Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 340

Probably not the wisest idea but we rolled back to Leannes at 01.30 am following farewell drinks with Mon and co and Candy and Taz. We did try to have an early night knowing full well that we had to be up at 04.30 am to get to the airport, but Cands and Taz were having none of it and kept plying us with drinks - cheers girls! So at 6 am we found ourselves sitting in a cafe at Cape Town International with 6 hours to kill before our flight - no we weren't there that early to bag the best seats but because Leanne was flying to Jo'burg that morning and we got a free ride to the airport - every penny counts! 5 am the next morning we touched down at Changi Airport ... read more

Hello and welcome to my final blog of my Asian adventures. I left last time as I arrived into the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. So again, as Craig David once said, "Ill fill you in"! Kuala Lumpor is a fantastic city. Ill say that for starters cus lots of people believe it is a shit hole. I would disagree, as I spent 3 days there enjoying the cultural delights of a wicked place, that had a great vibe. Although stinking of sweat and smog, you can really feel that the city is growing, and wants to become the next Singapore. Whilst there I enjoyed the delights of the KL tower, which is just a mahusive communications tower smack in the middle of a wood. Here I went to the top and saw some fanstasic views ... read more

Lo and behold; we wake up to a beautiful blue sky and a sun hanging high above our heads, and it is finally time for our overdue expedition to the zoo complex. The weather is fittingly warm and bright. Jason picks us up at our incense stinking room and as we step outside I need to do a small correction. It is not hot, it is steaming. Back inside. Apply sunblock. Maximum Power. There, back outside again and we head north by taxi. The Singapore Zoo is situated inland by the big reservoirs in the middle of the island. On our way we pass through numerous sleeper cities, some are gigantic apartment blocks and others are expensive looking villa suburbs. Jason takes us for lunch at a favourite place of his on the northern coast of ... read more

14th April Me and J got up really early to catch a bus from Melaka to Singapore, by 1pm we had settled in our guesthouse and were preparing for a blitz through what Singapore had to offer (We only have one night and a bit of the next day before flying to OZ). Incidentally our guesthouse is really good, it's called D'Simple and is in Little India, just a short walk from the bus station. We'd heard about accomodation prices in Singapore being a shock to the system after the 1 and 2 quid a night places in the rest of SE Asia and expected to play at least S$20 (7ish quid), we got in our guesthouse for just S$11- Back of the net. It's only just opened 3 days ago so everything was really clean ... read more

As we start our wanderings the sun almost manages to make an appearance through the broken clouds. We take the MRT to Little India where we have arranged to meet with Jason. This is also where we meet up with the rain. It doesn't seem to be that bad at first. We continue to wander the streets around the main Serangoon Road not really minding the little drips that keep falling. I immediately take a strong liking to this part of the city. The roads are crowded with taxis shuttling people around and the crowds in the pavement huddle under building archways where merchants display foodstuffs, magazines, incense and wonderfully smelling dried flowers. And each time we pass near an eatery the inviting smells of Indian cooking fills the air. I imagine Indian veterans will shrug ... read more