We were flying Malaysian Airlines but I had read that the lounge they use is not the best, so we headed over to terminal 1 after clearing security to use the Qantas Lounge. Since we were flying business class on Malaysian and JAL, we could use any of the lounges operated by Oneworld airlines. The […]
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Singapore – Gardens by the Bay and Singapore Flyer
The ship arrived back in port early in the morning. For some reason, I woke up just as we were pulling in. We got breakfast and then it was time to debark. Debarkation went just as smoothly as embarkation, although, you do have to go through “security” to clear immigration and customs. Getting a taxi […]
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 […]