Traders Hotel Singapore

...  transfer went 'a walkabouts' via another exit door! When finally put on a lead, we all departed, entering the Singapore rush hour traffic. Despite the drivers apology, the trip took the best part of an hour, getting to the 'Traders Hotel @ 2015 ...

... night due to the cold and the noise.  Arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 7am and made our way to Traders Hotel..... Our main impression of Singapore was that it was a large city with very little character - there was nothing uniquely Singaporean about it ...

... this was something else. I now definitely know I do not like real chinese food. Wednesday 19th Jan Bus tour of Singapore - walk round amazing botanical gardens and national orchid centre - evening walking round China town and city and an excellent Pizza ...

... city. It was the Hindu holiday and the service at the Temple was very moving. It was then back to the hotel to pack. Thoughts on Singapore: clean, prosperous, modern, interesting, stylish, smart, and very ethnically diverse. The food represents numerous ...

... the building, so we do not investigate further. We get another taster here for the kind of dealing the traders will do for tourists and are introduced to the Singapore Tax Refund system. The current rate of tax is 7% which tourists can claim back at the ...

... , entitled 'People of the River'. The sculptures depict the various residents and lifestyles of the people of Singapore throughout history. Traders, workers and children are among the figures that are cast in bronze and dotted along the riverbank (PICS). ...

... of one another mimicking Sir Stamford's pose. Around the corner we ran into the Victoria Theatre, Parliament House and the Singapore Cricket Club, all famous colonial relics. Eventually we succeeded in locating CHIJMES, a walled group of Gothic buildings ...

Our BA Flight to Singapore was fine, if a little bumpy. Singapore airport, a hub for many a Europe/Far East/Australasia journey is an epic one, and it took us about 1/2 hour to walk from the gate to the luggage collection. Once outside, we jumped in a ...

... and Vita.  A short drive to their new appartment at Southbank, and what anpartment – the views over night-time Singapore, 270 degrees worth, are stunning from the 28th floor.  A quick orientation tour around the immediate area and it was ...

... really starts because we no longer speak the language. It's not like going to France where you just speak english with a french accent! Singapore is the closest we plan to get to the equator so we weren't that surprised to find it was still almost 30 ...

... Elephant Nature Park (Chiang Mai, Thailand); Diving on Koh Tao with Crystal Dive (Thailand); Petronas Towers esp from the Traders Hotel (Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia); Sepilok Orangutan Park (Borneo); Walking round Yogykarta (Java); Parambanan (Java); Puri Bali ...

... , before wandering the shops, including M&S. Thurs was warmer, so we did the Botanical gardens that were a short stroll from the Traders Hotel. Had to get back early afternoon for a shower and our airport pick up at 1630. Next stop, Sydney early Fri ...

... rooms, as she searched her computer for our booking.  She clearly didn't have our booking so we asked if we were in the Traders Hotel, to which she explained that we were in the sister hotel and gave us directions to ours.  So we flip flopped ...

... motherland inn 2, which turned out to be REALLLY REALLLY clean. goodness. there is not many places with internet here. and i am at traders' hotel just to access this. grrr. i really need to check my mail and i cant. last night, i walked from my ...

A lot has changed since our last posting. It is Saturday night here in Singapore and Ginger and I just returned to our room. We arrived at our hotel last night (this morning at 3:00AM). We had left LAX about 30 minutes late at about 1:40PM. We then flew ...

... !?) hustles us onto a bus and we are shipped to his hotel. Well, I'm thinking, what a great unexpected opportunity to be driven around Singapore! Um, no not really- we may as well have been in London! Not much to see on the freeway. However we did go down ...

... first few days we spent in the ethnic neighborhoods, so we decided to see more of the business/colonial influenced side of Singapore today. We started our day heading for the Botanic Gardens along Orchard Road. So like every major city, Singapore has its ...

... , what an amazing, tidy, clean, organised country. Even the toilets are immaculately clean. Yesterday we had breakfast with the orangutans at Singapore Zoo. Wow! They were so cute, especially the baby one. Chris rode an elephant and Tahlia and I got a big ...

Sunday 1 July 2001 - To Malaysia My work being finished in Singapore, it was time to commence my biggest adventure, travels in Malaysia and Thailand. Having no particular agenda other than various places I wished to visit, an appointment next week ...

What an eventful day in Singapore.... After seeing the weather this morning and hearning massive thunder claps, we decided today was not the best day to go to the zoo, so we swapped our Raffles Afternoon tea reservation and went for a swim instead. Tom ...