Jenns Globetrotting Adventures

We spent Wednesday and Thursday on an Island that has been developed strictly as a recreational island called Sentosa. There are golf courses, beaches, Underwater world, Luge ride, historical sites, etc. Very planned as everything is in Singapore. We took the cable car to Sentosa Island from Singapore. It is very close, it just has the river betwen it. It was fun to ride over the tops of the canopy trees with their big leaves. They are building a casino on the island as well, which is bound to be over the top. We started off with a cheesy ride, and made our way out to Fort Siloso. Are you ready for more Singapore history? Sentosa Island was used as a military base by the British for many years. It was originally called Pulau Blakang Mati, ... read more

Hi All, Wow, it has been a busy 6 days in Singapore!! I have not had time to blog at all :-0 so this will be a long one! I will break it down in days in case you have to read this in stages, because I may go on for a while :-) Saturday: Late late Friday night we picked up Raymond's friend Kevin from the airport (well, Raymond picked him up, I stayed in bed :-)) Saturday our purpose was to keep Kevin awake! We went back to the East Coast Parkway, one of my favorite places in Singapore, and rented bikes. We biked along the parkway for 7 or 8 miles. It is such a pretty path! Everything (and I mean everything) in Singapore is planned, and this path is no exception. It ... read more

Well we are just concluding a wonderful 3 days in Hoi An. Hoi An is a beautiful riverside town about 5k from the beach. It has been raining pretty much the whole time, but it is warm. My laundry never dried. We stayed at a lovely little resort about 2k from town that is set in beautiful gardens. They offer a nice breakfast every morning, free bicycles, and lots of other perks. We walked to the beach one day, we walked all around town, and walked some more. We have done some major shopping here! Raymond bought 2 custom-made suits, and I bought 2 suits, a shirt and a skirt. Many of the girls in Vietnam have been telling Raymond how handsome he is (he says they equate big with handsome) and he looks great in ... read more

Halong Bay is the most beautiful place I have ever been to! Hooray! Thankfully, we got out of Hanoi Friday morning. We took a bus to Halong Bay, where we boarded our boat, the Sun Cruise. It was a very nice boat, much nicer than carnival cruise lines. It had about 12 rooms, but as tourism business is slow here in Vietnam, I think we only had about 15 people on the boat. As soon as we got there, the air was cleaner, the sea smelled good, there were no car horns - it was lovely. Halong bay is made up of 4000+ islands made of limestone, and apparently has lots of caves to explore. A large number of islands (I think 1000+) are part of a national reserve. Friday afternoon we went to one of ... read more

Hello from Singapore, Well we arrived at 1am a couple days ago. It was a long flight - 23 hours of travel time. I forgot how (not) fun that was, but at least it was without complication. We got into warm and humid Singapore and got a quick bite to eat before heading off to bed. I was wide awake at 6am yesterday, as I am now. We got up and walked to the beach from Raymond's house. We went to the East Coast Beach, which has about 20k+ of walking, biking and roller blading trails. It is amazingly beautiful! There are huge canopy trees everywhere, it is of course very clean, and the trails run along the picturesque beach. After walking for a bit, we stopped along the trail at (big surprise) Starbucks :-) Yes, ... read more