Grand Plaza Singapore

... And on the side of my wife was a girl coming from the UK to say goodbye to her best friend, in a prison in Malaysia, or Singapore and condemned to death for drug traffic ..... who knows, it's been a while since then and that's not clear in my mind anymore ...

... if that takes your fancy. Clearing customs in about 2 minutes we hailed a cab to take us to our hotel in the CBD the Grand Plaza.   Driving down the main highway which is impressive in itself - think potted plant and manicured trees in the central ...

... about how long the flight was - we took off at 9pm on Tuesday...), we took a short taxi ride to our hotel, the Grand Plaza on Coleman Street. The foyer is very pretty, with lots of flowers just everywhere and marble (veneer) all around. After ...

... have lunch in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The train from the City Hall stop to Woodland took about 45 minutes and cost a little under $3 (Singapore) a piece. The bus stop was about a 3 minute walk from the train at the Woodlands stop. We hopped on bus ...

... in at the Singapore Stopover desk in the airport for our goodies and we were on the way to the hotel. My first impressions of Singapore were positive. It was a very clean modern city which I was eager to explore. The hotel was very nice and had a great ...

... So the big Airbus A380 touched down in Singapore yesterday with one Gloucester bird on board and some hefty luggage - that's me! Singapore Airport; very very clean and sparkly.  Floors so polished you could eat your dinner off them - and the ...

... sight seeing in the 4 days there and would definitely go back with more money to go shopping. Raffles was luxurious and the Singapore Sling was great especially with the whole throwing monkey nuts on the floor, practically the only place you can litter in ...

... up with the last of my photos of the central downtown area we headed on the train to Orchard Road; the shopping hub of Singapore. On this road there were several shops and malls in which we were trying to find a gold Merlion pendant. It took about the ...

... temples and the China Town underground train station MRT.   Sat 16th Aug- we took a city bus tour. Went from the Singapore Flyer through the cbd to a Chinese temple. Headed up through the public housing areas to a gem museum. This is where artists ...

... was very impressed with Bruces mostache.....yes I was wondering as well. Of course our trip could not be complete without a famous Singapore Sling. At $28 each they should have been served in gold rim glasses but alas not so lucky. Went to the Long Bar ...

... to see so much here and next for me is the world renowned beauty of the Thai islands to the south. Practical Singapore EZ-link is a card you buy at the airport and charge up with money to allow fast access through the MRT ...

... prix in September, the first night race ever. Try and have a look and see if they show anything of the city. Singapore -  a fascinating, friendly country and we were sorry we couldn't have seen more outside the city but in the greater plan we ...

... 100 ML is the supposed limit for carrying on liquids on the plane. After having flown two flights without incident, I go through the Singapore security at the gate and am not required to take the liquids bag out of my luggage. Once I passed through the ...

... studying the same maps (which are meaningless until you arrive anyway) and looked out of the window instead at green, clean Singapore. After getting somewhere to stay (at four times the average cost of everywhere in Thailand and Malaysia) I stepped out ...

... for more conventional restaurant, and the next morning it was McDonalds for breakfast. Penny and Sonja left early for a day in Singapore (leaving behind Sonja's book).  At least we could pick it up for her.  Bill leaving a few hours later left ...

... in.  That’s because there was so much local opposition to the casino because of the already-bad gambling problem in Singapore (legal such as lotto, horseracing, and the usual illegal dens), so the government imposed the $100 entry in an effort ...

... in a new exciting city wouldn't niggle at you.  In a way, we've sort of managed to achieve this here in Singapore (excluding the financial limitations, we are both now unemployed!) - by having ample time on our hands.  Having a place to adopt ...

... appreciated air conditioning. Unfortunately we could not go on the fastest rollercoaster at Ferrari World ....a bit like the Singapore Flier in March the rollercoaster was not operational. AJ was very relieved to hear that!! Tomorrow we are ...

Could not avoid an overnight in Singapore before connecting with our SQ flight to Hanoi, but the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport made that as painless as possible - adjoins Terminal 3 so a short walk from the arrivals area & fast skytrain to ...

... , as we felt fairly fresh from the flight, Singapore has a dream airport, and we were efficiently ferried to our pleasant hotel, the Grand Plaza Park Hotel City Hall, which is a short walk from Raffles and not far from Chinatown. After check in (John ...

... it is extremely gloomy and a great example of a hotel ageing disgracefully.  But then we moved to Phuket and the Thavorn Grand Plaza - another example of a grand old lady ageing gracefully. Huge bedrooms rather reminiscent of the hotel Mengi - a ...