Thursday, March 14, 2013

Can now tick 'visit Singapore' off my bucket-list

WOW what an awesome start to the trip and a hectic couple of days.Yesterday I spent my day at the Singapore botanic gardens, I asked for advice on how to get there from the hostel staff before leaving o make sure I was on the right track. I got off the MRT train as advised and started the walk up to the botanic gardens. It must've been close to 99% humidity in Singapore yesterday and I had my pack on and the road was on an incline but still I walked for what turned out to be quite a long way and the worst part was that when I finally arrived, with bruised shoulders from the weight of my pack and sweat absolutely dripping off me, there was a train station right there to greet me. Not impressed with advice given at the hostel! I must say though the gardens were worth the effort, went to the orchid garden which is just heaven for somebody who loves macro photography with one of my favorite subjects being flowers and if it wasn't for the weight of my pack I could've stayed much longer.




 The hostel itself was nice though, well as far as hostels go, as with most things it's the people that make it and this place had some top people staying who I had the pleasure of meeting. One night only cost me $25 Aussie dollars and that included a simple breakfast but it's not for everybody seeing as I slept in a coffin. Well they don't like to call it a coffin, rather a "capsule" and as long as your not claustrophobic it is a great idea as you still get cheap hostel prices but with more privacy while you sleep.
My "Capsule"
Got to the airport with plenty of time to spare but still almost missed my flight to Frankfurt as it turns out they don't make boarding calls in Singapore airport! I was wondering why it was so peaceful!

1 comment:

  1. me and Axel just checked out your blog, Axel's very impressed by all the chocolate and snow.

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