Yeah, back here again after a restful couple of days in Singapore. A quick catch-up as it really was restful: I lazed around the hostel, updating blogs and emailing people. Went on the walk around Bugis with Karen and a bunch of tourists (hey – I keep forgetting I am a tourist) for the second [...]

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After a fairly uneventful flight that reminded me more of The Big One at Blackpool pleasure beach than floating gently on a cloud (not the pilot’s fault, flipping turbulence), I landed for the third time at Changi Airport. The route to the ATM and the MRT are now routine, as is approaching the guard to [...]

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I had a very slight runaround and got some good information while I was doing this, so thought I might as well pop the info up here as I can’t find anything as specific elsewhere online. Please note that the prices are as of the date of this post. Visa prices fluctuate and also vary [...]

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 Following on from the previous post, I woke for about the 8th time when Karen was leaving after finishing her night shift. She’s one person I’m really going to miss from Singapore – an utterly delightful lady, great fun, always smiling, generous to a fault and mother to a great-looking 2 year-old! Dylan and Angelo [...]

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 A busy day this one. There was a tour organised by the hostel around the Lian Shan Shuang Monastery. This is the older Chinese Buddhist monastery in Singapore and has quite a history, a lot of it closely linked to the government and its lack of appreciation (until recently) of non-Christian religions. I will spare [...]

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 OK, I’ve been “inactive” for a while so this’ll be a big catchup post! All the relevant pics are at FotoPic so please pop over there and check them out! Updated just before I left Kuala Lumpur on December 12th. So what have I been up to? Well… chilling out, mainly. My last few days [...]

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 What a weird night. At around 11pm, Karen suggested a night out and we gathered a couple of people from the hostel and the bar next door. We got a free taxi as the chap gets a lot of custom from the hostel and Orchard Road was on his way home. Nice of him. Stop [...]

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I’ve been lucky. Being male and part Scottish, I’m incredibly tight with my money and will shop around like you won’t believe to make sure I don’t get ripped off. Sim Lim Square near the hostel, then, is fine for me as I have the patience to wander round all six floors of electronics shops [...]

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 Singapore Marathon day. Had I known far enough in advance, I’d have signed up. OK, I may have just gone for the 10k run that’s done alongside it, but I’d certainly have been up for it! The previous night as I was going to bed, one guy in the hostel was eating his breakfast in [...]

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 Last night, I’d agreed on a trip to Sentosa with a bunch of people in the hostel (Matt and Amy from the US, Lucy and Gurpreet from the UK, Naiomi from “so many places I’m confused” and a German chap). My alcohol-addled brain instantly hated me for it as I rose early. Not as early [...]

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