http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Geylang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Singapore , Geylang en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:45:12 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:45:12 UTC Well.. we had a very busy day yesterday Woke up a bit late got out at 103oam due to being wide awake at 4am for two hours jet lagWe headed to the Orchard Road shopping area to see the flash side of Singapore we have never seen so many department stores and designer places It was all a bit too expensive for usWe got around using the MRT like the tube but ALOT cleaner And were asked i http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-350784.html We've arrivedAfter turning up at the airport in exactly the same clothes opposite colours We had a bumpy flight lots of sweets Soph tried upgrading us at every available moment but they weren't budgingWE've got a nice clean hostel thought we found a cockroach but was dripping water from the Air conHad our first taste of Singapore food at 10 pm last night at an open air canteen sty http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-350479.html Singapore is like Greenway Mall Parramatta at lunchtime. A whole bunch of Asian owned shops with the rest white collared workers. Only difference here is that they are called expats. And that is Singapore really if you stick to the city centre. Move just outside that and yoursquoll soon realise that Singapore isnrsquot just about highrise buildings fancy cars and designer clothes. There i http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-335740.html Dear allAfter a few strange days in Phuket we shot a quick dash for Singapore. As we made our way out of Thailand the tv was filled with political stress and all locals were glued to the news stations watching events unfold. Hope things don't get any more heated for them the government certainly likes to overreact to any form of protest. Thai people were so friendly and kind would hate to see http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-324461.html Hello everyoneAfter the relaxing beach time and running from ladyboys in Ko Samui Rich and I arrived in Singapore slightly earlier than planned. This was mainly due to us being a couple of pansies that coundle handle a 24 bus journey to Kuala Lumpur turns out its much like Singapore and the Petronas towers aren't as tall as buildings we saw in Shanghai anyway. Checking into our hostel was a http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-298162.html I arrived in Singapore on the 3rd of June at 3 pm and my flight left at 1pm the next day. This did not really leave much time to do anything but i decided i would leave the airport and treat my self with a nice hotel instead of a hostel. I Spend 70 on the room and i am hear to say it was a SH Hole. I must have killed 400 bugs and the room was just really dirty. On top of all that i didn't find http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-284885.html Hmm... remember two months ago when I last blogged and said I wouldn't leave it as long the next time Well now that I've reminded you can you please forget because I have run out of excusesSo Singapore.Singapore was enjoyable. We arrived after a fairly long flight at 7am and were instantly faced with the culture shock that South East Asia had in store for us.We stood outside trying to enjoy http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-278283.html 17th 19th March 2008Well we went back to KL station and got on our train to Singapore the journey was about 5 hours and seemed to go relatively quick we got ourselves tickets for the 1st class seating cant remember the cost but wasnt much. Once we reached the border of Malaysia and Singapore we waited on the train and immigration staff boarded and squiggles in your passport I assume this was l http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-276550.html How many times have you ever arrived at the airport to a sign that reads Your Name. Well not exactly your name but something more like in my case Mr. Filly. For me my arrival in Singapore was the first. This is what you get when you have great friends like Chris Streeter. For those unfamiliar with this world traveling computer programmer he was my roommate at UC Berkeley for 2 years and m http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-260656.html We're back in Singapore now it's hot but doesn't appear to be as hot as it was last time probably just because it has been mostly overcast. When it's sunny it's as hot as it was beforeWe've done a lot more since we got back the hostel is nicer our room was clean when we arrived noone was going to walk in so it was definitely off to a better startWe planned to do the more touristy things th http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-254129.html We arrived last night and it's boiling and humid We kicked two people out of a 4 bunk bed room because we paid for a private room and Eric messed up and didn't think about that when he put the two people in there Alex had to stay awake for a while last night and it's lucky that he did because an indian guy walked in about midnight to find his stuff not in there and me sleeping on the bed that he http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-250108.html TinaArrived here ok and headed for the Joo Chiat area as one of the hotels we checked out looked like they had availability and we were right so booked into the Gateway at 95 a night we are here for 6 nights and are trying to keep our spending down cos its alot dearer here than all the other places we've visited. Anyhow to cut a long story short there is an airshow here to coincide with our http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-249518.html Singapore is one of the best airports we have been too you name it and the airport has it twice. Getting from the airport to the city could not be easier a simple train ride and you are there. Knowing what we have read about the location of our hotel we were a little apprehensive of the area we were staying however there as nothing to worry about there were more than enough punters to keep ev http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-243732.html Dag allemaalVanuit PhuketThailandzijn we per vliegtuig vertrokken naar Singapore.Het duurde maar 1.5uur en dat deden we met Airasia...low budget airline.Dat was wel te merken qua service..en omdat het low budget is mag je maar 15 kilo p.p. meenemen.En dat ging niet echt.Liza had 17 kilo en Pierre 27 kilo.Dus met andere woordenwe moesten betalen.Irritant en niet verwacht en dan kan je de master http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-242321.html ...then Singapore people should marry Indians . Singapore is the absolute opposite of India when it comes to the things that all us tourists complain about when visiting India. They might come to a middle way Singapore without the silly rules and fines India with clean streets. Arrival Monday evening at Changi Airport. After customs comes a walk through the airconditioned duty free zone. Like http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-239053.html The best way to introduce Singapore if you've never been is1. Chewing gum is illegal.2. Littering is punishable by fines S1000 for first time offenders.3. Drug usage or trafficking is frequently punished by death.4. The food is awesome and tremendously cheap.We knew all this from our last trip. Singapore is in many ways the good son of Asia. Well behaved welltodo and straightlaced. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-238389.html I'm sitting in an internet cafe in Singapore now.We've seen a number of strange things today and yesterday and eaten some of them too. There are some parts of a pig that shouldn't feature on your dinner plate though if you do come to Singapore and eat a mystery piggish substance make sure you ask what it is after you eat it not before. That's for another blog though.Today I'm just popping d http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-237055.html I am writing this entry from aboard the Theodor Storm the freighter that will be taking us on to Brisbane and the final leg of our adventure. We have just learnt that the freighter will be leaving on the morning of the 19th so that will be in about 36 hours. As such this seemed like a good time to give you an update on our time in Singapore although we won't be able to load it onto the blog web http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-210754.html Wow Singapore is a million miles away from what we've been use to in the last month. It was a welcome break from the intense nature of India. We have never met such friendly people before our hostel manager Eric was particulary sweet and helpful. The city itself is really clean and well organised. It seems to always want to better itself in what the city has to offer its people and tourists alik http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-205363.html Well singapore singapore we had the impression that Singapore would be clean and clinical hmmmmm we saw very different on our 24hr visit. We Knew that the hotels were going to be alot more expensive than we have been used too so did a bit of research on the net and found that Geylang was the cheapest areaWe arrived by bus and made our way through the border where there are no atms for those http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-181447.html I arrived in Changi airport on Friday185 around 5pm. It was a longer flight from Shanghai than i thought it would be. It took five and a half hours. The airport is massive. Singapore is used by many as a stopover point on the travels through asia and australlia. Everyone there was very courteous and whoever you walked past always greeted you. Went to the toliet after going through the first bit http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-160278.html On the taxi ride from the airport our first morning in Singapore I casually asked the driver whom until this point had spoken two words what he suggested we do with our three days on the island nation. To our surprise and delight he answered in choppy but understandable English. The next several minutes were filled with random suggestions from the Bird Park to the Worldrsquos only 24hour http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-148144.html hi again Friday now and only one day left in Singapore. We have hopped on and off that bus so many times now I think the drivers recognise us Its great when you have a boarding pass from Singapore airlines you get 50 off the bus so we can travel around most places we want to go all day for 3 which is just over 1.Now we have trekked around Chinatown and were enticed to have a Chinese http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-145631.html This isn't a blog about my travels but moreso an update to friends and family. We flew from Chang Mai to Singapore thinking that our vacation was near over. Upon arriving we called the Singapore Military base and found that no flights are leaving for at least another week. The entire base is closed. Therefore we're stuck here... And so we've decided to take a 2 hr. flight to Bali Indonesia. No c http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-120238.html Finally managed to get a little sleep but only with the help of earplugs and even then it was really noisy By 630am we had decided that enough was enough and had to get up and go. We had the free breakfast used the fairly dirty shower note in it saying please clean after you pee in it as it really smells not a nice place. We managed to find a new hotel in the Gaylang district which is o http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-103517.html It is two in the afternoon and school kids are hopping in and out of the train. It is very busy and crowded near the downtown area. I am at the Bugis MRT station and this place is a total zoo. Tons of people from school kids to office workers local shoppers and tourists looking for a bargain rush in and out of the train. There was no room to wiggle around and get comfortable. I gave my seat to http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Geylang/blog-81763.html