SEA Odyssey : Transportation and Hotel Expenses

To help categorize the next few posts as part of my 10 day, 4 country, 5 city tour, I'm prefixing all posts related to it with SEA (South East Asia) Odyssey. In my last post, I shared the schedule and basic itinerary. In this post, I'm sharing the fixed costs which include the airfare, bus trips and hotel rates. Please take note, we did not incur any hotel costs in Singapore because we stayed with relatives and friends, so that cost is not included in the computation below.



So, basically for P16, 258.38 (approximately 400 USD), we were able to visit 5 cities and have a good place to sleep. Variable costs, like food, shopping, souvenirs, entrance fees, tour fees etc. for me totaled to not more than 500 USD (and I did shop quite a lot), so I'm assuming you can make this cheaper if you're not out to shop.

Hope this post was helpful in planning out your budget! Oh, and another note, if you're from the Philippines, or other SEAsian countries, no visas are required. There might be additional costs involved to process visa requirements, so please check that out as well. :)

Ho Chi Minh -> Phnom Penh -> Siem Reap -> Bangkok -> Singapore

My friends and I just came back from a 10 day, 4 country, 5 city tour of South East Asia (which explains my absence from this blog). In the next few days, I'll be putting up a series of posts, from hotel reviews, to things we saw, expenses, our experiences and of course pictures of this amazing and memorable trip. For now. let me share our schedule and itinerary, which might be helpful to those of you who are planning the same type of trip. :)



Our Itinerary:

Packed and Ready to Go!

Oh yeah, finally some R&R time!

I'm off to Singapore with Tere and my two aunts to visit Maitz and Jeng. I've been to Singapore several times already, but I've never really explored the place, so this will be the perfect time to explore and act all touristy as I will be with SG first-timers. :)

Singapore has changed a lot in the last few years, my first visit was  in 2007...and in just 4 years, there's already so much more to see with Universal Studios Singapore and Marina Bay Sands. The rapid development is just amazing!

Better get ready and make sure I don't forget anything, stay tuned for pics and updates!

SG/KL Chronicles : Singapore Night Safari

OK, so I was on vacation from May 31-June 8, took the time to visit Kuala Lumpur and Singapore! I know the post is long overdue, but better late than never, right?

I took a page out of Louie's blogging style, making a lot of short posts instead of one very long one. So I decided to put up one post at a time, of each memorable moment of my 9-day vacation.

So, for memorable moment #1 (btw, this is in chronological order), is the Singapore Night Safari.

Having visited more than enough zoos in my lifetime, including the San Diego Zoo and Avilon here in Manila, the Singapore Zoo didn't strike me as a must see during my short visit, but the night safari was a different story. Imagine, seeing nocturnal animals up close in a semblance of their natural habitats. Interesting.

Now, I pretty much suck at taking night mode pictures... but the tram ride was a really great experience. With the cool night breeze, and the crisp air, it was a very pleasant experience traveling from one spot to the next. And it's really the closest I've been to animals, with some of them close enough to touch. Granted, they were just deer, but hey, it's a new experience for me not seeing them locked up in cages.

Aside from the tram ride, the real adventure lies with taking the walking trails around the night safari. However, with Maitz being night blind, Jeng and tita Nina tired, and me, pretty much terrified by the thought of encountering frogs in the dark, we abandoned the idea.

Other things to see are The Creatures of the Night show, and the fire dancers, who were very entertaining. :) Check out the video below.

For more pics, check out my SG album on Multiply.