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Published: November 23rd 2007
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After I got back from Dubai I had a few days off. Most friends were away on leave and me being back from leave, and circumstances I was ready to come back home… seriously as a lot of you know! My first flight was a 6 day trip to Singapore and Colombo (Sri Lanka) and really didn’t want to go. But I thought what Nana would say and tried to snap out of this negative attitude!
I had a 48 hr stop over in Singapore, most stopovers are 24hrs or less so it was great to be able to explore without rushing and to be able to rest well! I’ve been to Singapore before on my Round the World Trip with Vix. It was our first stop for a few days and gosh we did so much in a jet lagged frenzy!!! So this time I felt confident just having a wander, on my own as the crew were being Hotel Hermits! I had planned to go back to Little India but as soon as I came out of the hotel I took a wrong turn and ended up at the river but I was happy with that! Went
for a little river boat tour……….. Vix and I had actually seen all that the boat tour took me on but it was still nice to do. After the tour it started to absolutely pour down, it was still hot but I sheltered and had some lunch and wrote some postcards, ended up being there 2 hrs!!! I strolled back towards the hotel and popped to Raffles Hotel, famous for the Singapore Sling cocktail, which is next door to our hotel!!! Me and Vix actually sampled the cocktail on our travels but I just went for a look and was so pleased I went as its dressed for Christmas and looked absolutely stunning! In the evening a few of us went into Little India and went to a shopping centre that is open 24hrs and sells absolutely everything, and I mean everything- every type of phone, calculator, headband, shampoo, just everything!!!!! It was unbelievable, you’d need at least a week to go round it all!!!! After we went to an area next to the hotel called Chimes (Vix I remember it well from our visit) and had a few drinks with crew and the flight deck. it’s a beautiful sort
of “complex” that is within a walled area with a beautiful church with fairy lights all around the trees, it has bars, restaurants and gift shops. Unfortunately in the evening it is crawling with Heshes/ Lady boys!!! Which was, how shall I put it……. Interesting! It was so funny to see these men “picking them up”…. what a shock they would have once they got them back to their hotel room!!! Or maybe they were into that!!!
The next day we had more flights, what an exhausting day! We flew Singapore- Jakarta (1.5hrs), Jakarta- Singapore (1.5hrs) then Singapore- Colombo (3.5hrs). Although the first two flights were short its exhausting all that going up and down!! Especially on these flights as there are a huge amount of Indonesian maids going to/from the Middle East and have never been on a plane before, they don’t speak any English and end up sitting anywhere! Its so sad to see as they are leaving their families for a “better life” and a lot of the time are treated like slaves. They seem so timid and sweet.
We arrived in Colombo (Sri Lanka) early morning, 5am for another 48hrs. I was really excited
as there is an Elephant Orphanage about 3 hrs drive away which some of the crew had said they had wanted to go to. But when it came down to booking it again everyone dropped out and I wasn’t going to go alone!!! I was gutted! Anyway ended up friends room with her drinking mini bar beer till the early hrs of the morning!!! And slept most of the next day!!! In the evening we went down to one of the hotel bars where there was free food and drinks for crew members!!!! It was just me and the Aussie girl and met with another crew member from another flight and just chilled out in the warmth but got bitten to shreds my mossies all over my feet- I swear I must be juicy as this always happens!!!!
The next day I chilled out at the pool, although I had forgotten my bikini (!!!!) with a friend from training college that had arrived on the next flight so that was lovely. Feel a bit bad that I didn’t see any of Colombo but I’m sure there will be another chance, had a great relax though!!
My next flight
is a MANCHESTER!!!!! Waaaa Hoooooooo! Its on the 27th Nov so see you guys then!! xxxx
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