Yes NH lounges at NRT have quite decent showers.

The Little India location is pretty upscale too, by Little India standards, as is Banana Leaf Apolo, but Muthu's is even more so.

I have a preference for Geylang. However I'm flexible of course.

:confused: How can one do too much flying in January :confused:

I'm sure others are doing more but I've got 10 flights with 32+ legs involved, for me personally I'm reaching my desired limit !!:)

Echo my thanks as well for your effort and would like to defer to which location you think is best.

Happy New Year to eveyone.

In spite of my earlier expressed preference, I am completely flexible and open and was later thinking that for any first timers in the group the Geylang shop is the more authentic Singapore experience.

Since this will be my first Singapore exploration, I have no problem with either place. I am staying at the Sheraton and Dave's note mentioned one over the other due to location but it won't make any difference to me.

My vote goes to Geylang.

It looks like I will be able to attend Dinner on Saturday! I have changed around my flights by a day, and I will arrive at Changi at 20.15 on the 13th from AKL on SQ 286. I have just enough time for Dinner (4h 50min layover) before I continue from SIn to ZRH on SQ346.

So, I strongly vote for Geylang, this will allow me to spend an additional 30-45 minutes with all of you!

Can anybody advise whether traffic would normally be a problem getting from Changi to Geylang?
It seems the MRT is 7 mins travel time for the Changi Shuttle + 11 mins for the ride to the Aljunied MRT stop. This in turn seems to be a 500m walk to the hotel. So, if traffic would be a problem, I'd take the MRT. If not, I'd opt for a taxi as a route planner is telling me this is a 15km ride taking about 15mins. Including the 5$ Changi surcharge on a Saturday evening I would expect to pay about 15 SGD for the cab - which seems fair enough.

I would go with either but probably the walk would not hurt so the Esplande location may be better. So count me in for dinner, etc on Saturday night.

Who ever is counting heads - I would be interested in doing the Walking Tour!

My wife and I will be attending. Arriving on UA 803 at 11:59pm on the 11th and staying until the 17th. Sign us up for the Friday and Saturday activities except lunch on Saturday. It looks like Sunday is still a bit in flux but we are up something. It's our first trip to Singapore.

We are staying at the Oriental.

Greetings tannebil! I note on perusing this thread, that newself, unagi1 and I will also be on UA803 Jan.11. May I suggest we meet in the NRT RCC prior to the flight. I'm arriving from SFO. I'll have the yellow flyertalk luggage tag on my hand luggage, and will likely be in the computer room trying to snag one of the few Internet computers there. :)

Also, congratulations tannebil for joining the 100 post club.

What time might we be meeting for drinks @ New Asia Bar at the Swissotel The Stamford, Friday evening, I wonder? May I suggest 10 pm. From there, we can take a taxi to Lau Pa Sat, to meet arriving UA fliers who are still able to walk and talk. :)

Thanks restless. We can try but our connection might be a bit tight for an RCC stop. UA875 from SEA doesn't arrive until 3:55pm so if there is any delay, we will be going directly to the gate.

I'm in 8E on UA803 if we miss in the RCC.