TUTS ON TOUR

HELLO ALL
SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE BEEN BUSY SUN BATHING !!!

SINGAPORE..... A NICE PLACE TO SEE. IT TOOK US 6 HOURS ON A BUS FROM KL AND WE HAD TO GET OFF ON THE BORDER TO HAVE OUR PASSPORTS STAMPED.
SINGAPORE IS VERY CLEAN AND WELL ORGANISED. THERE IS A HUGE MIX OF PEOPLE ABIT LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO LONDON.

WE ARRIVED AT SINGAPORE BUS STATION LATE. DURING THE BUS JOURNEY WE ASKED A FEW PEOPLE WHERE WAS BEST TO STAY IN SINGAPORE AND THE GENERAL ANSWER WAS LITTLE INDIA. AFTER STAYING IN CHINA TOWN IN KL WE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE A NICE CHANGE CHANGING FROM CHOPSTICKS TO TURBANS !!!
WE WALKED FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO LITTLE INDIA IT WAS ROASTING MY BACKPACK IS HEAVIER NOW WITH THE NEW SHOES I BOUGHT,MY BACK IS DRIPPING WET. WE REACH LITTLE INDIA TOTALLY WACKED....ITS A DUMP AND ITS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE AT 11PM. WE REST FOR 5 THEN DECIDE TO STICK WITH THE CHOPSTICKS AND HEAD FOR CHINA TOWN.
WE TRY SEVERAL HOSTELS BUT ALL ARE FULLY BOOKED. WE TRY AND BOOK INTO A HOTEL ALTHOUGH EXPENSIVE ITS GETTING LATE AND WE NEED SOMEWHERE QUICK. ALL HOTELS ARE FULLY BOOKED. BY THIS POINT 12.45AM WERE GETTING A BIT WORRIED AND WE ARE EXHAUSTED.
ON A LAST ATTEMPT WE FOUND A SMALL SHABBY LOOKING HOTEL AND THEY HAVE A ROOM. I GO UPSTAIRS TO HAVE A LOOK BUT ITS DISGUSTING. IT WERENT CHEAP EITHER. I WANTED SO MUCH TO SLEEP BUT IT WAS AWFUL. WE DECIDED TO FIND THE ENERGY TO SEARCH FOR ANOTHER 10 MINS AND IF WE COULDNT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO SLUM IT THERE.
OUR LUCK WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE WE SEEN A SMALL BACKPACKER PUB CALLED COW AND COOLIES AND THE GUY IN THE BAR SAID HE HAD ROOM IN HIS 10 BED DORM UPSTAIRS 6 QUID EACH A NIGHT.
WE HAD NEVER STAYED IN A DORM BEFORE BUT THIS WAS OUR LAST HOPE SO WE FOLLOWED HIM UPSTAIRS. ALL THE OTHER BEDS ARE TAKEN AS EVERYONE IS ASLEEP. IT SEEMED OK VERY CLEAN WITH A SHARED BATHROOM. AT LAST SOMEWHERE TO REST OUR TIRED BACKS !

WE STAYED IN SINGAPORE FOR 3 NIGHTS. ALTHOUGH VERY EXPENSIVE IT IS A LOVELY PLACE AND ALOT LIKE KL FOR SHOPPING AND DINING OUT. THE DORM WERENT THAT BAD.THE BAR DOWNSTAIRS WAS A KARAOKE BAR AND YOU HAD THE CHINESE SQUELLING TUNES FROM 7PM TILL 2AM ! THERE WAS A GOOD MIX OF PEOPLE IN THE DORM 2 ENGLISH GUYS, 3 CHINESE GIRLS 1 GERMAN LASS AND A VERY LARGE NIGERIAN GUY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO OZ NOW. HAVE A 5 HOUR FLIGHT LEAVING AT 10PM SO WILL ARRIVE IN DARWIN IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY EARLY DOORS.
BYE FOR NOW X