2 hours in Singapore airport. Was pretty shattered from the 12 hour flight across from London and had only a short time here before the 9 hour journey to New Zealand. Did manage a quick drink and went for a long rapid walk around the airport (after so long cramped in the plane). I get 48 hours here on the way back to the UK, so will have time to head into central Singapore and have a look around.

My stopover in Hong Kong happened to be over Chinese new year so I got the added excitement of a big parade on the Saturday and a firework display on the Sunday. Unfortunately the fireworks were a little disappointing as it was so misty and cloudy that day - mostly you could just see the clouds lit up in different colours.Otherwise I just relaxed and had a good look around. "The peak" is the big lookout point over Hong Kong and I was blessed with a clea...