Singapore Travel Blogs - Page 11

OMG I was so happy today when I was walking around downtown before my flight to Malaysia and saw DQ.  After being in Japan for 3 years seeing it was like seeing your new born for the first time :)   Downtown Singapore was great couldn't believe all stores.  It was great walking …

Got back to good old Singapore for some more chilling with Clive. We went to the rugby sevens on the saturday which was absolutely awesome. I had to nip out halfway through the day to go and collect Katy and Laura from the airport but very quickly got back into the action. It took a…

Opting to save some money and spend the morning charging my iPod and meandering around the neighboorhood, the highlight of my last day in Singapore was the airport.  I was expecting huge things from this based on what I read.  However, it was ok.  Don't get me wrong, this place was i…

I noticed while boarding the flight from Xiamen to Singapore, a very sophisticated process being employed.  As each barcoded boarding pass was being scanned at the entrance to the airbridge, a somewhat-hidden camera took a snapshot of the passenger and the picture flashes momentarily on the ne…

For those who don't know alot about Singapore, it's an island/city off the coast of Malaysia that's probably around the same size as the Perth Metro area but also happens to be an entire country. The downside of this for tourists is that it has it's own currency ... and the exchange rate doesn…

After 12 hours of flying we arrived in singapore.We were all exited,for my wive and the boys it was the first time that they entered asia,and despite the fact that we only transit in singapore we all wants to know how it was there.We had three hours to walking around the airport,watc…

I landed back in Singapore at 5am after about 10 days in Bangladesh.  I was so happy to get back to a more civilized place!!  I took a cab to the Swisshotel Merchant Court and soon got to my room to lay down for a bit.  I woke up around 12 and headed across the street to a shopp…

So its Sunday morning in Singapore - up and about at about 10am looking for somewhere to get breakfast - and shamed as i am to admit the place we ended up in was McDonalds!!! It was however the only place we could find open at this time!! The intention today was to walk down to Orchard Rd, we nev…

Two countries and three airports in the same day and it all went smoothly amazingly!!! First off it was to Langkawi first thing in the morning for the early 9 o clock flight out, forty minutes later and we're in KL , a four hour wait and it's on the plane to Singapore where we're staying the night,…

Wednesday 19th April This morning I bid farewell to Zab and John and arrived at Bangkok airport with acres of time to kill. I checked my bags in and then went to get the 500 Baht out of the ATM for airport tax (another delightful perk for tourism in Bangkok). I keyed in the usual info a the ATM an…

Every country seems to have its own little Chinatown. Actually, come to think of it, where's New Zealand's? Chinatown here is relatively similar to NYs, but quite a bit brighter. Lots of colors: colors hanging from street lights and brightly colored buildings line the streets. The products are pret…

I swear, I spent half an hour typing this entry, then the browser crashed and everything was lost! Dang it! Will type again next time... I'm gonna cry waaa!!! :-(

At this time tomorrow, I'll probably be relieved that I survived a treacherous journey from Narita to Shinjuku. Thing is, I probably will be alright, but there are a million and one nagging fears - what if I can't understand a single thing anyone is saying, or what if I don't understand the signboa…

Vesak Day, also known as the Buddha's birthday, is celebrated by Buddhists worldwide and is earmarked as a public holiday in Singapore.This year, Vesak Day falls on 20 May 2008. Expect celebrations to be held islandwide as the population in Singapore is predominantly Chinese, many of whom practice …

After some difficulties finding the actual train station in Bogor in the middle of an endless number of stalls that had sprung up in the streets around it, we finally boarded the train to jakarta.  Still being 50 Km from the capital and with the chaos and traffic already fairly large, the trai…