We were both up pretty early. Our plan was to go to the gym first thing in the morning, but it was completely packed. So we went for breakfast instead and then found some chairs by the pool to swim and read. Sam managed to get very sunburned the first day. This seems to be […]
Month: April 2017
Singapore – Orchard Road and Diamond Princess Boarding
We had breakfast in the club lounge again. Our plans for the day weren’t very well defined. We were just planning to explore some of the shopping centers around the hotel in the morning. We walked through 3-4 malls. It’s very interesting the way all the shopping is set up. You have mall after mall […]
Singapore – Chinatown, Botanic Gardens, and Raffles
We began our second day with breakfast at the Club Lounge again – good selection and very good service as well. We then hopped on the MRT to Chinatown. We took a free walking tour of Chinatown offered by Indie Singapore. You have to sign up in advance through email, but then the tour is completely free […]
Singapore – Sentosa Island, Universal Studios, and SEA Aquarium
Given that we were arriving in Singapore on about 2 hours of sleep each, we wanted to make sure we did something that was relatively mindless, would keep us occupied, and force us to stay awake so we didn’t feel tempted to go back to the hotel for a nap. We decided to head over […]
Grand Hyatt Singapore
We hopped in a taxi to get to our hotel. Taxis are cheap in Singapore, so I definitely recommend that if you have luggage. The location of the hotel is excellent – close to Orchard Road and about a block from an MRT station. We arrived quite early, about 6:30AM, and the hotel was basically […]
Cathay Pacific B777 Regional Business Class – Hong Kong to Singapore
The final flight of our journey was a very late, very short red-eye to Singapore in the regional business class seats. The flight was scheduled to depart at 1:50AM and arrive at 5:40AM. It was a completely full flight. Because of the late hour, the crowded flight, and just general exhaustion at this point, I […]
Cathay Pacific “The Wing” Business Class Lounge – Hong Kong
After landing we decided to take a walk around the Hong Kong airport to see what it was like and to stretch our legs. We ended up at the Cathay Pacific Wing business class lounge. The lounge was split into two levels. We were directed to the upstairs level which had two sections: a seating area […]
Cathay Pacific B777 Business Class – Chicago to Hong Kong
After leaving the lounge, we walked across the hall to the gate. Boarding began shortly thereafter. We were seated in middle 2 seats of the mini-cabin section of business class. This section was extremely private with just two rows of business class seats and very little foot traffic. The seats themselves were very private, quiet, […]
British Airways Terraces Lounge – O’Hare Terminal 5
Given the unreliability and unavailability of flights leaving our home airport, we decided to fly out of Chicago O’Hare Airport to be safe. We parked the car and arrived at the airport about 2 hours before the flight. Security was the normal mess you find at O’Hare with the chaos compounded by non-English speakers being barked […]
Introduction – Southeast Asia Cruise
I have been wanting to visit Asia for quite some time. After my parents returned from their trip and raved about it, I knew we had to go. We decided on a cruise because it took some of the headache of planning away and we just really like cruising. In addition, Samantha was very concerned […]