Blogs from Geylang, Singapore, Asia - page 2

Singapore! Upon exiting the train station, we realize that we are in a quiet, tree lined neighborhood in Singapore. A neighborhood that doesn't have any access to public transportation! It's only 150km or so to the equator, and even at 8am, the heat sure feels like it! Trung and I start using the rubber express (that's how you say you're using shoes, right?) and we naturally just walk towards the towers of downtown, a few km in the distance. Well dressed people are walking down the perfectly clean sidewalks also towards downtown. It's rush hour on a Monday morning. Eventually we decide to set up camp at a coffee shop, load some maps on our computer and find the backpacker district so we can explore some hotel options. I find a Tom'n'toms, which is a Korean ... read more

First off I want to say thanks to Gavin, who let me and Leena take over his condo for the days we were in Singapore, giving us a key, and trusting us completely, having never met us before! So, my next stop was Singapore for a few days, where the accommodation was on a price standard equaling Australia, which meant me on my 10GBP per day Asia-budget, decided to look elsewhere. I ended up staying with 30-year old Gavin, who worked as a meteorologist at Singa airport (possibly one of the easiest jobs as the weather seems to be a standard 30 degrees and sunny, with rain at almost exactly 5pm each day), who I met through couchsurfing.org. Also staying with Gavin at the same time as me was Leena, from Germany, so we ended up ... read more

The adventures begin,...Singapore.... A little disappointed that the first leg of our Asian adventures seemed so westernised, definitely not what I was imagining and so expensive, we only had 2 days here and yet we managed to spend at least 3 weeks worth of our budget, not a good start, though to be honest every country we'd been to so far we have spent more than our allocated budget, I guess that's just one of those things. Either way we tried to make the most of Singapore, we trekked out to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, took the jungle path up the hill which in high humidity was quite exhausting but extremely exhilarating, I loved it, our first taste of a tropical rainforest, I'd been so looking forward and I wasn't at all disappointed. Better yet there ... read more

Alright, time to actually write something here. As you might know, I'm back on the road again after living in Australia for three years. I can't believe I've been in that one country for such a long time. I did love it there, but life was getting far too ordinary and both of us were ready to move on. Also, the Visa situation was getting expensive and far too difficult for it to be worth us sorting something out. Anyways...the rough plan is for a few months travelling through south east asia, followed by Japan. Of course this time I will have to drag a crazy Japanese girl along with me. Yumi is probably more excited than I am to travel around. So far we spent a few days in Singapore, then the last week or ... read more

Singapur - Die blankgeputzte Perle der Malayischen Halbinsel Da zu dieser Zeit in Singapur die größte Flugshow der Welt stattfindet konnte unser Flugzeug erst um 12 von Penang starten.. Air Asia ist DIE Billig Airline im asiatischen Raum, fliegt aber mit einer Flotte von neuen Airbus Flugzeugen. Wie es bei Billigfluglinien üblich ist muss Extra-Service auch extra bezahlt werde, aber da die Flugzeit nur eine Stunde betrug verzichtete ich. Im Anflug auf Singapur gaben die Wolken einen beeindruckenden Blick auf die Küstenlinie vor Singapur frei. Eine unglaubliche Zahl von großen Schiffen wartete um in die Bucht und den Hafen einfahren zu können. Der größte Seehafen der Welt macht seinem Namen alle Ehre, da es wirklich unendlich viele Schiffe sind die dort vor Anker liegen. Der Taxifahrer erklärte mir später auf dem Weg zum Hotel, dass die ... read more