Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 342

The last few days. Singapore. 2 degrees north. Hot and humid. Clean and tidy. It actually has some very nice districts in the city. Little India, Chinatown and Arab Street. They are interesting but I can't think of much else to say. Go have a look. We saw some monkeys with big red arses. That was good. One was playing basket ball, the other couldn't be bothered so just watched. We've all been there. The MRT (metro/underground) is very nice. Very clean. I'm starting to sound like a grandmother talking about a prospective partner for a grandaughter. "He's a very clean young man!!". We did have a rather bizarre coincidence whilst vsiting a museum on an island called Sentosa (which purports to be the most southerly point in continental Asia by the way). There is a ... read more

Spent a night in Omar's backpackers the night before going to Singapore where I met a Canadian lad called Rielly but when we tried to go out on the piss that night and realised that there were absolutely no bars whatsoever in the entire town we both decided that the next day we were gonna HAVE to get off to Singapore coz I can't deal with that! Coach journey there was the first pleasant one I can remember so come 3:30pm we were sat in Little India Singapore looking for a hostel. LP bigged up The Inn Crowd up to fuck but they had no room but Fragrance Hostel 5 doors down did dorms for the same price so checked in there instead. The place is like a 4 star hotel so couldn't recommend it more ... read more

We flew from Perth to Singapore. Originally this was just to change planes on-route to Thailand, but we decided to stay for a few days. Singapore is a very busy place, lot of people everywhere. But it is very well organized and also very clean. It was very easy to get around on public transport. The MRT (subway) was very good. We spent one day walking around, we walked down to the river and looked around some shopping areas - Singapore has lots of huge, modern shopping centers. We also went to China town and looked around a market area and walked down to the river. Another day we went to the 'Night Safari'. This is like a zoo, but it is only open at night. You ride around in a tram and there are also ... read more

Tis a great place to replace any lost/stolen electricals!!! You will all be glad to know that we did in fact pick up a fab new digital camera with so many functions and accessories we're gonna b reading the manual for months! So there will now be plenty more fab photos to make you all jealous :) Did a ton of shopping in Singapore - every other building is a shopping mall. Dunno how the Singaporeans can possibly need so much shopping, but im not complaining :) Everyone we've met so far in Asia has been telling us how clean and lovely Singapore is, but we were a little disappointed. We were expecting gleaming pavements and flowers everywhere!!! But instead we came accross some really stinky drains and a lot of litter in some parts. Felt ... read more

Visited Countries Map Premiere Journée a Sing City! Une semaine deja et j'ai deja l'impression d'etre né ici. Avec mon chinois parlé courant j'ai reussi a me moudre dans la foule et je passe deja pour un local! Arrivée dans la cité du lion! * 14h d'avion a partir de Manchester!!! Depart 10h. J'ai due voir Harry Potter au moins 5 fois avant de m'appercevoir qu'il ne restait que 4 heures de vol, Zzzzz. 14h c'est long, heureusement que les hotesse the Singapore Airline ont une chute de reins assez delicate, pour vous rendre le voyage plus agreable. * Descente avion, pouff... 30 degrés dans la tete, la on se rend compte que l'on est plus a Liverpool (il avait neigé le semaine passée). * Sortie aéroport, soleil brilliant, arbres exotiques partout dans la rue, ca ... read more