{"id":33324,"date":"2019-12-12T15:12:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=33324"},"modified":"2019-12-12T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:12:28","slug":"day-854-singapore-airport-to-hostel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/day-854-singapore-airport-to-hostel\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 854 – Singapore Airport to Hostel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 854                                                21st November 2018
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20 miles (Singapore Airport to Hostel) Average speed 9.4 mph Top speed 21 mph<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mileage reading 17671<\/p>\n

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A great but tiring day back on the road.
\nAfter very little sleep, maybe 30 mins dozing while watching a film called Red Swallow during my 13 hour flight, I retrieved my bike from baggage reclaim.<\/p>\n

I used a toilet to change into shorts and shirt before finding a quiet spot in the basement taxi pick up area to rebuild the bike. It had aircon and despite a few odd looks was no trouble at all.<\/p>\n

Then I tried to find my way out of the airport, but I ended up on the expressway, so pedalled quickly to avoid police while car drivers tooted at me.<\/p>\n

It was hot and when the sun came out it was even hotter, but as I arrived at the national stadium the heavens opened; it was good to be under the cover of the stadium. I hid under a bridge, where the only way up was to go up some stairs. Once the rain had eased I made my way across and into Marina Bay where I enjoyed the Sands hotel and all the sights in the drizzle.<\/p>\n

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View of the Marina Bay Sands hotel from across the bay<\/p><\/div>\n

Going on through Chinatown I saw lots of action and quite a bit of traffic amongst the maze of one way streets, I eventually got to the hostel where I was greeted by Eza and shown to my room, after locking my bike outside. He was very helpful and his colleague gave  me a map and pointed out all the good places to see and the good hawker centres for food.<\/p>\n

Once unpacked I had lunch in a restaurant next door and a couple of beers before getting some sleep. I woke to my alarm after 3 hours and walked into Chinatown for dinner at Maxwells Food Court of noodles with pork, chilli sauce and veg with a fish soup. The cook came over to show me how to use chopsticks and I complimented her on her fine cooking, which came to the princely sum of 4.50 dollars.<\/p>\n

I walked down to the bay and then stopped on the way back for a beer in a bar that was celebrating its 9th birthday, the bottle of Heineken cost 13 dollars (ouch). I met a guy playing pool and chatted with him for a while before getting to bed at 1 am with a blister on my foot from so much walking in cycling shoes.<\/p>\n

Hostel tree in lodge 12 dollars.<\/p>\n

(http:\/\/www.treeinlodge.com\/index.php)<\/a><\/p>\n

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