Blogs from Little India, Singapore, Asia - page 5

OK well for those of you who don't know, I'm a 23 year old Irish guy who has spent the last 8 months living in Australia. During which time I met a Kiwi girl called Bex and a German guy called Alex and after seeing a tree fall over the three of us randomly decided to do a bit of traveling together through Asia for a few weeks, or at least that's the "Short Version" :P Right so today is the 12th of March 2012 and it's the first day of are travels. The plan was for me and Bex to fly to Singapore and for Alex to meet us here tomorrow because he left to do a bit of traveling up the east coast of Oz for the last two weeks. So the story of ... read more

The flight from Hong Kong to Singapore was quite cold. I decided to wear my cardigan and quick dry pants instead of my typical hoodie and jeans in anticipation of the warm Singapore weather. What I didn't account for was the cold air conditioning we'd have on the flight. Our other flights so far have not been air conditioned, and I've often been quite hot in my hoodie. So the flight was air conditioned. So what? This also meant I couldn't use my sweater as a pillow. We were put in an emergency exit row, which was great in terms of leg room, but also meant that we couldn't recline our chairs. For whatever reason, I was much more fidgety on this plane ride than my other ones so far. I couldn't get comfortable, I couldn't ... read more

Our first day in Singapore was spent waiting for our bag to play catch up and trying to stay awake. We were staying in Little India, so spent some of the day walking around, trying some of the spicy cuisine on offer and admiring the mosques and Hindu temples. The next day we were lucky enough to be taken around the town by an old friend of Stuart’s parents. He picked us up from our hostel, took us lunch/dinner and to see the Christmas lights in Orchard Road, as well as a drive through China Town. The following day and feeling a bit less jet lagged we made our way over to the Colonial area and to the Asian Civilisations Museum. We got to see lots of statues, weapons, jewelry and artworks from all over the ... read more

Efter en rigtig dårlig nat med larm fra folk der skulle bede om natten, roomies der skulle op kl 4 og rejse osv, valgte jeg at ligge i sengen til sidste øjeblik og læse for at hvile og få humøret lidt op. Mit dankort virkede ikke i går aftes og jeg fik hjemve, så det var en lidt dårlig aften. Jeg har set nogle åbne dobbeldækker busser køre rundt og beslutter mig for at finde en billet til dem, da min udforsken af byen i går på gåben ikke var gået så godt. I forbindelse med billetten finder jeg dog også et meget bedre hostel end det jeg har været, det er ikke så beskidt og ulækkert, værelserne er godt nok stadig delt med mange, men man kan gå i mellem sengene her og der er ... read more

GOODBYE SMILING FACES, orange stone carvings, puja (Hindu offerings), and infinite palm trees; hello shopping malls, food courts, tall modern buildings, clean toilets, and things that light up in the night. By the time we got to Singapore both Travis and I were kind of sick of planning. This made us kind of terrible tourists. Instead of picking out famous sites to visit we just kind of wandered through the streets bleary eyed not really knowing where we were going or what we were looking at. That being said, this blog is probably not a great representation of what a trip to Singapore could be. Regardless, we spent three nights there and definitely got a good taste of what this city-state is all about. We were surprised to learn that the official language in Singapore is ... read more