It's the Final Countdown!!

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Well we got our bags packed just about and headed off to Manchester airport to begin our 13 hour trek to Sing!! wwwooooo so exciting! Of course we had to start of the journey in true style by having a beer in the airport... which turned into 2 due to the delay on our flight! After a speedy connection in Heathrow we arrived in Singapore...but our backpacks didn't! 70 quid richer (due to baggage delay) and quite happy as we didn't have to cart our backpacks around in search of our hostel!! we caught the MRT (aka the underground) to Bugis to find our hostel. After a couple of wrong turns, New 7th Storey Hotel was fairly Ok to find - need to brush up on those map reading skills but am sure we will be experts by the end of the 4 months!!

Hotel room a bit smelly but clean and in great location with the DHL helmium balloon right behind it and we have air con - excellent in the humid heat which is Singapore - it's about 30 degrees but so muggy! Drinking like a fish aleady! Splashed out for a twin room in Sing as we aren't there for long and we have lots to see!! The hostel is quite old fashioned with one of those lifts with a bloke that takes you up and down and 2 grates to pull accross before it moves! Good job there's a guy to do that technical part as I dread to think what we would have done should Lou and I have got our hands on it! Reception asked us if we wanted to do a free tour so we said OK and they told us management would contact us tomorrow.

Headed out for a mooch around the area to find our feet - map in hand in true tourist style !!! Yes dad - I apologise for laughing at you for looking like a tourist so many times - maps are very helpful!!!
We got chatting to an Ozzie bloke Luke at the traffic lights of all places who is in Sing working for a few weeks and has no pals so we went for some local Tiger beer with him! Beer was $46 (World out at 6 quid a pint!) for 3 small beers - ouch!!! we didn't pay though so a bargain really! Went to some random food place for some minced noodles, chillis (ate all the chilli's Neen - you would be proud) and soup and rolled in at 3 pm - not a bad start!!! Arrganed to meet Luke and go out with him and his Singa work pals on Friday night to show us about

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Comments

[Beckie]

Hi You!!! So you are finally off travelling hun and glad to see you have tried the blog!!! great to read! You never guess though- i was in Singa when you were for 2 days!!!!!...gutted!!!!!! Where next? x