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you can see Singapore on the Google earth for familiarization. one thing, i have an international calling card of s$10 lying idle with me..if you give me your address i can send you by post, which you may use there. bon voyage -mkd On 10/28/07, mayur bora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dear mr das > thanks a lot for all the important information you sent. > i hope our stay would be memorable with your tips. > bye for now > mayur bora > > > *Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > hello bora > > i was in singapore last fornight. singapore as such is a nice place, not > very expensive, if you know the tricks. use MRT as much as possible. You can > take it from Changi airport also, that will boost your confidence. Just see > where you need to get down. It's quite cheap to travel by MRT. Pl note that > the the fair is inclusive of 1S$ security, which you can recover after > exiting the platform. There are vending machines, where you need nto tender > the exact change. the balance is returned automatically. > > you must spend a full day at sentosa island. there is a monorail from the > last MRT station. fair is S$2.5. On the island visit the singapore panaroma > (S$10), carlburg shutting tower for an aerial view of SGP (S$12), underwater > world and dolphin lagoon (S$19.8), butterfly garden, orchid garden, the > ropeway, merlion (stay till 8 pm for the night view). > > you may also goto KL which is about 50 minutes by plane and also > assessable by road. I stayed in a hotel called 'prescott inn' at the heart > of the city' (Ringit 120). KL is also a very reasonably ok city. > > take visa before hand for singapore and Malaysia for convenience. the > photo for singapore visa is quite different, needs a closer up photo. > malaysia and SGP visas are given for one year with multiple entry. > > best option for stay (if not going through package) is youth hostel. > there are web sites <www.anywherehotels.com, www.asiarooms.com > which > provide cheaper options and can be booked through net. In youth hostels > breakfast (continental) is complimentary and a clean AC room can be > rented for as much as say Rs. 1000/- . dorm beds for about rs. 200/- . > In a tourist place room is not the place where you spend lot of time. It > should be clean, should have good linen and a clean bath. so save money for > that shopping splurge by cutting the boarding cost. All hotels also offer > compli breakfast. > > use the green channel for exit. changi is very tourist friendly. don't > volunteer to take any packet from unknown people. penalty for drug peddling > is capital punishment there. > > you can withdraw local currency through your VISA or Mastercard debit > card. It comes handy and at par with the exchange rate. there is no > withdrawal charge. > > -mkd > > > On 10/26/07, mayur bora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am arriving at Singapore as a tourist along with my wife on 05 Nov and > > we are likely to stay in Peninsula.Excelsior hotel located on Colemon > > Street up to 09 Nov. > > We would be grateful if any assamnetter currently residing in Singapore > > gives us some tips about the must-see places and shopping centres (of course > > not very expensive). Please give your contact nos or mail ids so that we can > > contact in case of any clarification. > > regards > > Mayur Bora > > DDM, NABARD > > Jorhat, Assam > > > > > > *Mayur Bora* > > *Jorhat* > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > *Mayur Bora* > *Jorhat* > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >
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