Because of the little matter of the unrest in Bangkok, Singapore Air were kind enough to change our tickets for us so we were able to spend a few more days in their fine city rather than risk getting shot at. As we mentioned in our earlier blog Singapore isn’t cheap so we were back to hostels. This time we tried Sleepy Sams, in the Arab Quarter, as little India disappointed a bit last time, and what a good choice it was. Nice rooms, great little cafe, nice staff, a really chilled place. We caught the MRT (Underground) from the airport and the hostel was a 5 minute walk from the station but, as would become the norm for the next few days, it was chucking it down. One thing we have noticed in Asia, especially
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