From Shell: I think we were both sad to leave Africa but also wondering about a stop over in Singapore, when we were so close to home (relatively). However, when it ended up taking us 20 hours to get from Nairobi to our hotel in Singapore due to delays in Johannesburg, we were more than ready to soak up shower time, bed time and pool side bar time. Fortunately, our hotel in Singapore turned out to be adequately posh and relaxing for our planned R&R. We didn't do alot - particularly when outside was like a sauna and inside was like [View Full Entry]

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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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I landed in Singapore at 6pm, checked into my hostel and headed straight to the zoo to go on the night safari. Its a lovely set up, apart from the road and pathed trail it is quite jungle like. You ride on a buggy with a guide telling you all about the animals. Theres a spot you get off and wander around to see the big cats and fruit bats. The highlight is the creatures of the night show, unfortunately it started pouring down with rain just as the show started, its not undercover so they had to cancel! The next [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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Singapore was short and sweet and finished far too quickly - just like our Singapore Slings in Raffles. The obligatory cocktail in The Long Bar was one of thousands they sell every day, but at £13 a glass Andy capped us at one each - even the free monkey nuts wouldn’t persuade him otherwise. Sir Thomas Raffles not only has the monopoly on cocktails, but also the city as we soon discovered on our River Bumboat (real name) Cruise. The city still stands the way he designed it in 1819 and the Raffles name is attached to everything from the hospital [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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My computer is completely dead, so I'm currently typing on my roomates tiny slovakian computer... spelling and grammatical errors are definitely to follow! Ok a lot has been happening and I haven't been able to update, so here goes catching up on what feels like the last 20 years of my life.... Tom wanted to check out wavehouse where you can ride man made waves. He brought his skateboard along, so while he was surfing I was getting lessons off the local skater kids on the finer points of skating (still no career for me there!) great backdrop to learn though, [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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