Wednesday. March 19th, 2008 Adelaide to Singapore. Arrived in Singapore for a quick overnight stop, before heading up to Chiang Mai tomorrow. Hotel 81 Rochor is near Sim Lim Square (shopping centre specialising in Electronic goods) and Bugis Street Markets (great markets in the ‘Little India” section of Singapore). The hotel is an old building, but the rooms are all refurbished. Small, but clean, with HARD beds (get used to it folks, this is Asia). Great location as there are plenty of eating places around and of course MARKETS! We’d stayed in this area before, and made a great contact by the name of Eric, who worked in one of the Electronic stores in Sim Lim. Went in search of him, but he was nowhere to be found. Not to worry, set off to the Bugis
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