We walked out onto the tarmac to the visual of our plane to take us to Tiomen Island. The plane appeared to be a converted WW2 fighter plane. There were only about seats for 10 passengers. As we climbed aboard the stewardess gave us a carton of orange juice each and ear plugs. At about now we realized we were really in for an adventure. We took off with us seated near the front, no division between us and the pilots in the c*** pit. About a half hour into the fl...

We arrived at Singapore airport very excited, particularly Avan and Dallas who had never previously ventured out of Australia. We had booked a couple of nights at one of Singapore's premier 5 star hotels - The Marina Mandarin, this was an adventure. We spent our time mostly down at the pool bar sipping very reasonably priced cocktails. But what was more fun was getting to know the Singaporian bar girls on a first name basis. We got so friendly that for severa...

Given the flight was early, and so we didn't have to rush, we decided to get the holiday off to big start and booked into the Burswood for the night. As it turns out we met people we knew, and all had a meal together, small world stuff.