Being the only Male with 3 Females is not as good as it sounds!!!
OK so we arrived in Singapore fully refreshed and I for one was overly excited to be back in Singapore!
For those of you who haven't been it is like stepping into the future where everything is modern and everything runs efficiently and people can speak 3 languages and function without any problems.
We left the airport and jumped seamlessly from the airport train to the SMRT (Singapore metro) we arrived near Chinatown and headed to our hostel the 'Rucksack Inn'.
We had a 4 bed private room - which was lucky because there where only 2 of these and the only other option was a 24 bed mixed dorm!
The hostel was/is the nicest I have ever stayed in with free tea/coffee/filtered water and toast available all day (I know this doesn't sound much but for us travellers this is amazing!)
We dropped our bags and then went exploring (as usual) but we where immediately drawn to the nearest shopping complex which was selling everything really cheap (except for alcohol) and we where happy to fall victim to the new and shiny western world after our time in Malaysia.
We managed to drag ourselves away and Leanne went to meet Gemma from the airport while Amy and I passed the time playing guitar hero on the wii (I rocked).
Amy then surprised Gemma when she came into the hostel room and after a bit of a catch up we headed for dinner and ate at a weird fancy kebab place where I had the worst vegetable noodle dish I have ever eaten! We where once again taken aback by the glitz and glamour of Singapore life and walked around looking at bars, shops and brands that we haven't seen for nearly two years!
The next morning we awoke to a really weird almost mould like smell in our room - we told the staff who had our air conditioner inspected but apparently nothing could be done! but we managed to have all of our clothes washed and dried without charge as compensation (bonus!).
We headed out to visit more of Singapore's shopping mecca along Orchard road but we didn't really buy anything at all (typical) although we did have our pictures taken with Snoopy!.
We then headed to CHIJMES or chimes as it's pronounced to look at the old convent and monastery as well as Singapore's Cathedral before moving onto Raffle's City and the legendary Raffles Hotel - home of the Singapore Sling!
So I had to have one and even though it was 15 quid, it was money well spent. That evening we went to a rather strange Japanese pasta restaurant where they had hundreds of bowls on display with plastic food in to show you what they sold - it was pretty surreal.
The next day we headed to Sentosa Island, which is Singapore's playground, it is full of resorts and Universal Studios but we stuck to the beach and had several amazing runs on the Luge.
That evening we headed to the Marina Bay Sands hotel and headed to the roof garden to watch the sunset over Singapore and had an amazing view of the city (see the pics as I can't do it justice here).
We then caught the SMRT to little India and enjoyed a rather nice if somewhat of a strange take on a banana leaf curry before heading back to the hostel to pack for our early flight.
Next stop Phuket and Thailand!
To see our pictures from Singapore please click on the link below;
https://picasaweb.google.com/112941139607408893724/Singapore6thTo9thOfJuly2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCMig9NiG-pLmAg#
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