We got a visa on arrival, took a taxi to the hotel and had some dinner (Fish Amok, a great first taste of local cuisine) in cozy tourist town where we get to pay with American dollars!
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Day 37 Flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia 13 March 2013
After repacking, so we could for the first time actually go backpacking, we took the metro to the airport to catch a flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia.
We got a visa on arrival, took a taxi to the hotel and had some dinner (Fish Amok, a great first taste of local cuisine) in cozy tourist town where we get to pay with American dollars!
We got a visa on arrival, took a taxi to the hotel and had some dinner (Fish Amok, a great first taste of local cuisine) in cozy tourist town where we get to pay with American dollars!
Day 36 To the Bat Cave 12 March 2012
After getting some rest, we headed out into the city to see some of Singapore’s amazing architecture. After enjoying a luxury ice chocolate and coffee at the Coffee Bean, we went to the famous Raffles Hotel where the infamous Singapore Sling is mixed.
Following the advice of several Singaporean people we then took a shuttle to the Night Safari at the Singapore zoo, which is actually a totally different zoo as the one open during the day time next door.
We went to the animal show, took a tram safari, and walked 4 trails that ultimately lead us to the highlight of the evening: the bat cave. In here literally hundreds of fruit bats were flying around us - you could feel the wind from their wings when they moved right past us. Besides the smaller ones, huge flying foxes were also present (with a wingspan up to 5 feet/1.5 m), thank goodness they were less active. After some initial scares, we stayed for quite some time watching them eat and fly around: we’ve come a long way from being trapped in our hotel room on our honeymoon because there was a little bat in the hallway.
Following the advice of several Singaporean people we then took a shuttle to the Night Safari at the Singapore zoo, which is actually a totally different zoo as the one open during the day time next door.
We went to the animal show, took a tram safari, and walked 4 trails that ultimately lead us to the highlight of the evening: the bat cave. In here literally hundreds of fruit bats were flying around us - you could feel the wind from their wings when they moved right past us. Besides the smaller ones, huge flying foxes were also present (with a wingspan up to 5 feet/1.5 m), thank goodness they were less active. After some initial scares, we stayed for quite some time watching them eat and fly around: we’ve come a long way from being trapped in our hotel room on our honeymoon because there was a little bat in the hallway.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Day 35 Bye-Bye to India, Hello to Singapore March 10, 2012
Today we spent our last moments in India. After breakfast we took a taxi to the airport to catch a 5 hour flight to Singapore. Once arrived we immediately felt we were in a different place, everywhere nicely airconditioned, clean and ultramodern. It was not all pretty though, where we had always had porters to carry our overpacked luggage, for the first time we had to carry the heavy load ourselves. We will need to do a crash reevaluation of all the stuff we brought!
After seeing how much our nephew Cooper had grown through Skype, we headed out for some quite different cuisine, wanton noodles at the local hawkers (food court).
After seeing how much our nephew Cooper had grown through Skype, we headed out for some quite different cuisine, wanton noodles at the local hawkers (food court).
