Blogs from Changi, Singapore, Asia - page 10

Six weeks, seven countries and twelve cities later, our tour to Russia the long way round has finally drawn to a close. It has been the most incredible experience and I am very glad to say there isn’t any one thing that stands out well beyond the others, there were so many magical moments of our trip: seeing snow and wild Elk in Golden Colorado and dining out with Jon and Julie who we both had a fantastic time with; the neon extravaganza of both Las Vegas and Times Square in New York City; the climb to the observation deck of the Empire State Building; seeing Phantom of the Opera on Broadway; my first rail trip in England going out to Bristol and the Eurostar voyage to Belgium; pub crawls and luxury dining in Belgium; hiking ... read more

Well it's been an amazing couple of days. From getting up at 4.30am Sunday to catch our plane from Adelaide, then a whole day transit in Perth to find that our 0015 flight to Singapore was delayed by 1hr15mins which meant that we missed our flight to Saigon Monday morning. Oh heavens! Not a great start to our trip. But....Jetstar came to the rescue and booked us on the next flight to Saigon the next day and in the meantime provided us with taxi's, 4 star hotel for the night, all meals and VIP treatment through immigration & customs. Unexpectedly in Singapore overnight but in good shape & happy to have a pit stop.... read more

Hi all spent over an hour trying to put on some photos but no joy. So will see you soon to bore you with the physical evidence. Wish you were here LOL xxx... read more

So I'm sorry for the recent failure at blogging. Recent events and situations have kept me pretty preoccupied in addition to the normal busyness of traveling. Unfortunately those same events are probably causing a lot of people to want to hear from me, so I'm going to try and give some reasoning here. In case you're reading this and are really confused, I've decided I won't be studying in China this fall, and will come back to ISU instead. I'm actually sitting in the Singapore airport right now, in transit, waiting for my next flight to leave in about 10 hours. In a fashion very typical to me, it was a pretty sudden decision. I brought it up one evening, and by the next morning I was booking flights and sending emails to 30 different offices ... read more

History unfolds itself at the Changi Chapel and Museum on Saturday morning. Delicated to the living memories of the many who suffered during the Second World War, this small scaled museum contained artefacts and haunting testimonies of the Japanese Occupation. 70 minutes from home and after 3 buses and 2 transfers brought me to the Museum grounds on the morning of 4th July 2009. Alighting from the same service 29 from Tampines Bus Interchange were a couple of caucasians with a common agenda. Sharing the same compound with the Changi Prison, the white-washed building was relatively barren and unimpressive from the outside. It also housed a replica of the Chapel that was commonly found in the POWs camps of Changi during the occupation. The Chapel provided a place where the prisoners could temporary seek solace from ... read more