Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 358

Hi all, Hope ur all doing well, Well yesterday was one of the longest of my life, we jumped on the Qantas flight about 10pm after Cam's folks dropped us off at the airport, a quick fairly smooth 7 hour fight with a bit of sleep here and there and suddenly we are in Singapore.............. (and yes we all had our own TV screens in front of us.. go Technology) At 4am ....... Singapore has a fantastic metro system, but unfortunatly it didn't open until 6am, so 2 hours of coffees and wandering the airport terminal until the ride into town was possible. Once we entered downtown we found a clean and neat backpackers to the centre of town (City Hall station) dumped our gear and took off exploring, the rapid transport system here is just ... read more

Well, Welcome to my first entry, I hope to keep everyone upto date on my journey throughout South east Asia over the next 5 weeks. Were packed and ready to go, I've been up the coast all weekend with friends and family, and the folks are looking after Sasha. Got to pick up a few last minute things tomorrow, and then we fly out to Singapore at 10pm. We have two nights in Singapore (no accomodation booked yet, might do it tomorrow, or maybe we will play it by ear... time will tell :) and then we fly to Cambodia and from there nobody knows...... Stay tuned, Next entry will be from another country.... Which one will it be, More to come.... ... read more

After arriving in the middle of the night we woke very early Singapore time. We have had a great time, having a look around. On the first day we started with a river boat ride, which was great. We then went to soo many malls, making good use of the train system. We are like pros now!! It has been very hot, & we have been making good use of the hotel swimming pool. That night we headed off to the Night Safari at the Zoo. This turned out to be a bit of a mission. We thought that we'd save some money by not going with the tour guide. So instead of $28 and an hour later, it turned out to be 1 hour on the train, 20 minutes waiting for a bus, then a ... read more

I have seen the future, a giant shopping mall interconnecting small residential enclaves, parks and roads. The mall reaches in every direction, polished floors gleam, shop fronts sparkle, a temple to consumerism, every need and desire can be met by the purchase of a 40inch plasma screen TV or a computer so smart it doesn't need an operator. The streets, those that are not part of the mega-mall-opilis are clean, empty of all but traffic which flows orderly, controlled by lights indicating lane and speed. People are well behaved, come from many different ethnic origins, speak in a variety of tongues but share a common language in English. The future is controlled, everything is legislated for, government departments encourage breeding of the people through the SDU (Social Development Unit). In certain places; no food or drink ... read more

Second posting on sunday night... Have spent an awesome day being shown around singapore by Stevo. Had such a good time, went to an open air 'locals' place for lunch, had dumplings and this stunning noodle soup and sampled some of Steves stuff. The place we had lunch at was really simple, i had a sugar cane drink, fried dumplings. It was a cool place and the variety of food on offer was staggering. Saw the LAI team at the Slam 'n Jam champs, photos and handshakes and we were off again. Went on the MRF (?), train just as the locals do and went to about a million malls (these guys KNOW how to shop!) and just saw and experienced everything. You could loose yourself in this place so easily, there is so much to ... read more