http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Singapore , Raffles Marina en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:17:31 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:17:31 UTC This event has actually went already but because I know some people might be particularly interested in somehow I have one young just married woman in my mind I want to tell some more about it.I was so happy and satisfied when we found AFA08 httpwww.afa08.com festival and realized it was supposed to be held here in Singapore This Celebration of Japanese Pop Culture festival was organ http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-350293.html We departed Tioman on the first ferry out and then waited for the next coach from Mersing to take us through Johor Baru hope that's spelt right before carrying on into Singapore. We left with four friends but had to part at the bus station because there weren't enough seats. However we arranged to meet up that evening in Little India The journey was painless and efficient. We had immigrati http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-349493.html We decided to stop over in Singapore for the weekend on our way to Australia. We had heard lots of good reports about the country and felt it was worth a visit. Our first impressions in Singapore airport were just a taster of what the rest of Singapore was to be like immaculately clean modern and stylish It was a welcome change from the environment we were used to over the previous ten weeks. W http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-345214.html Addendum to Singapore section of the tripDenzilWe were thinking of you the other day in Singapore at the weekend there was a large piece of lawn by the shopping complex that we walked past in the morning that was about 30ft wide by 50ft long and a piece of blue polythene had been laid out from right to left in a wavy fashionAre you with me so far.When we walked back a couple of hours late http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-344822.html We awoke at 3.21 am as we were in the wide awake club an electric storm was illuminating the sky which was spectacular but no rain. When we ventured outside from our air condition bed room the humidity and heat at this time in the morning hit you like a comedy frying pan in the face. An hour later came the rain and boy does it rain.We dozed off to sleep at around 6.00 am and re awoke at 10. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-343610.html As we are trying to keep daily events together and you will be reading this in snapshots this is a continuation of day 1.We had around 3 hours sleep then woke at around 3.00pm STP Singapore time.Stumbled around for an hour then we showered and shaved well I did. AndyIt seemed quite bizarre that we went out and got a pool side bed had a club sandwich and a cup of tea then a swim. The te http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-343132.html Hi all its 1.58 am British Time and we got to the Marina Mandarin Hotel about 20 minutes ago so door to door from Romsey was 19 12 Hours.The flight was good the Airbus A380 was just fantastic I believe Singapore Airlines was the first airline in the world to take delivery of such a beast and now they have 6 in the fleet.Compared to 747 Jumbo is just looks larger a 747 can seat 375 and t http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-342749.html Dear allToday was our last day in Singapore and so we decided to do all of the things that tourists are supposed to do when here We started by having afternoon tea at the Pan Pacific hotel. It was very nice...a lovely hotel if only we could afford to stay thereNext we went to Raffles Hotel which is one of the oldest hotels in Singapore. We went to the famous Long Bar where it is traditional to http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-342248.html Singapore in a dayOur flight arrived in Singapore on time and after a quick taxi to our hotel Kirsty and I decided to seize the day and have a napOur hotel though quite expensive was grim. The walls were damp and the whole hotel felt like it was about to blow a fuse or electricute someone. I was not going to be charging up my mobile in this establishmentWe strolled through Singapore and fo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-341137.html A trip to Singapore is not complete without a visit to the tourist overrun Raffles Hotel visited by many famous names in its time. The bar is famous for its Singapore Sling... Type Mixed drink Primary alcohol by volume Gin Brandy Served Straight up without ice Standard garnish Maraschino cherry pineapple Standard drinkware Highball glass IBA specified ingredientsdagger 4.0 cl 8 part http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-339511.html One rainy and clammy Sunday in Singapore and we decided to spend it inside wandering from one big shopping mall to another via underground passages. Love it. In here people are really living 247 so no day offs are in sight. It's just cool to walk slowly wondering how different things can be from them I'm used to. Still I don't experience the difference of the living here as a distracting thing http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-336141.html Hello from Singapore Well i am a couple of Singapore Gin Slings down so excuse any typosSo i reluctantly left Cape Town yesterday having had a wonderful time with the boys and took the very long flight over to Singapore. i have to admit i was dreading the long haul flight and went fully prepared with a bottle powerful sleeping tablets I did not however have to worry at all. if any of you have http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-332608.html Hello everybody we hope that you are all ok........here is our story about our latest movements...............Eight hours from the Gold Coast airport on a bargain 200 each flight with Air Asia X we arrived back in the hustle and bustle of KL It was strange going back to somewhere where we have been before but nice that we knew where we were going and what we wanted to do. Kl hasn't changed one http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-329616.html I always get nervous crossing the border into another country. I even strain my neck looking inside the customs booth to see if my picture is on the wanted poster. Nope all clear now lets see if the dogs sniff out the seeds in my multigrain bread. After getting through customs in Malaysia Laura and I spot a man with puffy black hair doing a jig and giving us the thumbs up. Is that Borat http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-319245.html Singapore is fantastic staying with our lovely friends Aaron Nicola in their beautiful apartment. the have a fantastic pool outside which we have been making good use of. Martyn has started working on his tan i of course have already burnt my shoulders.we have been to Clark Quay and the hawkers market and going to Raffles tomorrow for brunch. we are just in from seeing the fireworks for singap http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-310127.html Singapore in many ways set the tone for my travels. Hong Kong was my first stop but Singapore held a special place for me. I arrived in Singapore for the first time on March 21st. If you can recall my old roommate Chris from college was there to greet me in the terminal. We spent three great days together in Singapore I started to really feel like I was traveling we ate terrific food met some g http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-287390.html This i s my first journey to abroad and Singapore was my 1st visit. Singapore is not far from my country Indonesia and i have many friends and family there. But please don't think that i stayed with my friends and family during my visit there. I went there as backpacker and i choose stayed at youth hostel.. Back packer 2nd home. The 1st place i visited was the landmark of Singapore Merlion w http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-281157.html P'tite session wake board du dimanche apres midi avec Cline Xav et Stphanie dans les eaux paradisiaques de Raffles Marina a l'est de Singap dans les eaux internationales entre la Malaisie et Singapour Mieux que Pongoll quand mmBon exercice de slalom entre bouteilles dchets mduses et le centre d'entrainement militaire avec exercices de tirs que l'on remarque en arriere plan gt c trop http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-266771.html Sling meWe arrived in Singapore last night after 7pm and boy did we notice the difference in the temperature. The humidity hit us straight away.We had to drive around a bit with our driver to find another couple taking the same transfer.The drive to the city was interesting. Such different views to what we had been experiencing.The city looked so clean and neat and so lit upWe arrived at the St http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-263900.html Today we ventured out of the hotel and did some sightseeing. We visited the Marina Waterfront and other sights around Singapore city centre. The sun was very hot and again humid so didn't go too far lack of air kept leading us to inside the shops just to feel normality and be able to breathe properly. You find youself going inside stores just to be able to breathe and recover from all the sweat http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-238394.html We arrived safely in Singapore after a very long flight. We left N Zealand 6.00 a.m. Sunday morning arrived at Brisbane Airport 7.05 a.m. and then caught our connecting flight at 13.30 p.m. arriving in Singapore at 7.00 p.m. so with time distance having to catch 2 flights and waiting around in Brisbane Airport it was a very exhausting day.We are staying at the Pan Pacific Hotel Raffles Marina http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-238232.html Sorry for lack of words I'm actually publishing this from Queenstown NZ. More appologies o http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-233260.html We are here http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-228216.html This was a bit of a culture shock im not used to being amoungst the minority and i certainly was. Think i saw three white people in 3 days. The main nationality is chineese which wasn't a bad think cause it meant there was plenty of places to get my favourate food from The zoo was great and it was worth it just to see the white tigers. If you like shopping Singapore is the place to go. There is http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-227256.html Better late than never photos of our two days in Singapore. We are now in Perth met by the family picnic by the river hotel good today is Sunday and we have spent the morning in Kingspark temperature 34oC sunny. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-218637.html Hi everyone adam here I think Maria has gone for a bit of a lie down as we have been going crazy for the last few days running all over the place in Singapore.I'm not sure what she has told you so far but we did Raffles Hotel for a couple of Singapore Slings and then had a random selection of goodies for dinner in China Town before heading back to our hostel for our last night's sleep in The Pr http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-212513.html Well I arrived in Singapore safe and sound full of energy having slept and snored for most of the journey opps The weather is hot ive lost about half a stone in sweat so far he he.On arriving I drop my bags off and took a look around the local town thier has been a MidAutum celebration so every day people have been getting up on the stage singing oprah on 1 occasion thier was a big dragon danc http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-202984.html August 2425 2007 Singapore1We landed in Singapore and took a taxi to Raffles Hotel. We pulled up to the hotel and we were speechless. The hotel was magnificent. A man dressed up in a white military looking uniform with a turban opened our door and took care of our luggage. We walked up the red carpet to the main entrance. We were greeted by another gentleman and after giving him our name we we http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-196114.html After Spending a pretty chilled out night in Krabi we were once again on the a bus heading south to Malaysia really good comfy bus with leg room which was a novelty. Arriving in Kuala lumpur we were surprised how built up the place was it was huge we spent a few days here eating fast food as it was the cheapest option the beer was sky high so no drinking for us here. We visited the towers and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-162246.html Well after arriving in Singapore at 1am we acted like true backpackers and slept in the airport before catching a bus to KL at 8am.Had one day in KL where Liz introduced Claire to KLCC her favourite shopping centre in the world. Amazingly we didn't buy anything other than foodThe next day we headed off to Borneo accompanied by John Liz'z diving instructor and 8 other tagalongs for a 5 day in http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-76567.html