Swissotel Stanford vs Hilton Singapore

Stayed at Swissotel Spore on Frid 15 Apr. Then visited the Hilton Singapore on Saturday 16 Apr. The Swiss hotel bath with the robe.

Swissotel had easy access being on the train line from the airport. $Sing 2.50 for the train arriving at the City Hall station. The rooms were larger and had a better view as the building is taller. Closer to Chinatown for cheap eats.

Next to Raffles Hotel for a drink at the long bar. Chinatown sleep in below on Saturday morning during run 430 am run to Clarke quay & looking for Raffles medical in Raffles Place.

Breakfast included in the Swisshotel $232 per night fee. After breakfast caught the MRT to orchard station.
Hilton was on Orchard road for  easy shopping. The super cars parked out side the Hilton below.

Shopping for Iphone SE in Singapore. Price in duty free Perth was AUD$770 with free carry bag worth $25.

After lunch in Bugis Junction outside the Singtel store getting the SIM card registrations removed. Each passport is only allowed 3 Singtel SIMs.

The Refurbished Hilton hotel rooms. Good sleep with fine linen.

Prawn noodles at Takashimaya for Sunday brunch before shopping

Masala Thosai at T's before shopping

More Masala Thosai.

After lunch went to the airport. Qantas business lounge with meals to order. Pork cutlets.

Egg with sambal & rice at the Qantas club on Sunday arvo before the flight home. Delicious banana & chocolate cake or brownies to finish.

Hilton KL vs Singapore

Hilton KL then Hilton Singapore the next day. An opportunity to compare services. On checking in at KL Hilton you are served guava juice and a cold towel.

The pool in KL has orchid's on the pool towels. The pool has water features and pool slide and winds around the hotel on level 8.

The pool in Singapore is on level 24 and has a more traditional central position on the top floor.

The event on Orchard road close to Hilton Singapore. Next to MRT Orchard station.

KL Hilton is next to KL Sentral train station with direct line to KL international airport.

An event in KL.

On checking out Hilton Singapore has electronic sign off panel for credit cards.

Backpackers Inn Chinatown Singapore

On a 12 hour layover in Singapore. So took the train to Chinatown Inn.

Had a good nap, shower and managed to get some rest. This was not the facility on Mosque st but in a street behind it. Reception is on Mosques st. There is not actually a room. It is an alcove in a passage way with 3 double bunk beds. No door to passageway just a curtain. This is good as it allows the air to circulate.

Air con was adequate.There were also bunks in the passageway.  There was wifi, communal recharging station and a lamp on the bunk. Two showers cum toilet in the annexed building.

Useful to have ear plugs as all the rooms or alcoves open into the passageway. Close to people's park for hawker food, shopping and money exchange.

Hilton Sydney

Via Adelaide. Sydney Hilton Check in.

The view from room 2711

Bath tub

Divan

Breakfast menu on the way from Perth to Adelaide.

Strawberry energizer for breakfast.

One of the best beef sandwiches I have had in the air.

Samsung S7 release George St

More people queuing up for S& Samsung Outside

The inside queue

Qantas Business Lounge Perth

The QF business lounge in Perth. Level below QF club lounge. Healthy choices?

Fresh fruit juice to order.

New ambience.

Meeting Rooms

Wood paneled personal toilets

Spacious Showers.

Worth a visit.

Roast beef on the flight across the Nullaboor. Steel cutlery.

Power points

Ample leg room

Large screen movies

Broome for the Day

Fly out of Perth at 545 am. Have to get up at 330am to ge to the airport on time.

 Chinatown at 430 am. With my trusty fold up bicycle.

The pickup truck in the Broome caravan park. In which I got into and was driven around the caravan park.

Sunset Broome airport before flight out at 630 pm.

Views of Broome at dusk late in Feb 2016. From the airplane window.

Emirates Lounge Singapore Changi Airport

Nice food. Old world 1970s ambiance. Oasis for the Emir in busy Singapore.

Lovely cold salad selections.

I just finished function in Spore where they served beef and lamb. I got to the Emirates Lounge 2 hours before my flight. It is in Terminal 1 near "C" departure doors. The food was good. I had a tasting sample sambal prawn, fillet mignon, kung po chicken. Tempted to order the dim sum(not ready available on buffet) but decided to have a shower. This was a 4 heead shower with 1 on the top and 3 for the body. Towel packs all ready. After the shower I had salty  nuts and a fruit drink. The desserts looked amazing but I decided to stay on a healthy diet. We had some fruit. Also read the paper. Lounge was spacious and had an old world feel of wood and leather chairs. Different ambience to the more modern design of other lounges I had been to in Spore Changi Airport.