Parkview Hotel Singapore

... about 2:30 am, easily made it through customs and made our way to the taxi rank to take us to the hotel.  Curious thing about Singapore is that they have extremely tough laws regarding drug trafficking, smuggling and such, but other than the rare ...

... both exhausted from the heat and walking for hours that we decided it was time to go to the Raffles Hotel, home of the Long Bar which is where the Singapore Sling was created!  We walked in and were both taken back as to how amazing this place ...

... light set up, not lit up in the light, and we figured it would be amazing. There were thousands of people walking the streets; Singapore has as many people as New York City. On the street, there are stores like Calvin Klein, Gucci, Forever 21, Guess, and ...

Today I arrived in the final country of my adventure; Singapore. On first impressions all I can say is wow! I jumped on the train at the airport and headed off to my hotel on the famous Orchard Road. This is definitely the place to be if you want to shop ...

... gets bigger every year! After about 20 minutes on the bus, we stopped, and then got onto a different bus, the Singapore Heritage Sightseeing Bus. This bus would later take us through Little India, Chinatown, around old Singapore, and many other places. ...

... très bon. Quand nous avons embarqué notre avion, un Valuair Airbus A-320, nous avons attendu pour commencer notre voyage à Singapore. Quand nous avons quitté, a 10 :00h du matin, nous avons commencé notre voyage. Après 30 minutes dans l’air, ...

... they gave us was like pita bricks!  I was full after two pieces, no joke.  We then went to the Stamford Hotel, the tallest hotel in Singapore, to see the city at night.  During the day when we were walking, all nine hours, we kept saying ...

... of hours and watch as the moon slowly disappears from the sun behind the earth against the beautiful backdrop of the Singapore skyline and i’m even lucky enough to see it reach totality against a deep blue starlit Asian sky. :D The ...

... , I was astounded to learn that they record the license plate of every taxi that brings a guest to the hotel.  After scattering Singapore dollars liberally around the lobby, I went up to the room to await news.  Within an ...

... with English speaking channels). For my birthday we ate the best Indian food I’ve eaten at the restaurant underneath the hotel and drank a Singapore sling at Raffles Hotel.  It was really nice to spend it with family.  On our last night ...

Well that's it; it is time to leave my final country, Singapore. Yesterday I had a nice chilled out day, shopping, waiting out the storm in my hotel room and then drinking cocktails in the hotel bar. It was bliss and nice to actually have a relaxing day ...

... of good things about this and I was eager to check it out. On the bus to the zoo we were told about some interesting history of Singapore and I was surprised to learn that it was only 23km x 42km, that’s tiny! So once at the zoo I was hanging around ...

Joyeux Noel! Aujourd'hui nous avons réveillés a environ 8h du matin. Nous avons décidé que nous iras à Universal Studios Singapore. Après que nous avons réveillés, nous avons commencé à nous préparer. Nous avons quitté notre hôtel a environ ...

... all around the shorefront and old civic centre. Raffles, a perennial favourite, was joined by the Parkview Centre (photo top right) and the Fullerton Hotel (top centre) as examples of commanding structures that exude loads of character and charm in an ...

So this is it, after 4 months of travelling and 7 countries visited it is finally time to go home. As I sit in the hotel bar sipping on a cocktail I am feeling a lot of emotions thinking about going home; I am sad that my first travelling adventure is ...

... your USD is in smaller denomination, the value drops.    The taxi we took just now is actually imported from Singapore.  How cool is that?  According to the taxi driver, these were the same taxis we used in Singapore some ...

... Men vi kom glat igennem og fandt straks en shuttlebus, som for 15 dollars pr. person tog os lige til vores hotel, Parkview i St.Kilda. Ogsaa her fik vi vort hotelværelse med det samme. Hotellet og værelsefaciliteterne var helt i ...