First Stop: Singapore

We have arrived in Singapore. Our journey began on Monday morning in Eugene, and ended on Wednesday morning when we landed in Singapore at 5 am. We used Julia's airline miles to buy the tickets, so we got to fly business class on Singapore Airlines. This was a total treat; the seats were comfy, the food was delicious, and there were 80 movies to pick from (very important if you are on a 17-hour flight). We were welcomed onto the plane with a glass of champagne..Billy was stoked.

No Martin family journey is without it's hiccups, but fortunately ours were minor. Dad managed to delete the music off of Billy's Ipod before leaving home. We found this out when Julia went to check out exactly how many songs a 30 GB Ipod can hold, and found out that it was zero. Billy was devastated when he learned of this, 17 hours on an airplane is a long time to go with no Johnny Cash. Fear not dad, we are confident that we can download some more music along the way.

We also had an interesting time getting a room with 2 beds. Since we have the same last name and don't really look all that much alike, people seem to assume that we are a couple, which is a pain and slightly awkward. They also seem perplexed that two siblings would be traveling together without their parents. We anticipate that this isn't the last time we'll encounter this misunderstanding.



So far, we've only had one (very jet lagged) day in Singapore. We attempted to keep ourselves awake for the entire day, but Billy took a nap in the morning and then tapped out for the day at 7 pm...only to wake up again at 3:30 am. Jet lag sucks.

-Billy and Julia


Shhh! You woke the bears! Billy, napping at the airport.


The weary travelers land in Singapore at 5 am. Billy's quote of the day: "traveling in business class isn't too difficult."