Another early morning marked with the sound of an alarm but today we where heading home and that’s always a good thing after an extremely tiring holiday. We met up with some of the business clients early as they took us to try some local delicacies, sweetbread satays’ sticks (organs of cows) and stingray. Now [...]
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Singapore Oct 2008, Day Six – Heading Home
Posted in Singapore, tagged Changi International Airport Terminal 2, Heading Home, Singapore, South East Asia, Travel on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Singapore Oct 2008, Day Five – Jurong Bird Park and the Night Safari
Posted in Singapore, tagged Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari, Singapore, Singapore Bird Park, Singapore Night Safari, South East Asia, Travel on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Day five marked the last day of our booked tours, here’s some advice if your going to Singapore book one tour and do the rest on your own. It’s easy to do, it’s safe and everything is easily accessible via the wonderful public transport network. Off to the bird park, which was a first for [...]
Singapore Oct 2008, Day Four – Sentosa and Chinatown
Posted in Singapore, tagged Aquariums in Singapore, Dolphin Show Sentosa, Imbiah Lookout, Luge, Merlion, Sentosa, Sinagapore China Town, Singapore, South East Asia, Tiger Sky Tower, Travel, Trishaw Singapore on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So just like the day before we waited at our hotel but to our frustration no one showed to pick us up so after a heated conversation on the phone with the tour operator they insisted we weren’t at the hotel. So instead of our free coach ride to the meeting point we had to [...]
Singapore Oct 2008, Day Three – Clarke Quay Raffles Hotel and a Singapore City Tour
Posted in Singapore, tagged Clarke Quay, Deepvali, Dining in Singapore, Gem Factory, Little India, MRT, Orchard Road, Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore City Tour, Singapore National Orchid Garden, Singapore Sling, South East Asia, Travel on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The start of day 3 was kind of like any other morning except we were always more tired than the last. Today we decided to jump on the MRT to get to Orchard road to be picked up by our first tour bus on our first tour of Singapore. Tour East whom were our tour [...]
Singapore Oct 2008, Day Two TigerLIVE, Vivo City, Singapore Flyer and Marina Square, New World City, Suntec city and the fountain of wealth.
Posted in Singapore, tagged Dining in Singapore, Fountain of Weath, Marina Square, Merlion, New World City, Singapore, Singapore Flyer, Singapore Museum, South East Asia, Suntec, Suntec City, Themed Toilets, TigerLIVE, Travel, Vivo City on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With the annoying sound of the alarm going off at 8 am and the opening of hate curtains to a Singapore that we could not see at night time, we set off on our new day. As side note golf in Singapore is apparently one of the most expensive places to play this sport with [...]
Singapore Oct 2008, Day One Part B – Arrival in Singapore
Posted in Singapore, tagged Dining in Singapore, Durian Buildings, Landing in Singapore, Mustafa 24 Hour Shopping, Mustafa's, Royal Brunei Airlines, Singapore, South East Asia, Travel on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Ladies and gentlemen the captain has switched on the fasten seatbelt sign in preparation for landing, please take your seats and ensure that your tray tables are locked in and your seats in the upright position”. A speech that becomes more amusing each time you hear it. As we flew over Singapore the sky was [...]
Singapore, Asia Trip, August 2009, Day Five: Singapore National Day 09
Posted in Singapore, tagged Marina Bay, Singapore, Singapore Festivals, Singapore National Day, South East Asia, Travel on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We were lucky enough to be in Singapore when they were having their National Day for the year. We arose at a relatively early time to meet up with some Filipino’s whom we had met. Seeing at the show started late afternoon we went to lunch first at Lucky Plaza on Orchard Road. Little did [...]
Singapore, Asia Trip, August 2009, Day Four Part B: The Singapore Flyer By Night
Posted in Singapore, tagged Singapore, Singapore Flyer, Singapore Flyer Night, Singapore's Attractions, South East Asia, Travel on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After the Zoo we headed to the Flyer. The iconic Singapore flyer seen from many a parts of Singapore is the largest observation wheel in the world and it also looks out onto a pretty amazing skyline of towering skyscrapers, ocean, bays and the like. If you’ve read my previous blog of when I went [...]
Singapore, Asia Trip, August 2009, Day Four Part A: Singapore Zoo with Dinner at Clarke Quay
Posted in Singapore, tagged Clarke Quay, Dining in Singapore, Getting to Singapore Zoo, Singapore, Singapore Nightlife, Singapore Zoo, South East Asia, Travel on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last time I came to Singapore I didn’t get the chance to visit the Zoo, I was able to tick off the Night Safari and the Bird Park but unfortunately not the zoo. It was a shame considering the hype that goes on about how good the Singapore Zoo actually is. So we were quite [...]
