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  • Singapore to Brisbane and home

    I recline on the sun lounge by the pool at the top of the skyscraper hotel, gazing up through the metal lattice entwined with vines, feeling the warm humid breeze across my body. The others are back in the room, one other patron splashes in the pool.I would swim too, but can’t be bothered dealing…

  • Shocks, phobias, amazing jewels and a fire tornado

    Megavolts of electricity, 120 kilometre per hour winds, a whirling vortex of flame and the world’s biggest man-made waterfall. Today had it all and more. There’s a long queue outside of Tian Tian Chicken Rice at the Maxwell Food Centre. Alex insists on having it for breakfast, though I think B’s is better. The coconut…

  • Back to Singapore

    One of the most attractive features of Singapore is the amount of greenery throughout the city. The Oasia Hotel has taken this to another level. Literally. The red external trellis of this skyscraper hotel is woven through with vines and ferns, making it one of the most distinctive buildings in the downtown area. We watched…

  • Johor Bahru: Old and New

    The first time I set foot in Johor Bahru I was shocked by the decrepit nature of its buildings and the stench of tropical decay. It was my second foreign country and I had just crossed over from my first, ultra-clean and modern Singapore. The downtown area consisted of run-down shop houses and soot stained…

  • Drifting at Desaru

    One of the reasons for choosing to stay at the Hard Rock Desaru is that it is adjacent to the Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark. Alex wants waterslides on his tropical stay, Alex gets waterslides. Even better is that they are celebrating their first anniversary of operations, so tickets are discounted. Buffet breakfasts are usually a…

  • Singapore to Desaru: Borders and waterspouts

    You have probably gathered by now that I am not a rock’n’roll kind of guy. Not in the air, not in my music. Yet here we are staying the the Hard Rock Hotel in Desaru Beach in Malaysia. With me feeling better after a good sleep we roll out of bed and rock up to…

  • East Coast Park

    Something that I have long wanted to do is to take a stroll or a ride along the East Coast Park. We have driven along the road from Changi to Katong countless times and for most of it the coastline is obscured by a strip of jungle, but here and there are playgrounds, food centres…

  • Alone to Singapore again

    Ten years ago I made my very first international flight alone. B and Alex, who was but eight months old, stayed home while I flew to London via Singapore. Today I am about to repeat that first leg, though on a more modest Airbus A330-300 instead of the then new A380. This time B and…

  • Time to depart for Singapore

    Bus gate, now boarded our Qantas A333. Safe and smooth please!

  • Qantas Lounge for breakfast

    Made myself go through with this. It helps that the day looks lovely. Wind is invisible. Had a little breakfast at the Qantas Business Lounge.