Sing Sing Sing Singapore
Made our way by bus from KT to Johor Bahru (11 hours!) and spent our last night in Malaysia in style! Well, that was the only hotel in the vicinity of the bus stop as we had missed the stop we were meant to have gotten off on... oh dear... never mind, it was nice being in a lovely hotel.
We have been spending more than what we would normally on the rooms in order to make sure that there is air-con and stuff to keep Phil comfy, but a lot of the time the rooms are still very basic. At this one, we had a lovely walk in shower and plants and other bits and bobs in the room so it was a lot more homelier!
Next day, we got on the bus and crossed the border to Singapore. It was a bit of a strange journey. It cost us 1.40 Ringgit each, which is too silly to convert into pounds and though we had to get on and off a couple of times, it took us across the border and right into the centre of town.
From there though, we had trouble finding accommodation... apparently there was a furniture convention going on and all the hotels were booked up! We spent about two hours in a cab driving from one hotel to the next and finally found one in Chinatown. I love Chinatown. Hooray for a room!
It's nice enough and we're not far from the action. There is food everywhere! It's really tasty and the variety is amazing. It's very tasty and international. We had some great food in some of the food courts at various shopping malls and in Chinatown. Had some great noodles and stir fries and numerous other things. The people here are very friendly too and the city is up to speed and very western in many respects. You can still find hawker stalls though, which is great!
Unfortunately though, it rained every single day!!!!!! We really wanted to visit the zoo which is meant to be great and see some other sights around town, but it was a steady deluge the entire time!
Made it to the Merlion Park though - the symbol of Singapore - and that was quite cute. We also saw the Performing Arts Centre which is the Durian shaped building right behind Merlion. Saw the Fountain of Prosperity which is the world's largest fountain, but when we went it seemed to be broken... there was the tiniest trickle in the middle of the structure and it was really deflating! Never mind. Had a look round the shopping malls and there's so much stuff to see and buy - GREAT!
Phil got himself a haircut at an express cut shop where you buy a coupon and they plonk you in a chair and finish you in ten minutes flat! He was told there though that his hair grows slowly. Huh? OK.
Off to Cairns next as planned!
We have been spending more than what we would normally on the rooms in order to make sure that there is air-con and stuff to keep Phil comfy, but a lot of the time the rooms are still very basic. At this one, we had a lovely walk in shower and plants and other bits and bobs in the room so it was a lot more homelier!
Next day, we got on the bus and crossed the border to Singapore. It was a bit of a strange journey. It cost us 1.40 Ringgit each, which is too silly to convert into pounds and though we had to get on and off a couple of times, it took us across the border and right into the centre of town.
From there though, we had trouble finding accommodation... apparently there was a furniture convention going on and all the hotels were booked up! We spent about two hours in a cab driving from one hotel to the next and finally found one in Chinatown. I love Chinatown. Hooray for a room!
It's nice enough and we're not far from the action. There is food everywhere! It's really tasty and the variety is amazing. It's very tasty and international. We had some great food in some of the food courts at various shopping malls and in Chinatown. Had some great noodles and stir fries and numerous other things. The people here are very friendly too and the city is up to speed and very western in many respects. You can still find hawker stalls though, which is great!
Unfortunately though, it rained every single day!!!!!! We really wanted to visit the zoo which is meant to be great and see some other sights around town, but it was a steady deluge the entire time!
Made it to the Merlion Park though - the symbol of Singapore - and that was quite cute. We also saw the Performing Arts Centre which is the Durian shaped building right behind Merlion. Saw the Fountain of Prosperity which is the world's largest fountain, but when we went it seemed to be broken... there was the tiniest trickle in the middle of the structure and it was really deflating! Never mind. Had a look round the shopping malls and there's so much stuff to see and buy - GREAT!
Phil got himself a haircut at an express cut shop where you buy a coupon and they plonk you in a chair and finish you in ten minutes flat! He was told there though that his hair grows slowly. Huh? OK.
Off to Cairns next as planned!
posted by Phil and Tanja @ 12:20 AM
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