South East Asia Hotel Singapore

... and burner and skype earphones for 275 euro so we were happy! Back to the hostel to play with our new purchase for a while. That night we headed out to see Raffles Hotel which is very posh but we went to the Long Bar to try a Singapore Sling in the place where it was invented. I might add that every person in the bar was a tourist and every table had a number of the Singapore Slings on the table and little else - lol it was ...

... 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! <br><br>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 ...

... cough. She had to fold herself in two, head almost between the knees, just to get a breath. The first night it got worse.....!! Seconds after she lay on her back, she would errupt, gasping for breath until tears streamed down her face. After a few hours of futile attempts to sleep we decided to get up so as not to keep waking the rest of the people sharing our room. We spent the rest of the night awake, trying to keep Kate's ...

... noise. The walks themselves were along very clear trail paths, much of them boarded, with the only noises those of wildlife and the occasional creaking tree, plus one almost certainly certified jogger. Despite the heat and tiredness, on reflection this was well worth doing, even though it had taken a good four hours of our day. The bus journey back again gave a perspective on life away from the bright lights and skyscrapers of the city. Alighting ...

Flesh eating fish nibbling on my feet, flying high over Singapore in a 2 ton capsule, a food hawker food court, and a Night Safari were on the list today of Singapore activities, the last day of our honeymoon. Tomorrow Paul and I will head off in separate directions. He's heading to work in San Francisco and I'm going to Hong Kong, Macau, and then Kuala Lumpar. We'll meet up in a little over a week and resume our married life. At the conclusion of our honeymoon I think we ...

... landing on your head; this was challenging for me as I hate moths (a butterfly is a posh moth). There are also a few parrots and an iguana shuffling around in there somewhere. Down at the beach (man-made, imported sand) we had a brief tutorial on Segway riding and were let loose round a winding track. Charlotte took off at speed while I was still circling round the practice area so I was forced to tear off after her, not fully in control but determined not to be shown up again (I lost ...

... pack again.<br><br>Still, we are looking at another six months of a really fun job so we are all set. Hopefully one or two of our faithful readers will come and see us, and please do keep in touch - maybe I'll find a wifi bubble in Porto Heli, otherwise there is always the internet cafe. Although PH will be warm, it is nice to be out of all that humidity, we missed the UK snow and have hit a good season for flowers. Fantastic.<br><br>lots of love and see you soon<br>Helen and Andy

... dressed in Chinese attire. Our luggage was taken from us and we were told to take the lift to the 4th floor to check in. The inside of this place was just mindblowing as we have never seen anything quite like it. It has an interior atrium 23 stories high. Eric has some pictures of the interior. We checked in and were escorted to our room by a Chinese lady dressed in a long silk dress as are all the other ladies working at reception. Our luggage arrived a few ...

... have three months of &#8221;living out of a backpack&#8221; left and no jobs insight for when we get back home, is not exactly a good idea. They were dirt cheap though...<br><br>Sightseeing in Singapore is mainly looking at the skyline from different angles: over the river, from the CBD itself, from a hill, from Chinatown etc. We also did some walking in the embassy district and botanicgardens (wow, mansions and castles). Jo almost got a placement in the Finnish embassy 4 ...