Day 1 – Singapore
Arrived in Singapore late on Monday night after delays leaving Brisbane. Got to the room finally at 11pm local time (1am your time) – so we were pretty tired and headed straight for bed.
One of the photos is a shot from our room. They upgraded us to the Executive Floor which has excellent views looking west towards the airport. After breakfast this morning, we had a ride up the Singapore River on a junk boat – well they call them junk boats but they are actually really nice. We returned back to Clarke Quay and set out to have a look around. We drove past the Raffles Hotel on the way in, so we went back there to have another look. Unbelievable! We took some photos, but they did no justice so we have not included them. However, we strolled through the Raffles Shop and I bought some souvenirs.
We then headed over to Suntec Towers and the Fountain of Wealth. We both made a wish and touched the water – here comes $50 million in Oz Lotto tonight!! Hope it comes true!! We headed back down past the city to what they call Boat Quay and had lunch. In traditional Asian style, most restaurants had hawkers out the front trying to hustle you in. We ended up at a seafood restaurant (the Forum Seafood restaurant) where the crab was $18 per 100 grams!!! Needless to say, we settled on Sweet & Sour Pork and rice. Very nice!
We then took a stroll down some alleyways and one of the photos attached shows the air-conditioning in this place – and we care about climate change??? Please!
We have headed back to the hotel now, and we leave tonight at 11pm on a flight to Venice via London. Can’t wait to get there and relax a little bit more!!!
