Blogs from Bukit Batok, Singapore, Asia - page 2

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Day 32 Saturday Our last full day, but no time to waste as it’s off early for a City Tour. This took us to the Marina, China Town, a gemstone factory, the Orchid garden in the Botanic Gardens and Little India. But monsoon rain came early today. At the Marina there is a vast hotel complex (The Marina Bay Sands hotel) – three towers with a superstructure for swimming, eating, relaxing and a great view; apparently the tallest building in south east Asia. Look at the water and you will see lots of white balls floating – they are wish balls. People pay and make a wish and then release the ball in the Marina. Apparently it’s part of their New Year celebrations! The Chinese temple was a must to see and then to the orchids, ... read more

... so I thought I'd start writing an entry. Heading to Perth tomorrow, pretty excited!! So on Tuesday (21st) went for my run and sit-ups :p and walked the whole of Tanglin and Orchard road, stopping to get stuff and explore along the way. People should not give me money, as I WILL just go and buy a load of CDs... got one of my memory cards put on disc as well, incase I get the urge to take a hell of a lot more photies. Hoyed a New York salad (healthy living) and went to the Singapore National Museum - very interesting, the interactive section was unbelievably massive though!! Went to Raffles Hotel for a Singapore Sling (couldn't resist, the only time I'll drink Gin) :p and caught the MRT to Harbour Front station to ... read more

April 22nd, 2009 Ok, I got up, put on a green tee-shirt and beige pants, so I was all ready to go on a trip downtown to see the city. First, me, my mom and dad and Susan (who's a friend of mom's and lived in Singapore for one and a half years.) walked, took some pictures and then we saw a box office for a river tour! We all wanted to go! So, we bought some tickets, and went on the tour! I took all the pictures, and you know what? The tourguide was a radio! When we were finished, we went to the History Museum....BUT: we only went to the Gift Shop!! Hee hee! So that's a funny part that I told anyone so far! Then finally, we went home, heads up for Singapore ... read more

Into the Rain forest After speaking with my dorm-mate last night I decided to search for the rain forest. I was still a little unsure its exact name so I consulted the all-knowing Google. There were two locations Bukit Batok Nature Park and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Bukit Timah was bigger so I decided to head there. I took the MRT then a short cab ride to the park entrance. As we pulled in, I could see quite a few monkeys in the parking lot...good start. There was a pretty cool network of about 10 trails that were centered around a few granite quarries and the tallest hill in Singapore. The trail started out near sea level and climbed almost without stopping to the 164m (~535ft) summit. I was thinking there'd be a nice view of ... read more