Blogs from Little India, Singapore, Asia - page 4

So, this is my first attempt at doing anything like this and I expect there to be problems. For example, spelling and gramer issues, run-on sentences and definitly made up words. Essentially, if you are an English major don't bother reading this or you will go crazy. The best place to start is the begining and for me that meant DC. I wasn't feeling very well and was convinced that I was going to be sick and not allowed to fly. However, I managed to fake well and get through security (the longest line of my life up to that point). After a short wait I boarded my first flight which went to Seattle. Just before I left it started to snow...haha I got out just in time. The flight lasted 5 hours but it felt ... read more

Tidig utcheckning för att leta rätt på tåget till Singapore. Vi passerade Seremban, Pulau Sebang, Gemas, Segamat, Labis och Kluang på vägen ner till Woodlands. Det pågår en mängd byggen längs den norra delen av sträckan och det ser även ut som om de bygger ett spår till. Den södra delen var kantad av övergivna hus och industrier. I en del hus hade småbönder med 5-10 kor flyttat in. När jag skriver det här sitter jag i häktet i Singapores tull. Min ena väska fastnade i röntgenmaskinen. Man får inte ha knark, cigaretter, snus, löstobak eller Cigarrer. Innehavet bedöms dessutom i gram. Jag råkade ha 19st cigarrer med en totalvikt av 250g. Så nu har jag blivit förhörd, upplyst om Singapores alla regelverk och vilka straff man kan vänta om de bryts. I mitt fall skulle ... read more

Das große Einpacken. Nach dem Frühstück packen wir unsere Rucksäcke für die Heimreise und lassen den Tag recht ruhig angehen. Wir machen einen letzten Ausflug in den Stadtteil „Little India“ mit seinen charakteristischen bunten Häusern und Tempeln. Auf dem Weg dahin machen wir noch einen Zwischenstop im Swissotel The Stamford, Annett’s bevorzugtem Domizil für Dienstreisen. Vom Restaurant im 70. Stockwerk hat man einen Superblick auf die Bucht mit den Wolkenkratzern der Banken und Hotels. Bis zum frühen Nachmittag schlendern wir durch die Straßen, fahren schließlich zurück zum Hotel und nehmen ein Taxi zum Flughafen. Gegen 5 Uhr nachmittags haben wir unser Gepäck eingecheckt und die Tickets in der Tasche. Idealerweise findet heute eine Pause im Streik der Lufthansa-Mitarbeiter statt, so stehen unsere Chancen gut, im Laufe der nächsten 24 Stunden auf die eine oder andere Art ... read more

After about 30 hours of travelling, 18 of those being on a plane, we have arrived safely in Singapore. Since we are staying here for the night, our main focus was to find somewhere to stay and grab some grub. One of the areas backpackers can find "affordable" accomodations is Little India so we thought that would be a great place to go. There were a number of hostels in one block and chose to stay at The Inn Crowd. It costs a little more than we wanted to spend ($17/bed/night) but with free wi-fi and free breakfast it was much better than a couple other places around. It's going to be our first dorm-style sleeping and the guy that has been sleeping all day filled the room with a lovely aroma...not. In the words of ... read more

All curious how things are going, so here we are finally with some news! The plane travel Brussels – Frankfurt – Singapore went smoothly ( except for Skye throwing up during landing ) Happy kids and parents! Singapore was HOT, and we were of course TIRED… despite this we found our way quite well. Once at the airport we took the metro to the Hostel laying in Little India. Metro transport is very well organized, of course we had to find our way in the beginning. Little India was really being in India and we wondered how the other city parts looked like...? The room in the hostel was ok, just beds, no table, nothing really, so that also meant quite some mess! Packing afterwards was not so fun. The staff was really friendly, actually all ... read more