Blogs from Changi, Singapore, Asia - page 9

Well, here we are in Singapore airport, aka Changi. In the Qantas/BA club in fact. Free food and drinks, and best of all a shower! Nothing better on a long trip than staying clean and fresh. I'll work out how to do text wrapping around pics later but here's the girls in the club with Hannah getting into the guava.... read more

Sadly, we had to leave after a lovely, if somewhat hot, 4 days. Last night we had a farewell cruise in the Andaman Sea on a yacht captained by a dubious bunch of seamen (looked more like pirates to Mary). But we had great fun and an excellent meal. And saw a beautiful sunset. During the cruise, the crew lowered a rope net into the water and the more adventurous guests jumped into the water and were hauled along in the net, drink beer from cans thrown down by the crew. How cool is that? Alas, we didn't have swim suits so we couldn't join them It was a real UN crowd. We conversed with Australian, Indian, Finns and other unidentified nationalities. The stars of our visit to Langkawi were the Dusky Leaf Monkeys. They go ... read more

Currently at Changi airport, waiting at gate for boarding to Kuala Lumpur. Landed last Saturday (the 19th), a couple of hours late from Istanbul. Checked in at the hotel in Geylang (which also turned out to be a red light district, haha) and went out for dinner at Hard Rock Cafe, just down from Orchard Road. These past days we've managed some shopping (I've never used taxis so frequently, and they've never been so cheap!) around Orchard road and Bugis Junction, we've visited both Singapore Zoo and Sentosa Island and eaten in several really good restaurants and food junctions. We also went to see Couple's Retreat and Avatar (in 3D!) at the Cinemax in Bugis. The weather's been great, not so much rain as we anticipated, but far too moisty for me to get used to. ... read more

Saa er den sidste dag i Singapore ved at vaere forbi. Vi staar i lufthavnen og har stor nytte af det gratis internet inden vi skal boarde om 15 minutter. Dagen er gaaet med badning og shopping. Der er saaledes allerede koebt julegaver til Mikkeline, Pauline og Kim, men vi har desvaerre allerede glemt hvad det var :-) Saa det maa vente 12 dage endnu! Foran os venter nu godt 8 timers flyvning. Det bliver fedt at komme "Down under" og pigerne glaeder sig helt vildt! Vi vender tilbage med nyt, naar vi er fremme.... read more

Arrived Darwin airport and checked in for our Crapstar flight (whoops.. Jetstar) to Singapore. We had planned on bringing our backpacks on as cabin luggage as Damian had a great plan to hang out in the transit lounge and try and get into QANTAS club so we could shower, eat and drink for free and hang out there for our 8 hour layover before heading to Siem Reap. Well, that plan backfired. We had to check our luggage in which meant we had to clear immigration and customs in Singapore and pray to god that we could check in early for our flight to Sieam Reap. The flight from Darwin to Singa's was uneventful except for the baby crying for the entire flight and an annoying Australian bloke sitting on the row across from us crapping ... read more