurely meal back in a Chinatown Hawker market. Well that was the plan. What we hadn't taken into account was that in avoiding a four kilometre ...

Arrival in Singapore at 14:30pm after a 6 hrs stop over in Doha airport and 13hrs in a plane. Steffi slept enough for the both of us in the plane .<br><br>Singapore food festival in little India, Chinatown, and Little Arab.<br>Weather is warm and humid. Lots of food, scents of spices. Chewing gums are prohibited in Singapore and you better don't leave them in the plane. You cannot even buy they in a store. Stick beating is still a way of ...

... Food Courts are mainly between 1 and 3 euros - delicious! We particulalarly liked the Hawkers centres at Maxwell Street (great variety, near Chinatown) and Lau Pa Sat (surroundings, Satay stalls outside). Great murtabaks at Zam Zam in Arab quarter too.<br><br>Singapore Sling at Raffles was a disappointment on last evening (27 Singapore Dollars and tasted more like a "mocktail" (= no spirit!)). However, found a Bacardi Mojito evening in ...

... s not much to entertain; not much that won't break the bank. The trouble is that, the things in themselves aren't actually too dear, but for example, a trip on the Singapore flyer is S$30 (15GBP), our accommodation is S$30 each, what does that leave us with ... nothing. But I moan too much. The best thing to do is simply resign yourself to the fact that you're going to overspend, that's what we did. And so we headed to Sentosa Island, Singapore's answer to Disneyland. There's lots of ...

... Saturday. Went to Sentosa (Amusement Park island), and made it to China Town for lunch and sightseeing. Bucketing down with rain, something a little rare to us. Footprints hostel, not too bad but dont suggest the room with the urinal behind the wall as it was pretty loud EVERY TIME IT FLUSHED. On our way to the airport soon to head to Tokyo, will blog again then. Kirst and Drew xxxxxxxx

... We said &#8221;good bye and see you in a month&#8221; to Thailand, land of French Fried, amazing smoothies, fish sauce, &#8221;where you go?&#8221; and XL underwear for Jo. <br><br>First impression of Singapore was stereotypically &#8221;so clean you could eat off the pavement&#8221;. We checked in to the first hostel that came along (a 34-bed hostel room, biggest ever and the most expensive as well) and hit the town. Singapore is totally Westernised with Chinese ...