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Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 13
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October 29th 2012
A wonderful, clean, multi-cultural country. :) Photos taken during my first and second visit to Singapore. I was fascinated with the beauty and cleanliness of the city. I could walk around from Lady Hill through Orange Grove Road all the way to Borders Bookstore and drop by Mcdonald's for my favorite french fries on my white soled sandals and still come home unbelievably white. It is probably the safest place I can imagine. Tourists can walk around holding state of the art gadgets without fear of anyone ever trying to take it away from them. I regret having lost my Nokia N70 phone when I returned to Manila as it had most of the other videos and photos I took on board the Cable Car. Having gone through that, Singapore still has left good memories in ... read more
October 28th 2012
We're discovering so many quirky facts about Singapore every day that I thought I'd set you one question per blog so you also have some fun discovering this exciting city. I'll make a note of who sends correct answers first and publish a table later! ;-) Singapore Quiz - Question 1 * Is Singapore North or South of the Equator? And how many km away? I've asked this question to start you off as believe it or not, we put this question to at least 5 people the first week we were here and none of them knew if they'd grown up in the northern or southern hemisphere. So I found out and now i know. Tuesday 23 Oct - see pics That day was the first really hot, sun only day since we arrived and ... read more
October 27th 2012
Seems fitting that my peak isolation and aloneness geographically occurs in the very place that spawned the reason for my eventual presence there to being with. Cheers!... read more
October 24th 2012
We left Singapore this morning by train. Thank goodness we had the foresight to buy some grog at Hanoi - there was absolutely no duty free anything between Singapore and Malaysia at the railway station. Not even a booth for buying water or snacks. The flight from Hanoi was uneventful, but it was sad to break the group up in the international transit area. Ali, John and Heather are still (yup, we've had a lovely sleep and brekkie) flying to New Zealand and Rick and Pip were picked up at Singapore to travel over to Bintan Island for a week. So now it is just me and Davie on our own. Last night we checked into a very nice hotel, by far the nicest we've ever had in Singapore (Wangnz in Outram Road) - in the ... read more
October 21st 2012
Col and I began our adventure yesterday lunchtime, we arrived at the airport after a hectic week and me battling a cold... Some last minute things needed tiding up on Saturday morning with a visit to the bank to clear up a hitch we were experiencing, a trip to work to send a couple of last minute emails, home to finish packing, yes i finished my packimg with about 30minutes to leaving time, into the car and we were off. Once in the car anything we hadn't done was just bad luck it wasn't going to get done. The flight to Melbourne was quick and easy and we knew that from then onwards we were going to be in and out of planes for the next 24 hrs at least.. The joys of travelling, lots of ... read more
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October 15th 2012
Wow, what a weekend. I reckon we've done as much walking in the city as we would have done if we had been walking on a long distance footpath and it was needed cos there is so much to see. Carol's exhausted and isn't complaining even though I've got us to the railway station ready for our next move 3 hours early; infact she's just disappeared to get a foot massage. It's not possible to do Singapore justice in a brief account. Highlights for us included first of all the initial impression of skyscrapers and masses of building work. Once you scratch the surface of that you realise that there is a totally fascinating master plan in operation with the aim of modernising the city, increasing its area, by land reclamation whilst at the same time ... read more
October 13th 2012
The highlight of our last night in KL was the hunt for food. We decided to head back into Chinatown - a good decision. The place was far more vibrant than we had seen it on our previous visit which had been in the morning, far more stalls out, although how many watches and pairs of sunglasses and wallets can a tourist carry? Early evening is prime time for tropical downpours and we got one, so had to shelter from the rain whilst hugging a beer and people watching. The biggest attraction in the people watching was the pretty girl on the arm of her chap, trying out fancy handbags in the shop opposite. By the time she had finished, which took up most of the downpour, she had tried twenty bags, had got most of ... read more
October 6th 2012
Some of you may know that I have actually written about Singapore before. Whereas that visit two-and-a-half years ago was a one night stopover, this time I would be here to finish the place off with a two-night stay. You could say that this is the sequel. Some of you may also know my cousin Nicola and her husband Simon - who so kindly looked after me when I first arrived in London, five years ago. How time flies and much has changed in the intervening years - Nicola has since got married (incidentally, the reason I passed through Singapore the first time was to attend her wedding), moved to Singapore, and now has a 15-month old son Oliver, another second cousin to add to my burgeoning collection. Some things have stayed the same however ... read more
October 5th 2012
So, mid-autumn festival in China means that you get a week of holidays so I packed a pack and set off for Bali, Indonesia with a one day stopover in Singapore. At the start I figured that Singapore would be a one day stopover to just see one of the world's global cities. I quickly realized that there is so much going on there! The multicultural feeling is super cool, the food is amazing and the skyline is breathtaking! I stayed in a closet sized room for $100 a night and I was not prepared for the prices after being in Yongchuan for a few months. But, the feeling/vibe in the city is great. I had a beer and a bite in the evening I arrived and then during the day I folly here, I walked ... read more
October 4th 2012
Le 4 octobre 2012, Aujourd'hui, on commence la journée par un petit-déjeuner à l'asiatique: riz frit, nouilles frites, frites, croquettes de poulet.... vous voyez un peu le tableau... une chance qu'il y a quelques fruits pour faire passer le tout.On est un peu découragés, il pleut à boire debout pendant que nous déjeunons. On demande au serveur ce qu'il pense de la météo... Sur son cellulaire, il vérifie la température... Pluie aujourd'hui et demain... Tant pis, on choisit de se diriger quand même vers Universal Studios, et bien nous en prit. Universal Studios est situé sur l'île de Sentosa, une île dédiée au tourisme et aux activités familiales dispendieuses... Spectacles de dauphins, saut à l'élastique, luge et cie font partie de la multitude d'activités proposées. Pour notre part, on se contentera de Universal. Aussitôt... read more
