by Kate | Aug 30, 2010 | Singapore
An alarm call at 7.00 a.m. plus an excitable text from my monkey loving daughter who was just going to bed heralded the beginning of our visit to Singapore Zoo and breakfast with the orangutans!! We arrived by taxi and were immediately shown to the restaurant and...
by Kate | Aug 8, 2010 | Singapore
Or the Malacca tour to be precise! The alarm went off at 5.30 a.m. but only because the hotel one is not easy to set and we got it wrong! I wasn?t feeling too good, I had been bitten by something small, insect shaped and hopefully now deceased. My leg...
by Kate | Jul 5, 2010 | Singapore
China Town ? Take the MRT from Somerset to Dhobi Ghaut Interchange, then change lines and its two stations on? first Clarke Quay and then Chinatown! Very busy and bustling with people. We checked out a huge store ? Lisa called at an Emporium, it was full of...
by Kate | Apr 20, 2010 | Singapore
Tuesday and high on the list for sometime today was a visit to a money changer for our trip to Malaysia. Singapore has many of these establishments though so there was no real rush, and we were heading for the Heartlands today. This is Toa Payoh, a place where...
by Kate | Apr 19, 2010 | Singapore
There was a huge thunderstorm going on as we made our way to tonight?s venue but i think we managed to get there before we got too bedraggled ? and here we had cocktails ? oh and pizza and potato wedges. This is the New Asia Bar of the Swiss Hotel? And it is 70 floors...
by Kate | Apr 18, 2010 | Singapore
Monday morning and tea in bed! Thanks Liz!!! Mark was to be taking us to Jurong Bird Park today and I thought I might get some sun. To explain, it is very sunny and hot in Singapore but, most of the time, because of the enormous humidity we were in the shade or in a...
