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Singapore journal: Singapore

2008-03-16T04:09:26Z

a entry by dungroovin from a trip to Singapore, Singapore.

Just another short six hour bus trip!!

Starts out nice and early and we have the usual chaos at the bus station, no one knows where the bus is, we all know where it isn't, it isn't at bay 23 where it should be. Turns out to be waiting, inexplicably in the street away from central KL bus station.

We're all herded together and up the ramp and across the street with baggage, 3 piece suites, chickens etc to our bus. Actually it's pretty comfy and the trip passes really quickly. It's remarkable that at home an hour and 20 mins to London seems interminable but now 6 hour trips seem to ...

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Singapore City journal: Singapore City

2008-02-21T05:57:17Z

"mousedeer and bulbous-nosed crocodiles"

a entry by Bates' big trip from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Last time we were in Singapore was on a stop over on our honeymoon before we headed on to Australia. We stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and had a thoroughly decadant time. This time was a little different...

We stayed at the New 7th Storey Hotel which was a basic but clean and friendly guesthouse/hostel in a good spot, from which we could walk round the city quite easily. We caught up with Adam and Helen, who we had met in Fiji at the Bayside Resort, and spent the first day visiting Chinatown with them, having lunch (Vietnamese, yum) and dipping into deliciously air-conditioned shopping ...

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Singapore City journal: 2007 Part 1: Asian Exploration

2006-12-28T01:50:30Z

a journal by Kyle & Dan from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Part one of our year-long journey brings us to Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan and Mongolia. It also brings us to Hong Kong and Macau for those of you who may be confused as to whether or not they are a formal part of China (they are).

London is a thing of the past as we land in Singapore, destination number 1. We will be travelling through this wonderfully exotic part of the world until 15 June 2007, and at that time you will have to tune in to see where our journey takes us next.

We're planning on visiting the following places, hopefully in this order:-- Singapore-- Borneo and ...

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Singapore City journal: Singapore

2008-02-05T06:06:28Z

a entry by Anna and Jon from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

We have arrived in Singapore. We are staying in a place called the Prince of Wales pub (sounds like a pub you would get in Magaluf). The place we are staying is in the Little India area.

The city is much more interesting than we were expected. There is lots to see and do, and transport around the city is easy. We were expecting everything to be pretty expensive but the food is so cheap. Everyday it is the choice of either Chinese or Indian for dinner, which is fantastic. We are eating in big 'food centres' where there are lots of hawker stands. We have had naan breads, masala ...

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Singapore journal: Quick stop in Singapore

2008-01-29T08:32:04Z

a entry by Koren and Sarah from a trip to Singapore.

After an overnight flight from Brisbane and a stopover in Kuala Lumpur, Koren and I spent most of our first day in Singapore catching up on sleep. The next day, we got up bright and early to pack all the sights into one very long day. We started out in Chinatown, which was brightly decorated and in full Chinese New Year celebration. Because we went early, we managed to catch a packed street market on the inner alleys of Chinatown. The market was wall-to-wall people and sold everything from fabrics and New Year decorations, to nuts and dried fruits (dried lotus root was especially good). In ...

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Singapore journal: Kicking back in sophisticated Singapore

2007-01-24T12:00:21Z

"forget about the 3 meals of the day and constantly snack whenever and wherever possible"

a entry by MickyS from a trip to Singapore.

This journal entry brought to you by Micky

Singapore always comes as a real shock to the system after one has been traveling around Southeast Asia for a while and has become accustomed to the dirt, stray cats, j-walking, motorbikes belching fumes into the air and eating on the street. How to describe Singapore? Clean? Yes. Classy? Not exactly. Sterile? Yes. Contrived? Definitely.

Anything else to add? Well, for a start, you definitely know you're walking around a police state when you can't buy chewing gum, although I hear they've recently legalised table-top dancing. It's funny ...

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Singapore City journal: Slingin' in Singapore

2007-08-17T03:03:53Z

"Singapore, here we come!!"

a entry by tassiebutlers from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

It was the night before Singapore and all through the house,

Not a person was stirring, not even a mouse.

A mouse? Where is Monty when you need her?

Oh yes! She went missing for a while but was eventually found in a nest of dried leaves under a rhododendron in the back yard. She had managed to make a nice little bed for herself and looked like she was there for the duration.

Now she is safely fed and watered in her new home.

Early on the Wed morning Tim beat the alarm clock! He rang from Rosebery to wish us well as he was already at work and on his way to a site ...

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Singapore journal: Singapore Sling

2007-07-10T04:39:14Z

a entry by ladycarmelkent from a trip to Singapore.

So much to see, where do I start? My advice to anyone visiting Singapore is to head for the nearest MRT station & purchase an EZ Link card & get a map of the rail network - transport is for nothing! As my 2 travel companions Sinead & Jeanna (that will be with me for a month) only having arrived on Thu PM I tried to hold off on some of the experiences that we could share first-time together (Night Zoo, Raffles Hotel for Singapore Slings etc), so I found myself doing a lot of things I might not have bothered with otherwise. Getting your barings doesn't take long - once you head out of any of the ...

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Singapore journal: Madras Hotel - LIttle India

2007-08-18T03:55:37Z

a review of Madras Hotel, a place to stay in Singapore.

After coming from the Penang Hotel to the Madras Hotel, this was definitely a step up - which I probably should have known as the Madras was listed as a mid-range hotel. I spent the same amount of money as the Penang, although the room was a single, not a double which was just fine by me.

I was located on the 3rd and top floor at the end, so it was very quiet (except for the calls to prayer at 5:50am!). The room had an attached bathroom (toilet/sink/shower combo), aircon and a small TV. Not much room to move around, but enough to make it work.

The staff was pleasant enough, ...

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Singapore journal: Penang Hotel - Little India

2007-08-18T03:52:59Z

a review of Penang Hotel, a place to stay in Singapore.

Well, it was my own fault for not getting accommodation sooner, but I didn't think that finding a room on a Tuesday night would be so hard just three days out. To complicate things, I had to find a place that would allow me to check in around 2am as my flight was landing around midnight.

Overall, I can't really complain at the Penang Hotel. For a budget hotel that I ended up paying for a double as there were no singles, it was clean enough (a little rundown), had a window (although it faced directly to the wall of the building next door), aircon and an attached bathroom (toilet/sink/sh ...

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Singapore City journal: Sungei Buloh

2007-08-12T20:52:52Z

a entry by The Kuhtas from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Sunday. Slept in. Enjoyed the beautiful morning.

The Early's and the Kuhta's ate lunch at a hawker center and made a trip to the Singapore American Schools for the Early's last minute preparations before their first day of school tomorrow. Alice teaches 4th grade and Steve is a high school biology and chemistry teacher.

After a tour of the school we took a trip to the north side of the Island to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. This reserve with a board walk trail through mangrove forest that borders land and sea was entertaining for us all. Fish that spit water at bugs to ...

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Singapore City journal: And now, the time has come, to say fairwell, the final curtain

2007-08-10T06:04:10Z

a entry by WorldAdventureMan from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Well, 11 hours in Singapore. What can you really do.. let me tell you. You can figure out the MRT (Singapore's train system), get to your hotel through a THRONG of people celebrating thier indpendence day (yes good timing on our part), and walk a little bit around some of the city.

So what was the impressions of Singapore on this whirlwind tour? First, we went to Orchard Road. A bastion of western decadance, commercialism, and outright moderninity. Walking down the road we saw.. Borders (US), Starbucks (US), Timberland (US), McDonalds (US), Burger King (UK.. right harry!), ...

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Singapore City journal: No Tango or Not?

2007-07-28T15:59:29Z

a entry by Roland from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Saturday 21.7.2007

Having a print out in my hands telling me the address of the Milonga I was happily walking to the said location. Arriving there at around 10pm I had a glimpse of an eye inside and couldn't see anyone dancing. Later I found out why, but for the moment I thought that it was probably just too early and had a walk around the neighbourhood. Back at the milonga I had a go inside. I met May and Kace there - the "owners" of the club - and the only people in the Milonga.

Since there was another milonga on the same day the complete Singapore Tango had decided to go to the ...

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Singapore City journal: The ingredients to make a Singapore

2007-07-28T15:24:15Z

a entry by Roland from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

To make Singapore we need:1) A malaysian king seeing a lion on this spot deciding it's a good sign to found a new settlement

It is though unlikely that he has seen a lion. Scientists say it must have rather been a tiger. But apart from that legend little is known about the time before the British arrived. 2) the English who decide to make it an important port - they were in need for an important outpost here to fight the Dutch dominance. Walking in the streets I hear a lot of English talking. However the older generation from 40 upwards is rarely able to speak more than a couple of ...

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Singapore journal: Consumption city-state

2007-08-06T09:07:30Z

a entry by boris & alyssa from a trip to Singapore.

Singapore is a tiny but proud city-state which only separated from Malaysia in 1965. It has four official languages - English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. In 1822, a Town Plan allocated neighborhoods to different ethnic groups living here, a system that has largely remained. It is a little-known but indisputable fact that Singapore is home to the world's friendliest, but least talented, cab drivers.

We learned a lot from these opiniated cabbies who speak the real official language here: Singlish, a nearly incomprehensible dialect, accompanied by chronic failure to shift from 5th gear ...

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Singapore City journal: Soaked in Singapore

2007-07-21T11:53:32Z

"We ended the night with a 7-11 supper..."

a entry by Bakes and Ally from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

The title of this blog could refer to either the rain, our our sweaty selves after the first day in Singapore.

We left Seoul early (5:00am) on Thursday and caught the bus to the airport in the rain. We had no idea if we were on the right bus or not and were so happy to finally see the airport sign. We arrived in Singapore late afternoon and found our guesthouse without much trouble (after only 2 days in Korea, it's great to be in a English-speaking country again). We dropped off our bags and headed out to Orchard Road, Singapore's most popular shopping street. Too bad we're on a ...

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Singapore City journal: East Coast Parkway

2007-07-15T14:15:17Z

a entry by The Kuhtas from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Ron, Alex and Emily took Sonja, Daniel and I to the East Coast Parkway located between downtown and the airport. The parkway has a couple of miles of paved paths along sandy beach front that are very heavily used on the weekends. Sometimes, in Singapore, you forget that you are on an island but the Parkway is a great reminder that this is an Island!

The kids rented roller blades and had a great time. At dusk, we walked an hour north along the beach to reach a great chinese restaurant where we ate outdoors on a perfectly warm evening night. The kids were famished by the time that we ...

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Johor Bahru journal: Daytrip to Malaysia

2007-07-11T09:23:11Z

a entry by The Kuhtas from a trip to Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

We arrived back in Singapore yesterday and spent the day chilling, watching movies, enjoying the comforts of Raema's home cooked food, and potable water! We no longer have to be afraid of opening our mouths while in the shower. It is the little things in life...I am going to start a recipe book of Raema's meals as they have all been divine.

Scott has two full days before he returns home so he and I had a date today while Raema took the kids to a nearby water park. We took the 170 bus across the causeway over the Straits of Johor. This town is the antithesis of Singapore; a grungy city ...

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Singapore City journal: The Merlion City!

2007-01-21T04:49:03Z

a entry by CaLindaR07 from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Singapore is a country that completely exceeded every expectation that I had! It is a young country of 41 years filled with people of diverse cultures (specifically Indian, Chinese, and Malaysian). We stayed with our friend Marc who was an exceptional host! The country is known by the symbol of the Merlion which is a lion with a fish tail.

Chinatown is an awesome part of the city center that is filled with beautiful colors and lots of food! It used to be a part of the country filled with Chinese immigrants, but now it is very clean and full of shops/stands. But I must say that there was ...

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Singapore City journal: Bye Bye Scott

2007-07-12T10:47:42Z

a entry by The Kuhtas from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

We spent our last day as a family with a quick trip to Little India for touring and lunch at the Banana Leaf Apollo Restaurant. Scott finally had the authentic Indian food that he has been craving for the last two weeks. The food was served on a traditional banana leaf in lieu of a plate. Both Sonja and Daniel were amused that the Indian people ate with their fingers and the food is quite messy! We also learned that when you are done eating, you fold the leaf towards you and not away. Apparently folding the leaf away is a real insult. Oops! Now we know...there was a 50/50 chance that we ...

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Singapore City journal: www.hangouthotels.com

2007-07-04T15:24:07Z

a review of Hangout @ Mt St Emily, a place to stay in Singapore City, Singapore.

More like an in between hotel/hostel, the place was recommended to me by a friend who departed on her travels a few months before me and I have to say its fab. Great location, friendly staff who are only too happy to help with travel plans etc, clean and bright rooms with en-suite, free internet etc. With lots of other like minded people travelling alone and indeed in groups its easy to get chatting to people.

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Singapore City journal: Curry Galore in Singapore!

2007-06-18T12:39:21Z

"....selling things such as pig intestine soup..."

a entry by Ben and Gini from a trip to Singapore City, Singapore.

Arrived in Singapore not really having a clue what to expect. Its a real mix of Chinese and Indian cultures. A really vibrant, colorful city.

Singapore is made up of lots of different regions, all of which a quite different from each other. We stayed in Kampung Glam (the Arab quarter) which is quite a small area with lots of little shops and cafes that are open 24 hours. The cafes sill out onto the streets and fill up with locals on an evening.

There are lots of impressive temples and mosques around the city. Amazing to look at. As you walk by them there is often the smell of ...

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Singapore journal: Stopover in Singapore 2

2007-06-28T15:04:00Z

a entry by AnnaandMichaelinEuro from a trip to Singapore.

Hi Everyone!

We are behind on our blog, but here it is. Also just warning you that we arent used to these euro keyboards yet so apologies for weirdness.

Singapore was great. After our last blog we decided to go to Sentosa island instead of the Zoo and gardens. We would have liked to see more attractions but unfortunately there just wasnt time. As it turned out Sentosa isalnd was a great choice as it had snippets of everything.

Firstly, getting there was a breeze on the clean and comfortable MRT. The train stations in Singapore are really like long corridors with many doors. ...

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Singapore City journal: Chilli Crab and Coconut Milk

2007-06-21T11:29:44Z

a review of Number 3 Seafood Delicacy, a place to eat in Singapore City, Singapore.

This restaurant is popular with the locals and is not very well known. It is unfortunately nestled amongst other seafood restaurants that don't look quite as sanitary. The restaurant specialises in crab and you can enjoy Singapore's two signature dishes, chilli crab and black pepper crab here. We had the chilli crab and it was amazing, full of chilli flavour and nice and spicy, just the way we like it. This isn't a dish for the faint hearted. We never got around to trying the black pepper crab however if it was even half as good at the chilli crab, it would be brilliant. Drinks at the ...

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Singapore City journal: Highly Recommended

2007-06-21T11:14:44Z

a review of Furama River Front, a place to stay in Singapore City, Singapore.

We wouldn't hesitate to stay at this hotel again and would highly recommend it to others. It would be best suited to younger people and families. The only slight downside is that it's about 15 minutes from Orchard road however public transport is so cheap that it's not really a big issue. The hotel is located within a 15 minute walk of China Town also and is only a 2 minute walk to the river front as the name suggests. The famous Zouk nightclub, a popular spot with younger tourists, is located about 3 minutes walk away from the hotel. If you cross the river and walk along the riverfront there ...

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