Singapore – The Fine City, Part II

The fine beaches of Sentosa... Our trip to Sentosa contained all the usual qualities I was coming to expect of Singapore taxi drivers – a comfortable car, metered fare and a guy who actually seemed to be genuinely taking the quickest way down there. Sentosa Island itself meanwhile was much bigger than I’d expected it would be and as we drove up (and paid a $5 admission fee to just drive onto the island, which I considered to be a load of rubbish)... Read More

To Penang, With Love…

The Super VIP journey takes to the road... Last weekend, what with it being another round of Malaysian celebrations (and accompanying public holiday), we decided to make good our escape from Kuala Lumpur and abandon Tune by heading up North to Penang for a couple of days. Incidentally, it turns out nearly every Malaysian had the same idea – buses were nearly all sold out, difficult to find, flights were selling at ridiculous prices and to top it... Read More

Avoiding the Delhi Belly…

The flight to Delhi was in itself a bizarre experience – we all got a brand new spanking Singapore Airlines aircraft, where I promptly learnt first-hand of Indians’ love for trying to bring around 5 large pieces of ‘hand luggage’ on-board and then try and squash it, at any cost, into those little overhead bins that are designed to only take about 65lb’s each. It was funny to watch but as they continued to dwindle, repeated... Read More