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Singapore - Changi Airport - 6hrs - afternoon-night

I had 6hrs in Singapore on my way to Paris. I can't remember why, but my bags were still in transit to Paris and I was able to just clear customs and walk out into the country with a day pack. I made a deal with a taxi driver to drop me at The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel and pick me up a few hrs later from the same spot...you have to go to The Long Bar and have a Singapore Sling at the place that it was invented. Great drink. Then I walked all the way to Lau Pa Sat, a food market...also a pretty cool place...headed back to Raffles, was picked up by the taxi driver, went back to the hotel to have a refreshing shower (Singapore is hot and humid) and get ready to get on the next flight. Check out:
Singapore Airport: www.changiairport.com
Lau Pa Sat: http://tinyurl.com/cuf8ty
The Long Bar: http://www.raffles.com/en_ra/property/rhs
Singapore Sling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Sling

Help me categorize stop overs before we start contributing...

this is what i was thinking...I want to make sure we categorize (maybe in the title of the post?) the stop over type...so we can quickly understand what we are talking about
stop-overs should be split in two sections to start with:
* Airport only: 1-4 hrs
* Beyond the Airport: 4-24hrs
then we need to find a way to categorize further:
* Airport name and city
* morning/afternoon/night so we know what time of the day the stop over is which makes a huge difference in some places...
Then there are other considerations we need to keep in mind
* kids/no kids?
* do you carry on luggage only? do you have to clear your bags to get our of the airport?
Things to do:
* Food
* mode of transport (taxi, train, rented car)
* views you can't miss (get on a cab and drive to x point in the city)
* you can't miss...
I'll try my first one and see how we go...

Cheeries or Cherries This photo was taken in one of the lobster selling roadside huts on the way to Kaikoura. This is the NZ spelling for what most of the english speaking world knows as Cherries...try to say it and you'll be speaking like a true Kiwi!

Kiwi House The Otorohanga Kiwi House is a rather tacky and unpolished tourist attraction, almost "home made", but the people working there talk to you with such passion about these little animals and their quirky ways that you can't help but fall in love with them and embrace the whole experience...<http://www.kiwihouse.org.nz/>;

Bra Fence This is on the back road between Wanaka and Queenstown along the Cardrona Valley, only in NZ you give yourself permission to drive to, stop at and be amused by a bra fence! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardrona_Bra_Fence

I take my macbook and iPhone and tag between them depending on where I am (bus/plane/car/etc) but, the most important thing is milking it for all its worth "we will watch Pocoyo soon, once the flight attendant comes pass with the food, and then we put the blinds down, then we turn Pocoyo on OK"?? drag for as long as you can!