Author: busker

  • Day 1 – Singapore

    When you arrive in Singapore your first impression is that it’s so spacious and empty, and your second idea is that it must be a small airport. But it isn’t.

    Immigration is friendly and efficient (as long as you don’t loose your piece of paper) and the limousine service ($60 anywhere in Singapore) is expensive but ultra efficient – even if Johnny the driver doesn’t know where the Hollandse Club is.

    Tired children at Changi:

    Tired boy child at Changi

    Tired girl child at Changi

    We are there before our rooms are ready, but we are invited to use the club and start with a drink (we skip lunch – body clock is clearly wrong). We check out some towels for the pool. Alex discovers the slide and we all swim to kill the heat.

    Hollandse Club Singapore

    Hollandse Club Singapore

    Once our room is available we have a sleep and wake up for dinner.

    The receptionist says the night zoo isn’t very good, but we taxi there in any case. On the way to the entrance Alex gets his lizard overdose (lots of little ones waiting for snack on a lit sign).

    Gekko at Singapore NIght Safari entrance
    Gekko at Singapore NIght Safari entrance

    We take the tour on foot and I have to say that this is one of the best zoo tours I have ever done.

    Inside the fruitbat enclosure
    Inside the fruitbat enclosure

    Cat pith pointy ears

    Cat with pointy ears
    In front of the plastic elephants, waiting for taxi
    In front of the plastic elephants, waiting for taxi

    Note: Bit of a rubbish post – likely to get updated tomorrow.

     

     

     

     

  • Day 0 – Gloucester to Singapore

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    The A380 (800) is enormous and ugly. And it is very quiet. It rocks a bit under certain conditions, but otherwise it is a good economy class flight.

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    Plenty of films and games on the entertainment system and we all sleep shortly after dark. Emma gets sick in the last 2 hours. I think the 12 hour flight is a little too much for her and she needs a bed.