Sunday, 3 July 2011

2 Days Later, Singapore


We've arrived in Singapore after 2 entire days of travelling and were welcomed by a choking wet heat that we are all still trying to get used to. Our flight to Mumbai went by quite quickly, our only complaint being the amount of times we had to restart our TVs, but all in all Kingfisher airlines are rather good.
We arrived in Mumbai 9 hours later and we could see the slums of Mumbai through the window which reminded us all of how far from home we already were. The wait in Mumbai airport however soon turned in to a sort of hell, we were there for 12 hours and if it weren't for the row of recliner chairs we found then we may have gone stir crazy. On to the next flight, and it was another 5 hours before we were in Singapore and after Josh and Will's little wonder making us late for our bus, we were on the road to our first hostel of the trip.

The city of Singapore is very modern. The roads are straight and very ordered reminding us of somewhere in Europe. It's also a city full of other cities. We saw a replica of the London Eye, and a mimic of the Sydney Opera House. There was also a strange building that looked like it had some kind of a spaceship on the top of it which was amusing in our jet-lagged states.

Our hostel is in the Little India region of Singapore, and when walking the streets your hit by all the different spices and incense arising from the different shops. Last night we explored the area a little and stopped off for some food which was served on a huge banana leaf and was only around a quid.




Tonight we are going on a Night Safari where we have been promised a chance to see puma's, leopards and flying squirel's, though we will be avoiding the giant toad's for Holly's sake.

1 comment:

  1. Nice! lovely to see the photos. Food looks good. Love xx

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