Blogs from Chinatown, Singapore, Asia - page 8

Kære Brevkasse. 4 x M på eventyr, startede ud en meget tidlig torsdag morgen, med frost og klart vejr i Københavns Lufthavn. Med 4 ens tasker, lidt rejsekuller og en masse forventningen lettede SQ351 med kurs mod det første stop, Singapore. Efter 12 timer i et halvfyldt fly, god mad og ikke mindst en stor fødselsdags lagkage til Marianne (dog vil den opmærksomme tænke, at hun endnu ikke har fødselsdag, men Singapore Airlines havde kludret lidt i datoerne. Men pyt med det! Jordbærkage og champagne er altid godt…) landede vi sikkert i Singapore. Efter 2 timer på øjet, trodsede vi (pånær Martin) jetlag og drog ud på sightseeing. Vi fik det meste af Singapore fra bus i både 31 grader og høj sol, og fra noget der minder om en monsunregn. Dagen blev sluttede af med ... read more

Da bar turen til Singapore. Hva visste vi om Singapore før turen (?). Nada! Fordi vi rett og slett ikke trodde at det ville være et aktuelt reisemål etter å ha besøk så mange andre storbyer. Men det vi visste er at det er ulovlig å tygge tyggis, samt innføre tyggis til landet, og at det er ulovlig med skitne biler (det lærte vi som små). Stemmer noe av dette? JA. Tyggis er strengt forbudt, det er forbudt å drikke og spise på flere steder. Hvis ikke er det straff med bøter på flere tusen norske kroner. Det står forbudt skilt overalt med ting. Men det positive med strenge regler er jo at det rent, og ikke noe søppel å spore. Det morsomme der igjen er at det er umulig å finne søppelkasser. Enten så er ... read more

After all the travelling yesterday we were in bed by 8pm. The hostel is really good as you get free tea, coffee, toast and water and the facilities are quite good. Our dorm has about 10 sets of bunk beds in but no-ones really that chatty here. For the record, it’s called Rucksack Inn and is the nicest for the price in Singapore for £12.50 a night (most expensive accommodation of our whole trip). Today we woke up at 9am feeling refreshed after 11hours sleep and after our free breakfast, set out for our own little walking tour. Singapore City center is tiny, we covered it in a day. First we walked up to Little India, then Arab Street, Marina Sands and Chinatown. All 4 areas are really different and show to culture of Singapore. ... read more

We waited for all of the tours to depart the ship so that we could glide through the immigration procedures without the long lines. Singapore is the most efficient country in the world except when it comes to entering or leaving. I think they want to make sure the no troublemakers enter their serene territory. Our friend Mary told us of a quote she read regarding this city-state that goes something like…”Singapore is the world’s only shopping mall with a seat at the United Nations.” This former British colonial outpost is now the most modern of cities. Spotlessly clean, modern buildings and roads, and a great public transit system are just some of the features of the Lion City. Flowers and palm trees serve to camouflage the concrete overpasses and many fountains drown out the traffic ... read more

Stacey and I decided to go to Chinatown on Thursday before our flight as unfortunately Nicole had to fly back home but she will be back when we return to Singapore so we shall all see the Marine Bay Sands and experience the views there and all also go to raffles for our Singapore sling! We only had a short period of time before our flight to Borneo so we went to the Buddha tooth temple and then walked around the markets in china town. Luckily we made it back to our hotel just in time for the heavens to open up and we experienced rain for the 1st time since leaving good old blighty. We then flew to Borneo and have stayed for 2 nights at the Borneo Gaya Lodge in KK. Its a very ... read more