Since I’m heading to Bali again soon, I thought it’s time to finally get round to doing the reviews of my Bali trip in mid-2022. It’s been awhile since those stays, but I’ll do my best to recall all the details. For my 2022 Bali trip, I stayed in a couple of hotels. The first…
Review: InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay (King Bed Classic Riverview)
After my stay at the PARKROYAL on Beach Road, my next stop was the InterContinental Robertson Quay. I last stayed here in late March 2020, not long before everything locked down and hotels closed. The main takeaway from that stay had been the small rooms, though overall it had been a positive experience. I thought…
Review: PARKROYAL on Beach Road (PARKROYAL Club Deluxe Room)
Over the weekend, I did a couple of local hotel stays. I needed to get out of the house for the weekend, and last minute overseas travel was out of the question. So a couple of cheap staycations was the solution. For the Friday night, I opted to stay at the PARKROYAL on Beach Road.…
Review: Conrad Centennial Singapore (Centennial King Suite)
During the pandemic with borders closed, I took the opportunity to take several staycations at various local hotels. My most frequented hotel during that period was the Conrad Centennial Singapore. When it was not closed and used for a Stay-Home-Notice facility that is. Recently I took the opportunity to revisit the Conrad Centennial for a…
Review: Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong (King Heritage View Room)
Earlier In December, I did a quick one-night stay at the Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong, due to some works going on at my home. To be honest, I mainly picked the Hotel Indigo because it was the most reasonably priced “nice” option between the Hilton, IHG and Marriott properties on the date I needed. That…
Review: Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora (Twin River View)
In between our two stays at the Conrad Tokyo, my girlfriend and I spent a couple of days in the Hakone region. We decided to spent two nights there to avoid having to rush about the different attractions in the area on a daytrip. While many foreign visitors staying in the area would probably opt…
Conrad Tokyo Revisited: Review of the King Room Bay View and King Suite Bay Corner
In October, I stayed at the Conrad Tokyo for one night, during a stopover on the way home from Osaka to Singapore. On that stay, I had stayed a King Suite Bay View, which I reviewed here. On that occasion, while I had been quite impressed by the suite, some aspects of the hotel’s service…
Review: Hilton Seattle
Continuing on with the reviews of my USA trip in September, I stayed in Seattle for around a week. I spent two nights in Seattle downtown itself, then moved to Bellevue for five nights. You can read the earlier instalments of this trip, on EVA Air who took me from Jakarta to Seattle: Review: EVA…
JAL what were you thinking? A review of JAL 787-9 “Sky Suite III” Business Class (HND-SIN)
After a lovely few days in a reopened Japan, it was time to head home to Singapore. For my return flight to Singapore, I had redeemed a JAL business class through Alaska Mileage Plan, at a cost of 25,000 Mileage Plan miles. This included a domestic leg from Osaka Itami to Tokyo Haneda. My flight…
Review: Conrad Tokyo (King Suite Bay View)
After my domestic hop from Osaka Itami Airport to Tokyo Haneda, I had a one-night stopover in Tokyo before heading home to Singapore. For this one night, I opted to stay at the Conrad Tokyo. While I had already planned two separate stays at the Conrad Tokyo for November, this last-minute trip gave me the…