| If you travel all the way through to London you will | | | | shopping mecca with carpeted floors and soft music |
| feel absolutely lousy for days afterwards as your | | | | playing. It's not like any other airport I know. |
| body struggles with the tiredness and lethargy built | | | | Anyway, I pre-book a room for a six or eight hour |
| up during the twenty four hours or so it takes to fly | | | | period depending on the connecting flights. This hotel |
| there. My favourite stopover is Singapore with Kuala | | | | HAS to be booked at least six weeks ahead to be |
| Lumpur a close second. | | | | sure of getting a room. If you do miss out, there are |
| The airport hotel at Kuala Lumpur is excellent and is | | | | club lounges where you can get a three-hour snooze |
| actually attached to the airport so that when you go | | | | room with a shower and free coffee thrown in. |
| through customs and immigration, you can simply | | | | Either way, stopping off in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur |
| walk over the enclosed walkway to the hotel. I have | | | | allows me to arrive in London in the afternoon |
| had many a great night & day there soaking up the | | | | relatively fresh and able to enjoy visiting friends or |
| luxury rooms and facilities including the fabulous | | | | relatives or get ready for the next part of my trip. |
| swimming pool, waiting for the connecting flight. | | | | If you are planning a trip any time soon, you need to |
| Surprisingly, there is virtually no aircraft noise as the | | | | be mindful of what and how much you are going to |
| runways are on the far side of the airport with the | | | | eat while on vacation. There is nothing worse than |
| flight paths well away from the hotel. It is well worth | | | | coming back from a great trip wearing clothes that |
| booking the hotel when you see your travel agent | | | | barely fit you any more. OK, you don't have to be |
| for your flights. | | | | miserable about it but each time you sit down to an |
| When Singapore Airlines has any any deals on I will | | | | evening meal, ask your self, "how far have I walked |
| travel through Singapore. I've seen Singapore a few | | | | today". Some vacations are spent sitting in a coach |
| times now and while it is a great place, I usually stay | | | | for hours on end, or lazing on a beach or on a cruise |
| at the hotel INSIDE the airport. This is a terrific idea | | | | sipping champagne all day. Where possible, just go |
| as I can book my luggage through to London and not | | | | for an evening stroll to work off even a few calories. |
| have to bother going through customs and | | | | It could make all the difference to a fabulous |
| immigration. Instead I just go straight to the hotel | | | | vacation. |
| with my overnight pack. The airport itself is a huge | | | | |