Blogs from Boat Quay, Singapore, Asia - page 3

18 mai 2011 : Lever à 8h00 et petit déjeuner. Alan nous emmène à l'aéroport de Brisbane à 11h15. Décollage à 14h10 et atterrissage à Singapour à 19h50, à l'heure. Nous sommes accueillis par le chauffeur de l'hôtel que nous avions réservé, le Novotel de Clark Quay. Baignade dans la piscine de l'hôtel puis promenade sur Clark Quay avec dîner sur place avec des brochettes locales qu'on appelle Satay, ce qui me rappelle la période où je travaillais à Singapour il y a 15 ans Nous rentrons à l'hôtel à 23h30. 19 mai 2011 : Lever à 7h00 et directement baignade dans la piscine de l'hôtel, puis petit déjeuner au restaurant de l'hôtel. Nous partons ensuite acheter les cartes de transport, MRT- LRT et autobus. Système très pratique du style de la carte orange française, et ... read more

Today was another special day - at trip to Raffles in the afternoon but more on that later. In the morning we decided to walk to Central Plaza some 1km away from our hotel. It is a modern shopping centre in Tiong Bahru Road and Hazel did some shopping for small items. At 13.30H we were all dressed and waiting at reception. Hazel had brought a surprise outfit for this special trip to Raffles. It comprised a lilac Indian dress with matching trousers and looked very special. I made the effort of putting on a shirt and long trousers - not at all easy after the freedom of a month in shorts and a teeshirt. The tour began at the Asian History Museum and Raffles Square. I got the impression that before Sir Stamford Raffles sailed ... read more

After we said our goodbyes at Chicago Airport with my brother and his girlfriend Brittany, we boarded our plane for what turned out to be the longest flight either of us had ever done......it ended up being around 20 hours (15 hours and 50 minutes from Chicago to Hong Kong and then another shorter flight of around 4 hours from Hong Kong to Singapore) and the secound part was spent with a screaming toddler sat just in front of us, thank god he wasn't like that on the first plane! The last couple of days in North America were spent with family and friends as we probably won't be seeing them for another year or so. The second to last day some news came through that a friend from my old regiment had died 4 years ... read more