Singapore - then home
We arrive in Singapore at 6:45 and take a shuttle bus to the hotel from the airport.
It's very hot & humid, but the good new is that the hotel's got a swimming pool.
The bad news is that everything's so expensive in the hotel. A 33 ml can of Tiger beer in the mini bar is £2, Vietnam was 0.30p. All the bell-boys hang around for tips.
We decide to find somewhere cheaper, but the hotel's not too well situated, so after strolling along a dual carriageway we end up buying food in a garage.
A further shock was in store when I tried to go into the hotel bar and was pulled up on dress code (was wearing shorts). I wouldn't mind, but as we were going in the bar a big very obvious transvestite was leaving (of his/her own accord). Is there something I should know?
In the morning we take the shuttle bus to the shopping area and end up buying a small travel laptop (something we'd been talking about since day one of the holiday). Bit late for this adventure.
One more night in the hotel and then we're off...14 hour flight to Blighty.
Arriving at Heathrow, the contrast between Changi airport (singapore) and Terminal three at Heathrow is marked.
Heathrow is disorganised, extremely scruffy and unwelcoming. God knows what first impressions new visitors to England get. You can't even get a minicab taxi without dialling for it and then it cost us £12 for a 4 mile journey.
It's very hot & humid, but the good new is that the hotel's got a swimming pool.
The bad news is that everything's so expensive in the hotel. A 33 ml can of Tiger beer in the mini bar is £2, Vietnam was 0.30p. All the bell-boys hang around for tips.
We decide to find somewhere cheaper, but the hotel's not too well situated, so after strolling along a dual carriageway we end up buying food in a garage.
A further shock was in store when I tried to go into the hotel bar and was pulled up on dress code (was wearing shorts). I wouldn't mind, but as we were going in the bar a big very obvious transvestite was leaving (of his/her own accord). Is there something I should know?
In the morning we take the shuttle bus to the shopping area and end up buying a small travel laptop (something we'd been talking about since day one of the holiday). Bit late for this adventure.
One more night in the hotel and then we're off...14 hour flight to Blighty.
Arriving at Heathrow, the contrast between Changi airport (singapore) and Terminal three at Heathrow is marked.
Heathrow is disorganised, extremely scruffy and unwelcoming. God knows what first impressions new visitors to England get. You can't even get a minicab taxi without dialling for it and then it cost us £12 for a 4 mile journey.
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