Kam Leng Hotel in Singapore

Kam Leng Hotel in Singapore
  
This is where I stayed on a brief visit to Singapore.









It is located in a place where there are lot of eating houses and Wine Stores.
Latter was my main interest.
Close to Sarangoon street, Mustafa Center, Komala Villa and the newly built Green City Mall.
City Mall had a bread stall with many delicacies.
This blog piece is to thank the Kam Leng Hotel staff including the chambermaids.
It was an old building refurbished with modern amenities.
From outside it looks pretty old looking but inside was neat, clean and tidy.
It reminded me of the Hospital Accommodation at Macclesfield Hospital in Manchester. 
The staff was friendly and the service including meals (besides the Wine Store), cleaning and laundry were excellent.
The price of course is within reach of an average visitor.
I used to stay in expensive hotels in Singapore a decade ago (what a fool I was) on my way to New Zealand.
I used to take break in Singapore, since the flight to Christchurch was an agony (except the flight from Christchurch to Greymouth, through Hokitika.
The last part was in twin engine 20 seater which I enjoyed the most (ten minutes distance but over 30 minutes on take off and landing).

This is beside the two seater Air Ambulance with a sick patient on board.
 
It is bit away from Changi Airport but MRT (bus stop right in front and the Ferrer Park tube nearby) station a walking distance away.

I will be visiting this hotel soon. 

Bird's Park in Singapore

Bird's Park in Singapore

This was a comment I made in reply to a email from one of my friends abroad.

The story was accompanied (not related to the topic though) by photos of various birds.

I was more interested (there is a chapter on Ceylonese birds; my current book) on the birds (not the flightless birds) than the message.

I was looking for a house sparrow but sadly was not there in the pictures.

Last time I went to Singapore to investigate why house sparrows have vanished in Ceylon.

I went to the Singapore National Library spend over half a day reading the only book on House sparrows and photocopied few pages.

Recently I went to Singapore for a brief visit and the day before my return I went to the Bird's Park.

Sadly I was the only one in the bus onwards and return.

I met a German Family (only other visitors) with kids and followed their footsteps since, it was easy for me to avoid food stalls.

They were very sharp, I wish I could have spoken German.

I paid a big some and applied for a lifetime membership BUT they did not issue a membership card (clever ploy).

I have to go there within a year to collect the membership with all the benefits and the news letters.

Singaporeans love birds whereas we import catapults from China to kill them.

I had the pleasure of feeding over 20 pigeons on a rainy day (reminded me feeding pigeons at Trafalgar Square in London High Street ) in a crowded eating house.

Pigeons, Mynas and House Sparrows were plenty in Singapore.