Blogs from Kampong Glam, Singapore, Asia

My grilfriend decided to spend Christmas 2015 in Singapore. As Singapore isn't a cheap place, the first chanllenge was to find a good place to stay at a reasonable price. I found the "Parkroyal on Beach Road" hotel, and I can say it was a good choice: friendly staff, comfortable and very clean rooms and great location, near Singapore Flyer and Orchard Road. Many retaurants are near, and many of htem at a good price. We had booked a Christmas dinner at the saveur restaurant on 5 Purvis Street, and it wasn't a disappointment. Excellent food and wine, great staff. Well, we spent 5 days there, and a lot of time went into shopping, my girlfriend loves Orchard Road, which shouldn't come as a suprise at all. Good thing is, if you have enough time, you ... read more

15th October Today we decided to try again on catching the bus into town and succeeded! We jumped off at Kampong Glam and just wandered around the local area - Arab St and Haji Lane. Lots of local artwork are really cool little cafes and shops. We were looking for somewhere to eat when we happened to walk past a restaurant with a queue nearly out the door. Peering in the open windows to see what was on offer, we saw it specialised in Prawn Mee soup - my favorite! Mia sat down to grab a place for us to sit whilst I lined up to order. We had the most amazing Prawn Mee soup I've ever had (We paid the extra couple of dollars for the massive prawns)! We'd learned earlier in our trip to ... read more

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With all this time sitting in Singapore, I decided it was high time to get more exposure to spirituality going on around here. I've long commended Singapore in its mecca of cross-cultural flavors. I set out with Brittany to walk the streets for 2 days, exploring as many spiritual centers as possible. We started at the Yishun station, only a few miles away from the ship. It's the drop off point for the bus that runs from the ship to the train statin every hour. Of course, no walking tour is complete without stopping at Starbucks. It's very warm in Singapore, but it was an early start for us and the Starbucks is next to the station too. Around every corner, it seems there is a spiritual center of some sort. Just on the bus ... read more

Comme un retour au bercail Singapore, Changi Airport, le soir du 22 septembre. Un petit Boeing 737 de Malaysian Airlines, en provenance de Kuala Lumpur, se fraye timidement un chemin sur le tarmac, entre la meute imposante des Airbus A-380 de Singapore Airlines. A bord, un voyageur suisse, parti le matin même de Tokyo, finit de lire un quotidien malaysien en anglais, le premier journal depuis plusieurs mois. Après d'interminables zigzags, l'avion se trouve finalement une petite place libre pour apponter. Il est 20h25, le commandant de bord annonce 28 degrés au sol et remercie les passagers. Welcome to Singapore ! Dès ma sortie du terminal, je suis approché par deux jeunes filles en tenue publicitaire. Elles m'offrent une carte postale stylisée sur laquelle un bolide file à toute allure dans les rues illuminées de la ... read more