pie-eater 207 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Leave Haneda late night Friday. Fly to Singapore. Stay Singapore Saturday night. Leave Singapore Sunday night. Arrive back Haneda Monday morning. They are advertising it as a 1 night / 4 day trip. To me that is the opposite of appealing! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Sounds fun or not poll Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Even if they made it really, really cheap I just can't think of one single reason that I would want to spend even a few minutes in Singapore. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 hmmm.. Well considering I am heading to Sing on a Friday Night flight (in Dec) and flying home Monday night - Papa and 2 kids in tow - ummm... But no...it doesn't sound like fun. We will be there Fri Night, Rugby competition Sat and Sun, mooch around Sunday, fly home early evening. Papa is going this week for about the same time too. But you have to be going for a reason, don't you.. Although I suppose if you were time poor and wanted a get away... Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Nothing wrong with Singapore. But this plan is really 3 nights, with two of those nights spent on airplanes. No thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I'd like to go, but not on that plan! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 May well be nothing wrong with Singapore but what possible reason would you have to want to go there on a holiday? Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Clark Quay, tandoori leg of lamb -- all the reason I'd ever need to spend an evening in Singapore. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 watch the trannies ... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 in Singapore? Didn't see any Trannies there.....saw plenty in Thailand Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Originally Posted By: Go Native May well be nothing wrong with Singapore but what possible reason would you have to want to go there on a holiday? First 3 times it was the terminus for rather lovely cruises - SO relaxing as a holiday with kids. These two times - Rugby. This week to watch, Dec to take the little guy to play in a tournament. BUT.. I like the zoo, I like Sentosa (my Dad lived in Sing when he was a boy for a few years and the stories of Sentosa have special emotion attached for me). But I believe there has been some massive building works going on, and loads more to do and see - I am looking forward to discovering the changes. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Originally Posted By: brit-gob I'd like to go, but not on that plan! Same here - lots of culture, continuously voted one of the best places to live, great food, amazing night life, would love to visit Boat Quay too. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I have been to Singapore, great place to go once and see, but to small to need to go more than once! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I'm just not a city person. Couldn't ever imagine travelling somewhere just to see a city. Plus there's no snow, what is the point?! Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 How much does that deal cost? The idea of long flights and staying somewhere for 2 or 3 days, and probably lots of that being shopping for omiyage for colleagues back home... just seems ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I used to find the idea of the lady spending tons of time on her holidays buying omiyage maddening. Now I fully support her buying the stuff online from a Japanese service to have it delivered the day after we come back. It might be more expensive but we don't have to cart it back (ie. more beans / hp sauce / crunchies) and she can not have to think about omiyage. Sounds silly but I have been sold on the idea. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Some Japanese package trips (ski trips included) are really great value but all that deceptive 3-night/4-day (two nights on plane) nonsense makes the ones worth going on difficult to find. I once went to Singapore arriving at 6am and leaving 10pm. It was years ago in transit on the way back from India when they're weren't so many flights there. I just had a kip on the manmade beach at Sentosa and went to the war museum. Bit of an eyeopener, that one. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 gg, you mean omiyage from overseas there? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I do indeed. Chocolate Oranges, whatever-they're-called chocolate mints, shortbread - the usual. She still buys one or two things overseas for her family but for all the giri omiyage etc, they get that lot. If it keeps her from spending her time shopping for other people on her holidays, sounds good to me. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Isn't there an omiyage shop in Narita that does that too gg? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I never buy omiyage. If I've just spent a whole lot of money on a holiday I'm not about to spend more on gifts for others! Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Well, you're not part of the omiyagi-giving culture are you, so hardly unexpected. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Go Native I never buy omiyage. If I've just spent a whole lot of money on a holiday I'm not about to spend more on gifts for others! I'm with you on that GN. I do not partake in the frivolous exchange of gifts....F##K THAT!! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 It used to be ...long long ago ... when Mamabear was just a cub herself, that overseas travels were so rare and infrequent and there was no such thing as baggage limits, that the lucky ones traveling needed to bring home rare, unusual foreign treats for the people at home who would likely never get the chance to travel outside the cut lunch and a water bottle circumference. Today we can order it on the internet. Lots of people travel. There are baggage weight limits that challenge peoples creativity even before they load their bags with gifts for the folks at home. It was a part of western culture, it is much less so. Has there been a decline in the youth carrying on the omiyage tradition in Japan of late? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Dig this . People (japanese) were given money for the trip. Called `O-senbetsu` Omiyage was a return to say thanks. But a hassle for doing it for sure. Just a custom of the times. Link to post Share on other sites
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