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24 July 2012
The idea for the morning was to start early before it gets too hot with a walk up St Paul’s Hill. But with a windowless room I didn’t get out there till 0930 which is still good as the crowds hadn’t appeared yet. So I walked from Porta de Santiago up to St Paul’s Hill […]
23 July 2012
I taxied to Golden Mile Complex on Beach Road to catch my bus to Melaka. As I found a taxi nearly immediately, I was way too early and walked around the complex and realised it was a Little Bangkok. There was a lot of Thai food so I grabbed some breakfast (a second breakfast in […]
22 July 2012
After a yummy pot luck lunch with old friends, I decided to join Bee Wah and Swee Leng for a walk in the evening. The circuit took us on the road then through Bukit Batok Scenic Reserve. It was a green side that I’ve never seen of Singapore. The walkways were very well maintained and […]
19 July 2012
I arrived in Singapore, via Dubai and Colombo, somewhat shattered for a stay with friends. They have a lovely apartment in a flash complex in Bukit Timah.
18 July 2012
I checked out of my guesthouse at 0830 and was collected by Octopus Divers again, for a single dive. I could only fit in one dive as I have a flight at midnight and it was far better value than a snorkel. There was only one other diver this morning. We were taken to Red […]
18 July 2012
Why another dive? Despite yesterday’s disappointing dive, I chose to do another dive today. It was an easy way to kill lots of waiting time: Checkout is at 1000 and my ferry is at 1730 back to Mahe for a 2355 flight to Singapore (via Dubai and Colombo). It’s a little touch and go to […]
17 July 2012
I got picked up on time at 0830 by a French-speaking Swiss watch-engineer who is now the owner-operator of Octopus Divers. I was surprised to hear that he had been to Kuala Lumpur with his work, in relation to the manufacture of components that go into Swiss watches! Oohlala! After the usual paper work was […]
17 July 2012
Diving at Channel Rocks Like most of the customers at Octopus Divers (more details about them below), I did one dive today. I was picked up at 0830 and taken to their dive centre on the opposite side of the island. Unfortunately the dive at Channel Rocks was a disappointment. Descending into the water, it felt […]
16 July 2012
I checked out soon after breakfast and walked to the ferry for the 20 min ride to Praslin where I continued to the Beach Villa Guesthouse by taxi. True to its name, is beachfront but not on the best beach (as it receives a bit of seaweed). Time to explore options for spending my remaining […]
15 July 2012
Last night we had horrendous weather. The wind was so strong; I woke to dry ground so I guess it was the wind that was making all that noise and there was no rain. It looked nice enough to go snorkelling so after breakfast I went down to the only shop that was open for […]