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Published: April 7th 2014
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Set off on an 8 day trip that takes me to Singapore for one night, then onto Sydney for one night and then back to Singapore for two more nights before heading home to London. Usually this is a 9 day trip with two nights spent in Singapore initially but on this occasion I got to position out as a passenger which meant I had one less night. Not complaining, was absolutely loving life being treated to this. Had couple wines and watched the film Twelve Years a Slave. I'd just finished reading the book, it's such a sad and horrific story. Probably wasn't the best idea watching it on a plane as I got bit emotional. I then slept for the entire flight and missed the meal services. Oh well. Got to hotel in Singapore about 6pm local time. Headed out with some of the crew I flew out with for dinner and drinks. We went to an area called Boat Quay which was a nice, authentic place down by the river. I had a rice dish that came in a pineapple, which was cool. Chilli crab is a signature dish here but seeing the size of the crabs in
the tanks slightly terrified me, so just played it safe. We then had a walk back to the hotel. I managed to sleep the whole night surprisingly, must have needed it! The next afternoon I just popped out for some sushi for lunch then came back and sat by the pool at hotel. I love the sun and being hot places but the heat here is actually unbearable! Had to keep dunking in the pool in case I passed out. Had to give up after about an hour. The got picked up that night about 5pm and operated the flight down to Sydney. This was first time I got to meet my crew, they had been in Singapore for two nights. Was quite a shame that I hadn't been with them the whole time as was such a great crew. This is the third time I have done this trip and gone back to Sydney, always get so excited. Iv done a separate blog entry for my Sydney antics. So then after about 36hours in Sydney we headed back to Singapore on the Wednesday night (2nd of April). On the Thursday myself and one of the boys headed to Sentosa
Island for a day on the beach. Sentosa is basically just a big fun adventure island with beaches, a water park, Universal Studios and much more. We just opted for a chill sunbathing session at the beach with a few drinks. Was so hot yet again and we were the only two actually out basking in the sun. Every other sane person was sitting shaded under trees. We were in the sea most of the time, which felt like we were just in a big warm bath. After couple drinks here we headed to a little funky beach bar and had some sangria. One of my favourite summer beverages. Was such a fun little afternoon. After here we went back to hotel to meet the rest of the crew for a night out. Started by the pool bar for happy hour then we went up to Marina Bay Sands for some drinks. Love it up here! Went to the bar called Ku De Ta which is right up the top with amazing views of Singapore and has an infinity pool. Our captain got us a couple bottles of champagne, which must have cost an arm and a leg. After the
Just try it...
Looks like he could eat you! champers we then all went to Newton Food Centre which is a huge food court and had chicken satay and beers - my kind of place! Was really busy and had such a good buzz about the place. After here it was back to near the hotel to a bar round the corner that does happy hour for us all night, wey hey! Was fun place with a live singer. Met loads of people that I havent seen or flown with in ages which was really nice. It shut quite early about midnight so I had a few people up to my room to carry on the party. Such a good night! It was raining and stormy the next day which was a shame as wanted to go to see the Botanical Gardens but will hopefully get back here again to go there. So just had a chill day, got a curry for lunch then got some sleep before we left that night to head back home to London. Such a quick week, but had an absolute hoot!
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