Traveling Economy Class on Singapore Air is not bad at all. In fact Travel & Leisure, among other publications consistently rank Singapore Air as a top International Carrier. TV screens behind every seat, with audio/video/gaming options have been standard ever since my earlier memory of flying Singapore as a young boy. The quality of food is good and there are great snacks and cocktails available at any time. I'm thinking of living largely as a vegetarian on this trip, so I kicked off our in flight meals with the tasty "Indian Vegetarian" option. I got about 5 hours of sleep, otherwise I mostly read thru my India and SE Asia Lonely Planet guides.
After a 1.5 hour layover in Hong Kong we continued on to Singapore. Ravi and I each sipped our own refreshing "Singapore Sling", the only cocktail either of us consumed on the whole 19 hour journey. The last, and perhaps most important point to note with Singapore Air's service is that essentially all the hostesses are demure, extremely polite, and beautiful, and they all wear a traditional one piece Singaporean dress. Also essential to my sanity on what was a very pleasant 19 hour flight (can't stress the duration enough, folks) was the awesome selection of in flight entertainment including such titles as Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Wall-E, Entourage, so forth and so on.
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