Singapore

During our honeymoon three years ago we spent two nights in Singapore on our way to Australia. Obviously our budget then was a little different to our budget now. Three years ago we were staying at Raffles the Plaza hotel, quaffing champagne in the New Asia Bar. That couldn't be further away from this occasion - a dorm room at the Betelbox Hostel, sharing with around 16 other people, all men I might add.

Then and now....Raffles the Plaza and our dorm

Sleep, who needs sleep! Not us clearly as we had managed to pick yet another hostel next to a karaoke bar. In fact the Betelbox hostel is above a karaoke bar and is on a street that is literally filled with karaoke bars. I use the term 'karaoke' loosely as, although people do sing in these bars, I think 'girlie' bar would be a better description. You get my drift. In addition to the activities in the street, simply the number of people in one room meant it was pretty impossible to get a decent nights sleep. Of course we had to have a dorm snorer too, just to put the icing on the cake.

The Blue Lagoon 'Karaoke' Bar
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During the days we walked around the city taking in the sights and evenings were spent in the Chinese coffee shops grabbing an evening meal and a cheap Tiger beer. It's pretty expensive to go to bars in Singaopre so we decided to save any partying for Sydney.

Boat Quay and Clarke Quay

Sir Stamford Raffles

The Esplanade

The Singapore River

China Town

The Asian Civilisations Museum was really interesting as a lot of the exhibits related to countries that we had visited during this trip. They also had a fascinating exhibit which looked at how the perception of beauty in Asia had changed through the years.

The Asian Civilisations Museum

Another week, another country. On Friday 20th July we headed to the airport for to catch our flight to Sydney.