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Singapore - Night Life, The Rain and The Zoo!!!

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village November 12th 2008

9th October 2008 - ARRIVAL, LITTLE INDIA & ORCHARD ROAD We arrived early on 9th October. The train journey had been ok although I had been forced to listen to music all night as the lady below me caused an earthquake every time she snored! I kid you not...the whole train shook and I thought there was some kind of bulldozer outside until I realised it was her. Luckily, after putting my music on full blast I was able to get through it!! When we arrived at the hostel (98SG) it was about 9.30am. Whilst she was getting the rooms ready we wondered out for breakfast. This sounds like a simple task as all we wanted was a bit of toast maybe with an egg on or some kind of cereal! Impossible!! We walked around for ... read more

Enjoying a Singapore Sling by the River.........

Arab Street & Sultan Mosque

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village October 21st 2008

Sultan Mosque

Sailorann

The streets are bustling with men and women shopping. Tourists are walking around, taking in the sites. The azan (call to prayer) sounds. Welcome to Sultan Gate in Singapore. The area has a wide street in dark brown with a light, almost golden border that has a series of shops, restaurants and cafes that enclose the area. At the end of the street the path leads to the Sultan mosque. The mosque has a beautiful golden dome which is gleams in the sun light. On perimeter there are palm trees with a serene, almost quite exterior. I was lucky enough to hear the azan sound (call to prayer) when I was there. The inside of the mosque has a gorgeous glass chandelier and plush green carpet. For non-Muslims you can take a tour of the inside ... read more

Singapor

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village September 28th 2008

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suzelle

Hi again Es scheint zu klappen. Mehr spaeter. ... read more

So-long Singapore

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village September 11th 2008

Diner view from the Quayside! AMAZING!

deanandsarah

NOTE: Sorry for typos and the lack of any detail and/or the fwe photos but weve only got a few minutes before we are off and this computer is ancient! Hello Readers! It is here, the final blog! We know you have all been waiting for it with naited breath, so fight back the tears, lets get on with it...! Our last night in KL was predictably brilliant. Yet again involving copius amounts of brilliant local food. This time Jonathan took us out to try the infamous fish head and pork ribs. The food was amazing and we even brought some of the herb mix to make the ribs when we get home. Best of all the restaurant was under a motorway flyover, great fun! When Jennifer joined us later around midnight/1 we went accross town ... read more

Singapur oder one venti espresso blended coffee frappuccino thank you very much

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village September 6th 2008

Skyline

Baeschn

Schliesslich sollte Kuala Lumpur leider die einzige Station im schoenen Malaysia werden, um ein wenig mehr Zeit auf Bali zu verbringen, wo man uebrigens heute hinfliegt und mal wieder um 1 Uhr nachts oder so ankommt. Ich werde in die 50 Meter entfernte, sterile U-Bahn Station steigen und mich mit meiner Dauerfahrkarte zum Changi Airport chauffieren lassen. So etwas gibt es nur in Singapur!! Selbst die guenstigste Unterkunft (siehe Foto) der Stadt liegt umgeben von 3 Malls mit Starbucks, McDonalds, Burger King und Kino ueber die Strasse (!!!). Ungelogen! Irgendwie ist hier alles zentral. Wo man(n) ist, ist man zentral. Wenn man sich das auf der Karte vorstellt, kommt man ja ganz durch Wind... Zentral. Und man macht nicht einmal seine Schuhe dreckig! Die Stadtarbeiter und Buerger leisten ganze Arbeit, ihren Muell nicht auf die Erde ... read more

Meistfotografiertes Objekt Singapurs... zum Sterben langweilig

Singapore Slings!

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village September 2nd 2008

SingaSpoon by the pool

CharlieandRich

We arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon after a very quick and easy flight from HK - anything seems quick and easy after a 11 hour flight of being turned upsidedown in turbulence mind you! We immediately received a text from Dave Turner who had seen my facebook status and who said he was in Singapore, and did we fancy meeting at Raffles Long Bar for a Singapore Sling - too right we did! Raffles is gobsmackingly beautiful, very romantic setting and the bar is so cool. The Singapore Slings were surprisingly tasty (and so they should be at 9 UK pounds a go!) although you do get the feeling they are mixing it up in enormous vats out the back somewhere! We had a great evening out with a few more cocktails courtesy of Dave - ... read more

Final destination: Singapore and Melakka (MY)

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village August 24th 2008

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selfman

The last stop-over before heading back to Germany...... read more

Last Day In Singapore

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village August 19th 2008

Clay pot chicken!

Becky and Mike

We got up really late yesterday due to being thoroughly knackered from our long day at the zoo. We headed to the bit that sells bus tickets to book tickets to go to Melaka on Wednesday! Mission completed, we headed back towards home and stopped by a place for lunch that has had massive queues of locals when we were going the other way. We were a bit scared as there was no English, and we ordered something called 'clay pot chicken'. It was a very very cool dish and the waitress + random local helped us out with how you're meant to eat it. We ate the whole thing with with chopsticks, check us! In the evening we popped into the Raffles Hotel for a Singapore Sling at the outrageous price of $22 (about 8 ... read more

It's really hot...

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village August 16th 2008

Sunset from the plane

Becky and Mike

Hello! We have arrived! Our plane got in at 6am this morning. The flight was fine, but we didn;t manage to get any sleep. I can't sleep sitting up. Singapore Airlines were fine, but not quite up to Emirates standards! Had my first taste of Asian foor for 'breakfast' on the plane. Was some spicy noodle thing! Very weird. It was still pitch dark when we arrived, it appears it both gets light and dark at 7. We got the MRT (like the metrolink) to where our hotel is - Bugis (check out our awsome navigational skills) and then also found the hotel itself. Well done us. We were too early to check in but they let us use the communal shower, which felt great at first, but by the time I was dressed I was ... read more

Culinary Tour of Singapore

Asia » Singapore » Bugis Village August 15th 2008

Singapore by night.

Virtual Shan

Singapore became a stop on our trip in large part because Wes had heard tales of tasty chili crab. We had planned a day and a half in the city, which seemed reasonable for fitting in the sites, but not as reasonable for sampling all the food. I am sad to say that it was a hawker stand free trip. On arrival we had to rush to the Lion Air office to purchase our tickets to Bali, as we were going to lose our reservation in 4 hours if we didn't pay. So by the time we got to option A for a hostel, Sleepy Sam's in Kampong Glam (the Malay/Arab district) we just took the dorm beds and decided that at least we'd save some money. That being said, for a bunk bed, internet and ... read more

Brief history of Singapore

Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ...more history

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