Category Archives: Singapore

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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. 🙂

Touring Singapore – Little India & Bugis Street

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This morning we had the taxi drop us off at the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple in Little India. The temple was built in 1881, and like the Hindu temple we had seen yesterday, the exterior was covered in intricate carvings that are painted in bright colors. The doors to the temple were shut, so we assumed it was closed and didn’t try to go inside.

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We decided to have lunch at Continue reading →

Touring Singapore – Central Business District & Chinatown

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After a short night of sleep for Omar and Christi, we began our official Singapore sightseeing. This is Omar’s sixth trip to Singapore, so he took on the role of tour guide.

We took a taxi from the marina to the Raffles Hotel, named after the founding father of Singapore. It was built in 1887 and is quite opulent. It is classic colonial architecture, with high ceilings, crown moldings and fancy chandeliers. We walked through the court yard and had lunch in their bakery. The food was good and surprisingly inexpensive, served on china with high quality silverware. Omar introduced us to curry puffs, chicken curry wrapped in a puff pastry, which is now a new favorite of Christi’s. Most of the hotel is blocked off to non-guests, so we didn’t get to see the lobby or any of the inside beyond the restaurant.

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From the hotel, we walked a few blocks over to Continue reading →

Checking into One Degree 15 Marina and Singapore

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It was made clear to us last night that we needed to be at the marina office promptly at 0900 to check in. Getting up wasn’t too hard since there is an enormous construction side on the other side of the cove that was making lots of noise. We were given a brief tour of the facilities. The marina is part of a private club that opened in April 2007. It costs S$50,000 (USD$38,000) to join. It is swanky, featuring two restaurants, a deli, bar, pool, gym, game room, guest rooms, and on and on. The shower/bathroom area off the pool is amazing. The facilities for the people in the marina are not anywhere close to as nice as the facilities for the club members, but it doesn’t really matter. You get a temporary membership card and can use all the club’s facilities. Most of the boats in the marina are power boats, with only a few sailboats. They also have free unlimited wireless internet to the boats, which is like heaven for us. The connection is so-so by our old San Diego standards, wonderful by our new cruising standards.

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Once we were checked in to the marina, we headed to town to Continue reading →