Tag: Singapore
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Official Name: Republic of SingaporeEstablished: Self-governance 3 June 1959 / Proclamation of Singapore 9 August 1965Population: 5,917,600 (2023 estimate)Country Size: 735 square kmsReligion: 31.1% Buddhism, 20.0% no religion, 18.9% Christianity, 15.6% Islam, 8.8% Taoism, 5.0% HinduismLanguage: English, Malay, Mandarin, TamilCurrency: Singapore dollarCapital: Singapore (City-State)Order of Visit: Thirty-SevenFirst Visit: 27 September 2012Last Visit: 07 May 2024Duration:…
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Monday 06 May 2024Highlights: Universal Studios Singapore The last day of this trip with a fun activity had suddenly arrived. After a comfortable sleep in Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Hotel we took our main bags to be checked in to the Jewel Early Bag Check in facility. For Jetstar this allows you to drop your…
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Sunday 05 May 2024Highlights: The Jewel Water Show One of the major downsides of living in Australia is how far away for the majority of the world we are. Returning back takes a long time. The first leg getting back was Split to Helsinki (3 hours), than a major transit (8 hours) followed by Helsinki…
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Friday 05 April 2024Highlights: Farewelling Boots and Juno, Qantas Melbourne International Business Lounge, a surprisingly good Jetstar International Flight, and a welcomed shower at the Qantas Singapore Business Lounge. After a lot of planning the exciting day was finally here for Darby and me. Will an uncle and niece kill each other, or will it…
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Wednesday 07 June 2023Highlights: The journey home begins, Turkish Airline Business Class Lounge Today I begin the long journey home with my first flight leaving at 13:30 for Singapore. This is a rare midday international flight for me with means a relaxing morning before leaving for the airport.
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It’s now less than 75 days to my first international since I was in Colombia in August and September 2019 and I’m getting excited. This trip will see me visit seven countries, six of them for the first time; Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and short stopover in Singapore. This will be a bit…
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Sunday 1 September 2019 Highlights: First Class flight, Welcomes home from my cats Today this short but intense trip was over. I finished with a seven hour overnight first class flight home from Singapore which is a nice way to return home.
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Saturday 31 August 2019 Highlights: Singapore Airlines A380 First Class, The Private Room, Changi Airport A long day entirely spent and an airport sounds like hell but not when it’s Changi (Singapore) Airport and you have lounge access!
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Wednesday 23 November 2017. Highlights: Mercedes Benz transfer, Emirates A380 First Class Bed, Dom Pérignon I was only at the Singapore Airport for just under 2 hours most of which I spend in the Emirates First-Business Class Lounge (review here). Emirates flight EK405 boarded late around 01.38 when we were supposed to depart at 01.20.…
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Highlights: Chauffeur Pickup, Qantas First Class Lounge, Emirates A380 First Class, Showering at 40,000 feet, Chatting in A380 Bar, Dom Pérignon, Emirates Bed The first day of my Africa trip was finally here 4.5 years after I started planning my 2014 trip I was finally going back to Africa to experience all these new countries…
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