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Max's Round the World in 36 days
After 13 hours of flight I have finally made it! It has to be said that I was very pleased at the Entertainment TV available on Singapre Airlines flights - you can pick up on over 60 movies including the lastest & hottest Oscar candidates as well as over 100 chart CDs with Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, Sigur Ros and the likes...Ipod turned out to be useless at this trip segment! With all those choices availbale time flew by quickly...And naturally shortly I was sleeping...
I cannot forget descending towards Singapore...You would see those tropical islands stretching all over the horizon with ships passing between them. That view contrasted so heavily with the immage of grey & rainy London still entrenched in my mind that I couild hardly believe it was true... And it was already in these moments that I fell in love with this part of the world.
Singapore airport is claimed to be the best in the world, with roof swimming pools, saunas, gardens and ...free internet access all over the place. Indeed it is impressive. 20min cab journey to the city centre, during which I was amazed at how clean this place is... soon i found out that they can fine you for 1000 pounds if you litter or spit on the ground...
And the heat, yep, hot & humid air, frankly quite unbearable!
I m staying in this funky, modern hotel that\'s quite amazing from the architectural perspective - lots of colours, plenty of bars inside, free Mac\'s available in the lounge....and it\'s not expensive at all!!!! - The hotel was suggested by Sharon who I worked with back at UBS - only today did I understand why she wanted to come back to work in Singapore...and she did - she\'s been working here since last September. She\'s taking me out tonight so hopefully she\'ll show me around some cool spots in the Lion City...
All in all, my experience with Singapre so far has been more than positive and far exceeded my expectations...I never thought I could like an Asian city and it looks like I am already falling in love with one...
Ups, here\'s Sharon - she\'s having a car!!! Gotta go, further updates soon
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