Tomorrow we set off for Singapore!
It will, admittedly, be the third time that we'll step off a plane there this year. Having visited many times since my first trip in 1980, I still have not had my fill of this fabulous country.
This visit is purely to meet up with our friends, C & D, who now live in Dubai. They were planning to be there for a holiday and invited us to join them.
We're flying with Scoot this time http://www.flyscoot.com/index.php/en/. They are Singapore's newest airline, flying B777's direct to the Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne. Like Air Asia, they are a no-frills airline, and having travelled often on the former, I am keen to see what Scoot is like. They often have return airfares to Singapore for $300!
We didn't manage to get the cheapest seats as we were locked into the dates we could travel, but it was still quite a bit cheaper any other option. It is already school holidays here for some, and many school leavers now choose to head overseas for their end of year celebrations, rather than attend 'Schoolies' at the Gold Coast. Last year at this time I went to Bali, and the aircraft was full of 17-18 year olds.
Flying out of the Gold Coast is definitely more hassle than flying out of Brisbane for us, but the cost of parking is fair. The asian internationals all depart at around 9am and arrive back in country at 8am. Driving back to Brisbane in peak hour traffic after a long night on a plane can be a challenge. I've booked extra leg room seats this time, in the hope of getting some quality rest.
We are staying at The Quincy http://www.stayfareast.com/en/hotels/the-quincy-hotel.aspx, which is high up Orchard Road, close to Scotts Road. We haven't stayed here before, but if C & D decided to rebook there after a previous visit, that was more than good enough for me.
The room rate includes laundry (very handy in Asia, if only for cleaning the travel clothes), breakfast and dinner, cocktails, minibar, wi-fi (which can be extremely expensive!) and limousine pick up from the airport - impressive!
Roll on tomorrow.
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