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Solo in Singapore - A Female Travel Experience (Part Two)

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So... welcome back! During my last post I described the beginning of my solo travel experience journey and first week I spent in Singapore, if you haven't read it then check it out now! This post will be detailing the rest of my adventure with some tips at the end of the blog for anyone looking to travel alone! WEEK TWO - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Now where were we... After experiencing some amazing things during my first week in Singapore such as the Botanic Garden and VivoCity, I had a very exciting start to my second week as I embarked on a weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! ACCOMMODATION  I stayed at the J.W Marriott hotel which is located in the "'heart' of the golden triangle - KL's prime business and shopping district". I found this location perfect as it was near many shops whilst not being too far from some other main tourist attractions! However, the only downfall of staying here was the fact that the spa and fitness facilities were un...

Solo in Singapore - A Female Travel Experience (Part One)

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It's the beginning of summer 2017 and university has just finished up for three months, with a long boring summer ahead there is only really one option - escape to Singapore for 4 weeks! As someone who has always wanted to travel and had never traveled alone before, Singapore was the best option available as I have relatives who reside there and it has a reputation of being perfectly clean and safe.  So it was set... three weeks later I would embark on the South-East Asian adventure of a lifetime - alone!  JOURNEY The first thing I did when I decided I wanted to travel to Singapore was book my flights. There are generally two main flight paths which are the quickest to leave from Glasgow, each with one stop-over. You can fly with 'Emirates' airline where you will stop at Dubai, or you can fly with 'British Airways' where the flight will make a stop at London Heathrow. As Emirates flight-path was the shortest and cheapest - this is the route in which ...