Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 324

Tuesday 5th September Laura - First of all, Happy Birthday to big bro, aka pompom, aka Thomas!! Hope you had a nice day. We had an early start today to catch our bus to Singapore. We were up before dawn. Frequent readers will know this doesn't agree too well with us! Anyway, bus caught, we arrived into Singapore shortly after midday and made our way to a hostel in Bugis, Little India, recommended by Lara. We passed a few impressive looking mosques on the way. The hostel didn't quite meet up to our high expectations, with the woman on reception being very unhelpful and miserable, and the dorm cramped full of beds. But, we don't have long to explore Singapore so we reluctantly plonked our bags then headed out to explore. We took a walk around ... read more

We are on our way!! Hangin' out at Changi Airport waiting for our next flight...stayed at the Ambassador Transit Hotel, in terminal 1 caught up on a few hours sleep before our flight to Doha, Qatar. Feeling half asleep but have another 7hr + flight ahead........looking forward seeing Doha as its the start of the next adventure and somewhere new........ read more

29th Aug: 10hr plane ride to Singapore, met a girl from Ireland who had immigrated to NZ with her boy friend, watched 4 movies and the plane ride was over before I knew it. Was really easy to leave plan check out and go through customs couldn’t have taken more than 20min. from the airport I went straight to the Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) which was conveniently right underneath and took it to little India where I was staying, met a couple from Germany and a local who pointed us in the right direction on which transfers to take and a whole $2 later I was there. The difficult part was walking the 2ish kms from the subway to the back packers with all my luggage and the humidity and heat! After checking in I was ... read more

Today began earlier than expected as we both woke up around 5:00 a.m. Ah, jet lag. After our first breakfast downstairs, which featured everything from miso and rice to pancakes and syrup, we headed out towards the Raffles Hotel. On our way we passed, conservatively, 250 separate shopping malls. It turns out that the cultural pasttime of Singaporeans is shopping, or at least hanging out in malls. Who would have guessed of a strong affinity between the locals here and people in New Jersey? The good news is that the malls are incredibly nice, and more importantly, air-conditioned. The seasons here, the saying goes, are hot, hot, hotter, and rainy, so indoor activities are at a premium. The malls also have a food court, but with fare many notches above Panda Express. Food ranges from hamburgers ... read more

Finally met up with Dave and Henson on the Island of Singapore, Had a great relaxing drive from the Airport, no cows on the road, turn up a the hostel at eight in the Morning to find 2 very Bleary Eyed individuals one looking a lot like Henson. I first thought he may have got up to meet me and had had a heavy night although it turned out he was still on his heavy night and hadn't been to bed! The hostel Betel Box is great, really relaxed, all the staff are great, people friendly, my only wounder is My bunk is about 3 foot from the air conditioning unit and I have to sleep fully clothed! Its in a red light area so we can't drink in the bars unless we want to be ... read more