Day 40: happy CNY, where is everyone?!

26Jan09

Today’s itinerary was to hit the beaches of Sentosa Island and then check out the animals of Singapore Zoo’s Night Safari. Problem is, that was everyone else’s itinerary!!! All of Singapore seemed to be lining up to get into Sentosa. The one road in was packed bumper-to-bumper. The line to get on the monorail was [...]

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Tags: bat, borneo, dempsey hill, leopard, natives, night safari, sentosa, singapore, singapore zoo

Day 39: happy chinese new year eve!

25Jan09

Since everything Chinese is closed today, we hit up everything Indian. Lunch at the Indian stalls of Gim Moh hawker center. Shopping at the Indian-run Mustafa Center for electronics in Little India. And boy was it Little India. Seen from the streets of Little India Mustafa’s basement of electronics!! Tonnes of LCDs… So crowded that [...]

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Tags: asia, attica, attica too, clinic, durian, gim moh, hawker, karaoke bar, mustafa, singapore, virgin

Day 38: novice travellers, then zouk again

24Jan09

(Whoops… sorry for the delay.  I’m frantically quenching my internet cravings during a six hour layover in Singapore -eeks- after a severe lack of internet access in Bali.) Woke up early today to catch a 11am budget flight to Singapore.  All of us proud to be up given the strength of last night.  We hailed [...]

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Tags: asia, clark, manila, naia, philippine airlines, philippines, singapore, tiger airways, zouk