Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 334

Asia » Singapore June 16th 2006

alles o.k. sind gut gelandet und angekommen. haben ca. 32 Grad und checken jetzt mal die lage bei den kleinen schlitzaugen....... machtet jut.. bis daenne. p.s. tausend kuesse an unsere eltern......wir leben....... marit und nine... read more

Singapore, Just amazing!!

Asia » Singapore » Sentosa Island June 15th 2006

Hotel Harbourville

Maggie Rees

Hi all, A different continent, same old blog!!! Welcome to Asia. Singapore is the place to come to with an empty suitcase!! Me. I'm not really a shopper, (unless I really need it!) but this place is sooooo cheap, especially at the moment as it's "The Big Singapore Sale" and the prices are really silly!! (Perhaps they are all the time but we won't be here long enough to find out!!) It's hot & humid and we leak like buckets, but everywhere is green, so clean and the people are fantastic, so friendly and helpful, even if we can't always understand them or they us, but that hasn’t happed very often! We’ve walked down Orchard Road, so many massive shopping malls, so much choice and bargaining is the order of the day, even if we didn't ... read more

DAY 1

Asia » Singapore » Changi June 15th 2006

Haipule

gestern noch mit allen bei tanja vorm fernseher gejubelt und party gemacht,...EIN HOCH AUF DEUTSCHLAND...ja,und heute ein schwerer,traenenreicher abschied am flughafen...danke euch allen fuer eure eintraege,koennte jedesmal wieder heulen wenn ich sie lese!...am meisten aber danke ich meinem herzenskind,ruhrpottperle nr. 3!!!tatjana maus ich liebe dich so sehr!!!hat schon seinen sinn und zweck,dass wir unser herz bei dir gelassen haben!!!tja,..nun sitzen wir im flieger von london nach singapur,frieren uns den arsch ab und versuchen 12std flug tot zu schlagen...nine hat bis jetzt wohl den besseren part und schlaeft einfach,waehrend ich langsam an der aircondition kaputt gehe und mich gleich freiwillig auf russische felder stuerze(leicht daneben ist auch vorbei...)schoenen gruss ans "oral gewerbe":)...hehe...ich bin so gespannt was die welt fuer uns bereit haelt,ich kanns kaum erwarten!!!nu... read more

I can't even think of a title - maybe Singapore

Asia » Singapore » Little India June 8th 2006

Me and the locals

Rotherdan

Hello to you all. I hope your taking care of yourself. Anyway there was one more stop before Singapore, ‘Melaka’. It is going to be hard to talk about this place, as there was absolutely nothing to do, no interesting architecture, no beach, no shops. In fact it was like being in Maltby (for those of you not from Rotherham - this means a shit hole’. We just played a lot of snooker and ten pin bowling. The highlight must have been an apple crumble cheese cake I had for breakfast, and a very drunk Chinese albino who kept talking about a prostitute in Thailand called Nok (Potter is keeping an eye out for her). So to Singapore. What a city! Our transport there left us at the immigration point, when he should have taken us ... read more

The batu caves that I forgot to speak about

The most interesting picture of Melaka I could find

Greetings from Singapore Airport

Asia » Singapore June 8th 2006

Zerrin

Im just at Singapore airport waiting for my connecting flight to Amsterdam. My flight was good, was sitting next to an asian couple. Food was nice, except for a few agonising hours before dinner i was deliberating over whether to get the chicken with potatos and cream herb sauce or red thai beef curry with rice. Both had equal appeal to me, and i tried to spy on the people sitting behind me to see what the food looked like. Eventually I asked the hostess to suprise me and i got the beef curry. I was looking forward to the potatos though. Thats ok... more flights to come... We all got ice blocks and the asian man and I had a laugh when we went to take a bite and our lips stuck to the ice... ... read more

Singapore Hot, Hot, Hot!!!

Asia » Singapore June 5th 2006

The Merlion

The Cannons

Hello from a very hot and sticky Singapore! Good flight with Singapore Airlines; Rik watched loads of films, Kiera watched Shrek and Shark Tale about 4 times each and I watched the Flight information map wishing the miles away!!! I managed to control my panic and lever my nails out of Riks leg after take off and the flight was fine, albeit long. Food not up to much - apparently designed by Gordan Ramsey..... When we landed the heat was about 30 degrees and hit us full force as soon as we stepped outside the airconditioned airport! Very humid and sticky, I had forgotten how pleasant it is to walk around dripping wet!!! We stayed at the Novotel on Clarke Quays which was beautiful and a bargain at 50 pounds per night (booked through internet on ... read more

Ahhh Comfort!!

Asia » Singapore June 2nd 2006

Arriving at Changi in Singapore

KC and Crew

We arrived in Singapore at about 11:30pm and were pleased to see that we could exit out the rear of the plane near where we were sitting. Quite lucky really that we didn’t queue up to sit in the front and fight the crowd when the doors opened. Singapore was hot and humid just like Hanoi, but somehow felt less so; maybe, we were just in a different frame of mind. The kids were zonked by the time we got our luggage and faced the prospect of finding a ride into the city. We had planned to take the light rail system into the city from the airport but of course the last train departed at 12:10am. We got through over to the main terminal from the new budget terminal that’s home to Tiger airlines at ... read more

Singapore

Asia » Singapore May 31st 2006

Clint Jamie

hello everybody well the travels have started and we are happy and save all going well so far. I'm getting used to the staring I just smile at them and they look away. We spent 4 nights in Singapore its a big huge expensive city with shopping malls everywhere 10 stores high, while we were there we did a day tour around the city and a boat cruise they are crazy drivers they scare the shit out of me. Also did a night tour(thanks Michelle) and the best thing was the night safari we were on a tram going through the rainforest no fences between us just a gully, we seen rhinos tiger lions sloths zebras giraffes monkeys and heaps more it was so cool!! Then we headed by bus to Kuala Lumper the bus's here ... read more

SinggggggAporeeeeee!

Asia » Singapore May 29th 2006

News FLASH

jjbz

So we have had 4 days in Singapore and what a difference!!! After I (H) got over the 24 hour bus journey (which was more than a little bumpy - thank god for a good bra!!) we explored a little and couldn't get over how clean everywhere was. Even the underground was immaculate. We used the underground quite a bit as it was really cheap and very efficient. Also a nice break from walking in the heat. We stayed at a youth hostel called The Inn Crowd. It was really nice with very friendly and helpful staff. It was my (H) first experience of sleeping in a dorm. I have to say it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but why do men have the inability to shut the toilet door!! The last thing I ... read more

Notes from Singapore

Asia » Singapore » Little India May 28th 2006

Stip

Notes from Singapore I sit writing now on a plan bound for Sydney, reflecting on our experiences in Singapore. In many ways the first leg of our trip seems beyond real (part of me wants to say surreal, but that has become such a cliché, and this was not that if you know what I mean). We nearly had to change our plans at the last minute before leaving SA because our working visas for the UK were delayed, and only ended up getting our passports back the day we left. And packing up always takes longer than you think, so it was all quite rushed and frenetic towards the end, or the beginning as it were... Add to that a new country that is a very neat mix of a whole bundle of cultures and ... read more

Brief history of Singapore

Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ...more history

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