Edit: Bay Hotel Singapore is now Travelodge Harbourfront Singapore. This review is an archive of when the hotel was the Bay Hotel Singapore. Hotel Name: Bay Hotel Singapore Address: 50 Telok Blangah Rd, Singapore This is a review of the Bay Hotel Singapore, where I stayed as a guest of the hotel. The Bay Hotel […]
Hotel Review: Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Hotel Name: Shangri-La Hotel Address: 22 Orange Grove Rd, Singapore If you had shown me this photo of a hotel swimming pool and palm trees and gave me ten guesses, I would not have picked Singapore. I knew that the Shangri-La was an iconic luxury hotel but I didn’t know that their Singapore hotel was […]
Hotel Review: Mandarin Orchard Singapore
Hotel Name: Mandarin Orchard Singapore Address: 333 Orchard Road, Singapore [Edit: Mandarin Orchard Singapore is now rebranded as Hilton Singapore Orchard. This review is left as an archive.] I stayed at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore as a guest of Meritus Hotels and Resorts. The Mandarin Orchard Singapore is a five-star hotel on Orchard Road and […]
Singapore Airlines: Premium Economy Review – London (LHR) to Singapore
Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 317 From: London Heathrow (LHR) To: Singapore (SIN) Class: Premium Economy Singapore Airlines have launched a Premium Economy service on their Singapore to London A380 flights. On the 29th of August I flew as a guest of Singapore Airlines on the inaugural flight of this new cabin class. The following flight […]
Telok Ayer Market – The historic hawker centre in downtown Singapore
One of my favourite hawker centres in Singapore is the Telok Ayer Market. This food court – also known as Lau Pa Sat – is in a heritage building that is worth a visit in its own right. While a Singapore foodie might tell you there are a dozen other hawker centres that are better, […]
My best ever airport immigration experience
There are so many stories online of horror airport immigration experiences that you could start a Tumblr and never run out material (http://shittyairportexperiences.tumblr.com/ is free if you want to be the person to start that Tumblr). In my years of international travel I’ve had some memorably bad border control experiences (some of which were my […]
Flight Review: Jetstar Airways – Singapore to Melbourne
Flight: Jetstar Airways JQ 8 From: Singapore (SIN) To: Melbourne (MEL) I flew with Jetstar Airways from Singapore to Melbourne, comparing fares on Skyscanner and booking direct at jetstar.com. I booked for the price after figuring how I was going to get back to Melbourne from Colombo. As there are no direct flights from Sri […]
Hotel Review: Orchard Parade Hotel, Singapore
Hotel Name: Orchard Parade Hotel by Far East Hospitality Address: 1 Tanglin Road, Orchard, Singapore [Edit: Orchard Parade Hotel rebranded as Orchard Rendezvous in 2018. This is kept as an archive for the Orchard Parade Hotel.] I stayed at the Orchard Parade Hotel in Singapore. I was a guest of the hotel for the first […]
Flight Review: SriLankan Airlines – Colombo to Singapore
Flight: SriLankan Airlines UL 308 From: Colombo (CMB) To: Singapore (SIN) I flew with SriLankan Airlines from Colombo to Singapore, booking online via srilankan.com after comparing flights on Skyscanner. SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and is a member of the One World alliance. There were also flights available with Emirates and […]
Sleeping in Airports: Staying overnight at Singapore Changi Airport
While booking flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Denpasar (Bali), the two cheapest flights on offer were overnighters with connections in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur (Low Cost Carrier Terminal). If you know anything about LCCT you would know not choose to do an overnighter there, so I picked the luxurious SIN. Usually I would […]
