Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 339

So we have finally started our travels. I thought the flight was going to be a nightmare but three sleeping tablets later and wohoo we were in Singapore! It was pissing rain when we arrived and the hostel that we were going to stay in was full so we trecked down the road to another but ended up paying around 90 euro for it. We only stayed there for one night and now were only paying 25 in the Waterloo Hostel. It's basic but clean and we have air con and a TV. We've had a hectic few days and are bait out from it. The heat is unreal too. Think I would have lost a stone in sweat but I'm eating enough to make sure that dosn't happen!! We've been on down to china town ... read more

I arrived in Singapore without much idea of what to expect... I mean, I vaguely knew not to spit gum out on the sidewalk or strap drugs to my body as I went through customers but as I do neither anywhere else, I was not too afraid. I stayed at the Singapore Hilton and explored the area around the hotel a bit... found this mall. Full of pushy electronics sales people, tailors and "massage" ladies..... Later that night I went to a pub for a drink and met some locals (European's living in Sing) and they told me that that mall was called "four floors of hoars" - LOL. Did not go back, needless to say. Anyway, as I was contemplating my next move it occurred to me that I was not so far from Bail... ... read more

Its 1am Singapore time and I am wandering around the airport in a daze. As far as airports go this aint a bad one, it has become like a second home for me as I have travelled through here 4 or 5 times now. Singapore is the half way mark of the flight from Australia but due to waiting time and time zone changes it will be 21 hours between boarding the Qantas domestic flight to Melbourne from Adelaide Airport to disembarking in Dubai. I asked the girl at the check in counter to put me with people I could talk to instead I got a family of Slovenes who couldnt speak english so spent the whole trip by myself, to top that off the movies they were showing I had already seen. Emirite airlines has ... read more

Thats right!! We have burnt ourselves out a little with all this temple spotting and walking around the city. So Today was not very eventful we are afraid, just did some washing, that's always good when ther machine actually works and clean clothes come out! We went back to the Sri Srinivasa Prnumal Temple on Serragoon Road. This is the prettiest temple we have been to I think, very colourful, less tacky. On the ceilings there were amazing, beautiful patterns. From here we went to China town in search of a bracelet and magnets. 5 hours later, we had the magnets! You wouldn't think something so simple could be so stressful! We both had Char Siew for lunch which was nice. We got caught in the afternoon rain, which was terrential! Later that evening we went ... read more

Time past by so quick.. finally it's the last day here.. easy day today hanging around china town, having the same dim sum place, then little india.... read more