The Life of Brad

On to Singapore for a few nights leaving the Philippines for more exploration another time. I was super excited to land in the best airport in the world Changi, but nervous to find out how expensive the city/country was and if I could stay out of trouble inside all of the rules I had heard about. In the end it really wasn't so expensive and the rules were very livable in this modern city with some old school areas, tidy and clean and more like Japan and Korea than the Philippines.

Midday flight out of Cebu sweating my bag off for the 20 minute walk to the airport in humid 29 deg C. The Cebu airport is actually pleasant and is the more recommended international entry point. I really enjoyed the flight and couldn't stop taking photos of the amazing cloud formations and continued snapping when I landed in Changi airport which boasts a bunch of free amenities including movie theaters, playgrounds, and even city tours for transit passengers (good thing I didn't know about this or I may have skipped a few great nights here).

This spattering of atm's almost looks portable.
A sign that they make money off fees!

clean and comfy actually

Probably a better representation of the country

Scoot is great, gave me 3 rows to myself...nice!

a fog rolling in from the A/C.

Is that a crashed plane?

Messy looking Mactan

Great view

A few Philippine islands

Near Brunei

Singapore coast

Space enough for golf?

Oil access point?

Could be a wet walk around town...

Ok, this is an airport? looks comfy

Over kill for a coffee machine?

Immigration...a glass gate and
DONE! Easy!!

Great info to get to the centre with prices

That's it and walk out.

Lots to do at the airport. Here's a climbing wall.

Video is worth it simply to hear the surprise and excitement in my voice.

A huge slide that is not only
for kids, I think?

Airport train station

Some of the legendary strictness

What a quiet contrast from the Philippines.

Thoughtful rain protection on the walkway

Day 1 - stayed in Little India in order to have a Spacepod experience, hahaha. Mistake. But I did meet some great locals so that worked out. Lots of accommodation sold out on the weekend.

Wait is that a regular hostel
inside...why yes it is...boo!

Plastic molded pods. The rest
of the room was wood based.

Orange juice baby! only $2 too.

$6.80 for a cut, cheaper than
Canada by 7 times.

Hawkers are the low cost and delicious food courts everywhere in the city that boast a variety of different foods from all over Asia. Lots of duck, tasty.

This is a line up for food!

Duck yeah!

church

moon

space nap

space boost red bull

sex hotel charging per hour

Very orderly

Side story: After being rejected from a few girly bars which seemed to be all there was in the area I stumbled upon Adam and his cousin Razer at another girly bar standing outside having a smoke. "Come help us drink our beer"... Ah, yeah I can do that.

Mostly shorter buildings in
Little India

Lady riding her suitcase!

Day 2 - Chinatown area staying at Wink hostel full of very good size capsules. A better location much more central and recommended for 2 nights which was a learning moment. Lots of sightseeing including the huge Gardens by the Bay and just the general harbour area.