As we are preparing for our trip, I decided to note some web sites with useful travel tools. That way if anyone (nieces & nephews) ends up traveling outside of the country for the first time, they (nieces & nephews) will have a few references to get started. Whomever they (nieces & nephews) might be.
A time zone converter can be found at:
The Time Zone Converter: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
The World Clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Singapore and Malaysia are 16 hours ahead of Pacific Time.
For currency exchange, we use Oanda to create a cheat sheet that we carry with us:
Oanda Cheat Sheet: http://oanda.com/convert/cheatsheet
The Singapore Dollar (S$) converts as
- S$1.00=US$0.64
- US$1.00=S$1.56
The Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) converts as
- US$1.00=MYR3.63
- MYR1.00=US$0.27
Finally, the power adapter site we use is:
Electricity Around The World: http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm
Singapore and Malaysia are both 230V, 50 Hz and use the English power plug (rectangular blade)
Our next entry will be from the road!