Blogs from Geylang, Singapore, Asia - page 4

(PART 1) i arrived in singapore on saturday morning where my intrepid tour ended. however most of the group including the leader would still be in singapore that night so we arranged to meet later. me and jodie rocked up at the orchid hostel to find that pictures can be very decieving..!! however its clean, the beds are comfy and breakfast is free so what more can you ask for when im only paying about 9 quid a night!! after checking in at 2 (not one min earlier!!) we showered and then headed for raffles mall on hannahs recomendation. shopping in singapore is amazing and we didnt even go to orchid road where there are approx 20 malls on one road! but shopping is also a difficult and frustrating activity when travelling on a budget! all ... read more

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 you’ll soon realise that Singapore isn’t just about high-rise buildings, fancy cars, and designer clothes. There is another side to it. I arrived late (1030pm) and took a hotel drop off service to get to my hostel. I stayed 15 minute outside the CBD - In Greylang. Its one of the last areas of old school Singapore. We stop near numerous karaoke bars. The Drivers voice was slightly drained out by the bad singing in the background. He hands me my bag and says, “It’s the green door” “Where?” ... read more

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 out until after booking the room that the hotel was in the red light district. Surrounding my hotel where like 400 brothels. as soon as i walked out of the rooms i was yelled at by men to try and get me into the brothels. i ignored ... read more

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 excuses! So: 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 an eagerly anticipated cigarette while being hounded constantly for taxi custom. We did a small amount of bartering (more as a formality than anything else. It was so cheap!) and got into a taxi with a very friendly man who spoke fantastic English. He gave us plenty of tips on what to pay for things and explained to us that our hostel ... read more

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 before! We've done a lot more since we got back, the hostel is nicer, our room was clean when we arrived, no-one was going to walk in so it was definitely off to a better start! We planned to do the more touristy things this time around in Singapore and realised that we didn't actually have a lot of time to do everything. The day after we arrived we went to Sentosa island. We got the monorail across, went on the luge (where you race down a hill in a little thing with handlebars and wheels), sadly for me, Alex ... read more