6 AprilWe ate our breakfast of toast with jam and coffee (included in the room fee) and headed to Santosa Island via the trains, quite a money making scheme but also very beautiful! Here we walked the beaches, swam, tanned and headed for the food court to indulge ourselves in the native cuisines. Here we shared a hot pot of chicken/beef, thereafter a Indian curry and for desert a kaya bun, being a bun with kaya (cocunut, egg and sugar).From here we visited the Me...

5 AprilThe first day proved overwhelming and we left it to the following day to purchase these items, we decided to go to Funan Technological Mall, a 6 story mall filled with shops selling only cameras, laptops and other technological products. The difference with this and Simlim is that prices are fixed and you somehow have more confidence in the products you purchase taking into consideration they are sold by chain stores not vendors with stalls. Here we purch...

4 AprilWe landed in Singapore at 15h00, went through customs (almost forgot our baggage J ) and gathered information at the information desk about where to go and what to do. From here we made our way to the train network to drive to Bungarai station where we took the long route to our accommodation, not because we wanted to... Here we stayed in the "Inn Crowd Hostel" in little India, rooms were to expensive so we opted for a dorm sharing with two Engli...

2/3 April Fly from CTI to Doha with Quatar Airways after greeting the family, the 12 hour flight went well although sleeping was tough taking into account a heightened sense of anticipation. After landing at Doha we were escorted by bus to our hotel (Royal Quatar Hotel) where we were greeted by the staff, informed of dinner times and shown to our room.No sooner had we laid down our bags, than we proceeded into town. Not knowing where to go we turned to the locals...