St Regis Hotel And Residences Singapore

... funny. The cocktail was very sweet but quite nice. They also give you monkey nuts at the table and you can throw the shells on the floor - very strange. It's something you have to do though when in Singapore!<br><br>Singapore is such a clean place - apparently you can be fined for loads of stuff there. Like in the metro you can be fined for eating and drinking and I was supping away on my water without realising it! The ...

... so happened to be next to a near perfect isolated beach. The boat journey was great fun, his boat was surprisingly speedy! He had rubber rings for us to float around in, which was great because all we wanted to do was be in the water as it was too hot and humid out of it. After about an hour of beach footy I came to the conclusion that the 35 degree heat and saturating humidity was not for me so I spent the rest of the day reading in the shade, damage was ...

... under control. She had no medication, no diagnosis, no ability to breath.... I was really starting to think I would be sending her home on the next available flight.<br><br>The next morning we went in search of a doctor. As luck would have it there was one across the street from the hostel. We held little hope of getting any sort of result here; being used to the British health system we expected to asked to generate months of proof of the ...

... the bus at City Hall, the short walk around the corner to Raffles Hotel provided a sharp contrast to the morning. Everything said and written about it appeared apposite, including the prices. A quick glance into the Long Bar was all that I was prepared to pay, although to be fair, the museum, on the third storey was extremely interesting, with some great photographs and memorabilia. Given the duration of the morning trip, we had already changed ...

... both pleasantly pleased how well it all went and more importantly how well we did traveling together. It's not that either of us had major concerns in regards to this trip; however, we just weren't sure as we haven't traveled this long or this far together before. Because it went so well we're now both pretty bummed about it ending but they'll be more trips. Now onto more details about our tourist activities today. Paul and I started out the day with a trip to the Singapore ...

... flight ... ...<br><br>Now, in September, I am finally completing this entry!<br><br>Although we had checked out of our rooms, we had an hour by the pool and showered and changed there before it was time to head off to Changi airport. The taxi was not expensive to the airport and much easier than the metro (long walk to station + several changes). There's a decent outdoor bar to savour those last Asian moments before the long flight back to ...

... Luge race). After that there was about two hours to kill before the start of the Songs of the Sea sound and lights show. Not wanting to spend ANY more money we sat on a wall and played 20 questions (this is how dire the budgeting is going). The show was spectacular, images are beamed onto cascading water and fire balls boom into the air. I personally think this would have been enough but there's a kids story to accompany the show which is lame by six year old standards. "Can you ...

... later. We then went to one of the restaurants here in the hotel and afterwards we went for a walk. There is a mall right next to the hotel so we investigated. Shopping lasts until 10pm seven days a week. The only holiday they have here is the Chinese New Year. Day 53 April 4th (Saturday) We didn't rush this morning but Eric was up early. After breakfast we got a cab to the Arab Village of the city and the cab driver was very informative. We walked around the ...

... ago and seeing the area made her think she'd missed out on something... oh well, instead she got a placement in Kenilworth, Midlands, UK. There's a castle there as well.<br><br>Singapore is a good place if you need a dose of Western world but it is expensive and in the end not very exciting (by the way, we found ABC Hostel in the Arabic quarter to be half the price of the 34 bed one with free internet and only 4 room mates). And after no rain for two months it was ...

Faithful reader, to follow up on the excellent adventure, the bogus journey, the Singapore Sling, the Hong Kong Phooey and the Boomerang Tour - we present the temples, tropics and tapirs trip, two and a half months in southeast Asia. And I'm certainly not cold now.<br><br>The happy winner of our flight custom this time was Emirates ...