Traders Singapore

... 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 ...

... get some kip and then had breakfast (it was only morning in the UK)  before the descent into Changi Airport, Singapore @ 1840 hrs., local time, 10 minutes early with a flying time of 12 hrs., 40 minutes! Singapore local ...

... 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 influences from the Chinese, ...

... , 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... Singapore's earliest immigrants and were responsible for building some of Chinatown's other historic monuments. They came to Singapore mostly as traders and money changers and set up three Islamic heritage buildings in Chinatown within a short time: ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... price than she was offered at home. I also negotiated the camera+lenses set at a price 30% lower than what the other traders offered, but I shouldn't have gotten so excited over that deal. After agreeing on the price, the guy tried to offer me some ...

... tired and ate when we were hungry and drank cause it was free on the flights. Our cheap one night quick stop in Singapore turned out to be the TRADERS and we got upgraded to a club room. We keep getting these upgrades, not sure if it is sympathy cause we ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... , 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 ...

After another beautiful dinner we set out to see what happens in Singapore when the sun goes down. It turns out that just like in Australia it goes dark! (crazy huh!) We walked down to Traders Market at the Boat Quay which is a river side area that is ...

... , en route to the Cameron Highlands. Malacca is one of the former Straits Settlements occupied by Chinese traders in the 14th to 19th centuries. Singapore is another. Peranakans are are unique hybrid of various cultures, as different traders from China, ...

... to Kuching in the Sarawak province to start our adventures there. Coming to a blog near you soon! *** Pictures (Singapore): https://picasaweb.google.com/keith.m.martin/Singapore?authkey=Gv1sRgCJqOqZq_79XjQw# Pictures ...