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Merlin Beach Patong Paradise
Check out at 6am, transfer at 6.15, flight at 8.40 our final leg to Phuket was a very early start. Changi Airport is a giant shopping mall, with bleary eyes we made an unenthusiastic effort to look around. Hungry we gave up and settled at a bar for breakfast waiting for our flight to board.…
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Orchard Road
The day started with a more than adequate breakfast in the hotel and then we headed on foot in search of Orchard Road, the main shopping district in Singapore. Looking the directions up on the net showed it was actually just a straight walk from the hotel. I estimated the walk to be thirty minutes…
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Singapore for a Sling
A screech of brakes, flaps up at maximum and the jet engines screaming in reverse we hit the tarmac in Singapore, normally a place I pass through but this time I was staying a few days. This trip is different, instead of flying off for business I am on holiday with Al, and we going…