http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Singapore , Commonwealth en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 14:41:46 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 14:41:46 +0000 Wow only 11 days left before we depart for our asian tour Oh the things we will see and do. How very exciting... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-434922.html Sydney Parkour for Belvedere Vodka http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-426852.html Hi allSince I'm not likely to be able to keep up with everyone properly over the phone the next 4 months and have grown tired of posting photos on facebook I've decided to try out this newfangled 'Blogging' thing that I heard about on that BBC news show ClickBy the way I feel like its been about a month since I left London. It was a bit of a whirlwind towards the end with work and a cold http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-409756.html Travel to Singapore VIP Style While waiting for our Indian visa to be cleared we had at least four nights to kill in Malaysia. On our last full day in KL we planned to head to Melaka about two hours south of KL the following day. Through the joy of Facebook though we learned that my friend Laura was in Singapore visiting her sister and helping with the birth of her first niece. We immed http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-409037.html So we arrived in Singapore and stayed at the Pan Pacific. It was hot and humid and exhausting. We visited Thian Temple The Botanical Gardens saw the Merlion and had dinner at the Pan Pacific's signature restaurant on the 37th Floor We visited Chinatown and Little India.Changi Airport is the most amazing place with a Butterfly garden and Koi carp and enough stuff going on to keep you occu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-382248.html Family TripThe family got in on Feb 19th and we met up at the MRT station. I was only kind of embarrassed at dad's infamous yell SPAAAA I wonder what the locals were thinking...Anyway we met up and I took them to NUS for a look around. It didn't take very long before the question of the trip started making its first appearance....Can we get some beer We tried to get some on campus but the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-377792.html The Coconut ManI had heard the myths about the Coconut Man. He stayed up all night hacking at coconuts to get their juice which he sold to the nearby hawker centers food courts. He also has a side business of selling beer to local residents after hours for a good price. He could be seen only when he chose to be seen. You didn't just go out and find the Coconut Man...he found you. With some pract http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-370869.html BY ZACKIt was weird watching the inauguration of Obama late at night in our little hotel room in Hoi An Vietnam. My dad had trouble staying awake for it and kept drifting in and out. People in Vietnam seem to like Obama but there was no celebrating on the street...or no more than usual. The Tet festival is approaching Lunar New Year...so there is lots of celebration going on all through Asi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Commonwealth/blog-366883.html