Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 341

Visiting Singapore once again.. it reminded me about last trip here, same view, neat and clean city... mm.. Johan and I started the first day in China Town where we had room here. Nice pick! Great food and Chinese environment.. heading for Dim Sum place, then we decided to go to centre where most tourists go first.. Waiting for bus for quite long time then we decided we should go by train. Hanged around area, took boat cruise just like tourists do.. took pictures.. In the late afternoon we met Jason, my good friend, so nice to see him again, then we had Indonesian dinner around Boat Quay.. similar to Thai food but not spicy at all.. after dinner walked around area.. not bad for the first day.. ... read more

Try saying that after a beer! Anyway we were up early for our second day in the big city of Singapore. Did you know it's the same size as the Isle of Wight. WELL NOW YOU DO! It's such a big change from Australia, much more character and culture, just what we need for our last leg of our trip. Today was about more temples and more walking. We set off through Chinatown to a small Chinese temple called Siang cho keong, it was very nice, there were people lighting candles outside and burning joss papers that they had bought, that represents money, to give to the gods. We spent about fifteen minutes here in the soaring heat before heading down to ANOTHER temple and this time it was the Thian Hock Keng temple, the oldest ... read more

With the great collage photos courtesy of Michelle, all that is to be said about my week in Singapore is: thank you to one of my most lurvely friends Mich, who has been a great host, and made my week in Singapore a truely memorable one (though it must be said, your accountability for having gained me an extra few pounds is not something to be proud of)! Memorable moments: Dancing the night, and the morning away at the Butter Factory (and the recuperations required thereafter)!, shopping in China town. And eating. Lots of eating! Memorable phrase: "Are you kidding me?!" Memorable food: Cold sweet longhans by the poolside at night. Mm, yum! Memorable daily pastime: Swimming (when the skies weren't conspiring against me)! Hoping our next rendez-vous is in the not too distant future. Merci ... read more

naa sitter vi i vaar laante leilighet midt i singapore sentrum. vi har vaert saa utrolig heldig i aa faa laane leiligheten til andrei, som vi moette paa trekkingen i chiang mai- mens han selv er i hong kong. vi kunne ikke hatt det deiligere i hans freshe leilighet- med eget basseng, bar, vaskerom, air-con og skinninterioer ;) han kommer hjem ikveld, og skal ta oss med ut for aa presentere oss for singapores pulserende uteliv. ellers elsker vi singapore! det er en nydelig ren, trendy og urban by, med alle slags typer mennesker. vi faar intrykk av at new york maa vaere veldig likt det her. koh phi-phi- (25.-29.mars): -vanvittig vakkert! saa maya bay, hvor filmen the beach ble innspilt. vi har altsaa trasket rundt i leonardo dicaprios fotspor. helt nydelig! alle fikk litt for ... read more

After another shocker of am overnight journey, we reached Singapore, and unsuprisingly we didn't learn from our mistakes and were again hostel-less at about 5am. Fortunately we'd met someone earlier who'd been to Singapore and we could just about remember the name of it, so we were luckily able to stay there. Although we could have stayed with the scariest man in Singapore, who was on our bus and decided he'd offer us a plce to stay in his flat...no thanks. Singapore, again, is quite a nice city, and if you had enough money it'd be an awesome place to go with the night safri, the huge zoo, underwater world and Sentosa which is a cool island just off its coast. However, we didn't have a lot of money, so most of time was either horrendously ... read more