Singapore - India calling

Singapore

17.12.2009 - 17.02.2010
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Gerard:
Two things to do today, organise visa’s for Vietnam and fly to India, so of course its pissing down with rain when we have to go wandering about the streets of Singapore looking for the Vietnamese consulate office. We were forced to go hunting for an umbrella which of course once purchased made the rain stop. The consulate is in a very ritzy part of town indeed, big grand buildings with impressive fountains and huge lawns hidden behind high fences on massive blocks. They have done well for themselves, which I can totally understand after paying for a couple of very expensive visa’s. We were hoping to get everything done, signed, approved and stamped on the spot (had a flight to India to catch, so leaving passports was not an option), but instead the consulate was happy to take our money and their time over the visa’s, with any luck they’ll be ready and waiting when we get back from India. That done we had just enough time to get back to the hostel, pack, check out, suck down some rice and noodles and jump on a train out to the airport. Time to head for India, very exciting…

Vietnam Visa