Wow its a long way and I’m just too damn big to fit in a plane. It all went a bit wrong in Dubai, for the first time in years it was struck by very bad fog.

So that delayed the flight out to get to Manchester and then delayed the flight out to Singapore. All in all it took 25hrs of travel to get to Singapore with all of the delays and a nice little stop in Colombo, that looked nice with all the palm trees lining the runway, oh and I had about one and a half hours sleep. ZZZZZzzz boy was I tired on arrival.

As for Emirates, the food was good and plentiful I will put a menu up it reads more like a restaurant menu than anything you normally get on a plane, BA it is not its much better.

The in flight entertainment was brilliant, I managed to squeeze in Wall-E, Kung Fu Panda, two episodes of Top Gear some two player tic tac toe and Tetris and more besides, you are never bored if you are awake thats for sure.

I’m writing this in the Lobby of the Conrad Centinnel but I will talk about that more later, its a fantastic hotel and the room was huge with a nice little… 40″ Sony LCD TV to get you buy and great views of the city.

Off to get on the boat soon for the full chillout to begin. A quick check on the weather and its a toasty 31degs in Singapore. Time for the holiday to begin in earnest.

Taken some great shots but not got the time to get them up yet. But check back soon subject to wife approval of wifi.

Images below are from the window of the hotel and of the room, very nice indeed.