30 August 2009 - 05 September 2009 Mersing to Singapore by bus (RM15.50) 4 hours SUNDAY We left Mersing about 45 minutes late for no apparent reason at all and headed off south to Singapore. The bus was a comfortable one, taking us through scenery that we could say was similar to the Canary Islands or somewhere similar--rolling hills of palm oil plantations. We were a little stressed already as we were behind schedule and we had until 6pm to check into our hostel, and then 7pm to catch the Grand Prix somewhere. We arrived at Malaysian immigration at Johor Bharu, [View Full Entry]

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After a long flight from Adelaide we were keen to get out of the airport and stretch our legs, but we only had 7 hrs, so this will be a short entry. We caught a bus to Bugis Street, where there are food courts and markets, and found it was very busy. After traipsing around for a bit, we found some nice Laksas that we were served in metal pots, with a flame underneath to keep it hot. We then had a quick beer before it was time to head back to the airport. It was a nice place, although stinking [View Full Entry]

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As our flight from Kuching was delayed and Singapore's Changi airport was enormous it took us a while to finally get into Singapore. At 10pm with temperatures still soaring at 30 degrees we took a highly convenient, noticeably clean and thankfully air conditioned train from the airport to the City, stopping at the "Bugis" train stop to find digs in the culturally interesting Kampong Glam area of Singapore. We had planned to stay at one hostel but when we arrived at its mapped location, it literally was a building sight! Therefore we had to lug our bags to another recommended to [View Full Entry]

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Singapore After culturally deficient Australia arriving in Singapore was a bit of an assault on the senses, with Malay, Chinese, Indian and many more different cultures all living on the island. We stayed in a lovely hostel near the Arab District, which had some brilliant resteraunts and shops packed with goodies from accross Asia. One of the highlights has been the food which has been good quality, plentiful and generally cheap. A couple of times the language barrier resulted in us being charged alot of money for food and drink but most places are incredibly cheap. The city has three d [View Full Entry]

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DAY 1 This was my first time in Singapore. And of course, it the trip was made better because of the friends I am with. Anyway, here's some of the highlights of our singapore trip. We arrived from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia via Air Asia in Changi Airport. We got our tickets for only P800 due to advanced booking (we waited for the discount from Air Asia website). FYI, only Tiger Airways and Cebu pacific uses Changi Budget Terminal. All other airlines land in Changi International Airport. [img=http://img193 [View Full Entry]

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Amazing zoo check the pics and Leah's blog www.travelblog.org/bloggers/leah-o [View Full Entry]

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Day 1 Singapore After what could only be described as a seven hour thirty minute dream flight on the upper deck of Singapore Airlines new A-380 we arrived Changi Airport somewhere around 11pm. Surprisingly none the worse for wear. Magic happens when you combine the already highly regarded Singapore airlines staff with the worlds first flying city, but be warned, do this once and you'll be spoiled for life. Newbies to Singapore we passed through customs with the speed only afforded parents towing three beautiful daughters and were greeted by Semi, our jolly (if dentally ch [View Full Entry]

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Singapore We entered Singapore in the early hours of the morning and got the standard shuttle from the bus to its destination, usually the town centre, - this time it was further along the seafront to the passenger terminal (our ship was berthed in the container ship harbour. It is too big and needs a deep water harbour to dock in). We got out of the bus and were approached surreptitiously by one taxi driver after another offering to take us on a tour for “a good price”. We said no, and then a man approached us and (very helpfully) told [View Full Entry]

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So our time in Singapore didn’t start all that well. The journey there was pretty good; armed with a couple of bags of Malaysia’s answer to Haribo the time flew by. And customs was seamless (which was a bonus given we had a few DVDs in our rucksacks that may or may not have been 100% legitimate - Singapore is a little “sticky” on such matters). We even had an Australian kid give us directions to a small store along the East coast of Australia where we can find the hard-to-come-by delicacy of sugar-free chocolate (no thanks), when we&rsquo [View Full Entry]

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Danasnja prva destinacija je bil predel Little Indija, pa sva se na poti do tja (po mojem odlicnem navigiranju) se malo zgubljali v okolici najinega hostla. Po obveznem pitstopu na bliznjem marketu (sojino mleko, ananasov juice, durian tempura - tudi v drugem poskusu je durian pogrnil na celi crti in se ga ne dotaknem vec, dim sum dumpling ipd.) sva sli tudi mimo budisticnega templja Kuan Im Thong Hood Cho in hinuisticnega next door Sri Krishnan. Lepo je bilo spet videti budiste, kako se s prizganimi kadili priklanjajo svojemu bozanstvu. Lepo in domace. Sprehajali sva se mimo stavb vseh mozni [View Full Entry]

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