Please ignore the photo captions, these computers transpose all the names randomly, which is really, really annoying. 3 blogs in 3 days? A record may well be a foot, sadly the record is not as good as "Man gave names to all the animals" by Bob Dylan. Today we left the island of Singapore, by monorail (curse you, transport of the future), in search of the Santosa theme park thingy. After forking over a pile of dollars for one catagory b ride, and three catagory a rides, we set off with disposable oyster cards to explore the wonders of dredging sea [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Singapore, just a quick warning, this blog probably says more about me as a person (if you're a psychiatrist) than it does about Singapore, but I'm going to write anyway, because I don't see why Singapore should get any special treatment. The journey here was very good, and not in that "good for a 5 hour journey" kind of way, good in a "this is better than some of the things I've done so far, kind of good. We got a big bus from a company called Aeroline, and for the princely sum of fifteen pounds, got a substantial [View Full Entry]

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If you read my last entry you'll know I'm not Singapore's biggest fan, but the next evening Katie and I went for a sight-seeing tour, and I've had it all explained to me by a local, on a Xootr, which is like a scooter, only a bit more bender-ish. Me and 8 other scooter-wankers, one of which was Katie spent the evening pissing off pedestrians, worrying patrons of outdoor eating establishments, and occasionally falling off failing to notice a kerb or two in the dark! I found someone who doesn't like Singapore more than I doesn't like Singapore, our tour guide! [View Full Entry]

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When I first set foot in Singapore I was shocked. In a continent where most of it's countries are struggling to survive, Singapore bucks the trend and appears to be an oasis in the desert. Sparkling highrises, savvy metropolitan citizens, high-tech mass transit, yet something doesn't seem quite right, it's just too perfect. We finished our last couple days in Ko Tao diving and soaking up the sun. I love that place and can guarantee that one day I will be back there. On my last two dives I even got to lead two other fun divers as our dive master [View Full Entry]

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Viimeiset kolme viikkoa paivat ovat keinahdelleet eteenpain kuin kamelikaravaani - ei niin etta olisi jatkuvasti huonovointinen siita heilumisesta, tai etta eramaan laiva kieltaytyisi yhteistyosta tai etta keitaita ei nakyisi missaan tai etta aurinko korventaisi ihon kuplivaksi kudokseksi. Jotenkin vain paivat ovat menneet ja paljon on tapahtunut, paitsi etta valilla on tapahtunut tosi vahan, mika on ollut tarkoituskin, ja ainakin silloin talloin on tuntunut hiekkaa varpaiden alla, etta edes joku asia muistuttaa sita kamelikaravaanijuttua mika tuossa tuli heti alussa mainittua. Matkustamin [View Full Entry]

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And so we reached our final stop on our 5 month World tour - Singapore, where we stayed for 4 nights before flying back home. We hadn't thought much about Singapore in advance as it was the very last place we were visiting, and we didn't have a guidebook, so we weren't really sure what to expect. Once we did eventually get a guidebook at Cairns airport it mentioned that Singapore had previously had a bit of a reputation as being dull, this is certainly not our experience of the City State. Singapore is a smallish island off the southern tip [View Full Entry]

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Singapore We arrived in Singapore late and made our way to Mt Emily guest house. The first night all 5 of us crammed into one small room, it was fun! We enjoyed shopping down Orchard Road and I was so stocked to find all the London shops that I love. Mum and Dad introduced us to Moss Burger a place that does yummy variations of burgers including a salad burger and a rice burger. We all enjoyed it and thought it would do really well in New Zealand. It been so handy having Scott living in Singapore because he knows all [View Full Entry]

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Day Two October 4, 2009 Singapore / Little India / Clarke Quay/Esplanade We arrived at our hotel at 3:00am Saturday morning, we were surprised to see the streets around our hotel busy with young locals. It turns out that there is a disco next to our hotel, and discos or night clubs stay open until 5:00am in Singapore. I don't think these 50+ year olds will be part of the local night life anytime soon. We checked into our hotel and although we were somewhat tired we ordered room service, we enjoyed satay, spring rolls and something that tasted like rice [View Full Entry]

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Llegamos muy pronto por la mañana, ya estábamos muertos de tantos días levantándonos muy pronto y no parar de visitas a ciudades, eran ya 3 países en 3 días, así que comenzamos dejando las cosas en el hostal que estaba en “little india”. Es una parte famosa de la ciudad de Singapur, es un barrio indio muy recargado y muchas tiendas. No se parecía mucho a la India que yo conocí y desde luego nos dimos una vuelta por la zona pero no merecía mucho la pena, aunque venga en todas las guías como obligatorias a visitar. Desde ahí nos fuimos [View Full Entry]

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Since Qantas (using their budget subsidiary called JetStar) no longer cover the route from Bali to Singapore, they had booked us onto a Singapore Airlines flight instead. We were very impressed by the moist towels, three choices for lunch, unlimited beverages and in flight movies especially since the flight was only two and a half hours. I was only finishing my tiramisu when we began our descent. We had heard that Singapore was a very practical, functional and efficiently run city, the first example of this was at the airport. Travellators everywhere, very clear signs, no queue at immigrat [View Full Entry]

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