15.11.11
We've spent the last 2 days in Kuta, which I'm not going to write about
in any detail because we could have been anywhere in the world
quite frankly! But we had a really good time. Our hotel - Anemone
Hotel was really lovely with a clean little pool, spacious clean
rooms and a very cute little puppy! We spent an hour or so each
afternoon at the beach, which is the busiest beach we have seen so
far but still not too bad, watching the surfers. Sunrise on
our last night was stunning. We also had a really good night out,
although I particularly suffered for it the next day! It was also
nice having such a huge range of places to eat that all did reasonable
western food.
However this morning we had a really early start for our next stop;
Singapore. Our flight was at 6:20am, which in my opinion is probably the
worst possible time for a flight, especially if you are still recovering
from a hangover! So we left our hotel at 3.30am to flag down a taxi.
Of course the streets were Kuta were more busy and tragic than during
the day.
6 hours later we were hopping on and off the MRT and in no time at all
had arrived at our budget, musty smelling hotel, again in Geylang.
After a couple of hours sleep we headed out to Orchard Road, where we
wondered around the many malls. Martin was extremely excited because
he found a cinema. The prices for the cinema are so much more
reasonable than at home (about half the price) and you can pay £2 for
popcorn and a drink (ok the popcorn isn't a ridiulous size like in
England but still good value). So we booked tickets for a bit later
on and then went to find a coffee somewhere - something we had really
missed!
We saw 11-11-11, which was enjoyable. Although Martin spent the whole
movie waitiing for a dramatic battle between the mortals and immortals,
which never happened. This films worth seeing though; gives you a few things
to think about.
In the evening we decided to eat in Geylang, just a few minutes walk from
our hotel was one of many street cafes. So we pulled up some stalls
in between a couple of groups sat at trestle tables and began examining
the vast picture menu. We were obviously looking suitably confused as a
lady next to us asked if needed any help. We asked her to recommend some
dishes and ordered those, all of which were delicious: porridge with
minced pork; chilli squid stuffed with pork; tempura prawns and wantons.
Again it was a really nice atmosphere, all along the road people were
sat enjoying a beer or some food, chatting with friends.
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