Thanks alot @ingenthr opening port 8093 fixed my problem and everything seems to be working perfectly now!!! 
Well, part of the reason i could have ended up with such an old version is because it shipped with sync gateway and since i am no server admin or couchbase expert, i opted to install that one to my own disadvantage but i am glad because i have learnt alot in the process thanks to the awesome support from you guys here.
@ingenthr @brett19 would you be able to point me to resources that can guide me on how to install sync gateway on an AWS EC2 instance, either in this community or externally.
Thanks again for all the help.
Highly appreciated!!!