Kosmos Travel Log

Even though we have been staying on Sentosa Island, we hadn’t explored it as of yet. Sentosa was uninhabited before the British arrived. The British used Sentosa as a fort island to protect Singapore Island and until a few years ago, it contained nothing but the old forts. Then the island was designated a recreational area and master planned. There is tons of building going on all over Sentosa. The section of the island called Sentosa Cove, where we are staying, has tons of homes being built. We have been told some are selling as high as (more…)

Despite yesterday being a complete day of rest, we were still tired. We dragged ourselves out of bed and headed to the Indian High Commission (basically the Indian consulate) to apply for our Indian visas. We should have (more…)

Today Eric and Christi were zombies. Four days of non-stop walking and little sleep had taken its toll on us. Omar and Marion were much fuller of energy. They went to the mall so Marion could get more clothes and toiletries. It was looking like Marion’s bag wasn’t going to arrive, after all, so she needed the basics. They were going to Sri Lanka later tonight, and she doubted she would be able to get what she needed in Sri Lanka.

While Omar and Marion were out shopping, Eric and Christi dragged themselves to the marina restaurant for lunch. They were having their Sunday buffet featuring (more…)

Hello blog readers. We made a comment on Welcome to Singapore.

And a few reminders: It may appear we have a constant Internet connection, but we do not. We write a batch of blog stories. When possible we go ashore and seek out a fast Internet connection. We load all the stories. We then have the stories time release each weekday, thus the blog posts are not in real time. We rarely can post comments due to lack of Internet connection. Also see About the Blog.

All is well, there are more interesting stories coming! Keep reading.

We were up at 0330 to get ready to go. Our taxi picked us up at 0430. You can easily get to the airport via the train, but in Singapore, busses and trains stop running at midnight. Also at midnight, taxi fares go up by 50% from day rates (taxis are government owned). This is one of the many ways (more…)