Arriving in a country at 1 in the morning doesn't often lead to the greatest impression- desolate streets, dodge taxi drivers, barred shops, ladies of the night- but Singapore manged to give off a good vibe right off the bat. Well placed bus stations, knowledgeable + polite taxi drivers and still very much awake streets all added up to give us a Meeting up with Hannah, Rachel and Jessie was sweet- awesome to see friends from back home and we had a really good night nursing ridiculously priced Singapore Slings in the Raffles Long Bar for Hannah's B-day, strolling Clarke Quay and sipping cheap margaritas on the river side. The hostel were we stayed, Betal Box, has a really good cycle tour lead by the very insightful Hostel owner Tony. He took us around some
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