Arrived in Singapore after a long long flight. Decided to make our way to the hotel by the local MRT trains. Had to change trains twice but we met a local Chinese man Raymond Lam who kept us right.
Hotel’s just what we expected for a 2 star – basic.
Situated within the city centre half way between Chinatown and Little India and just along the road from Raffles (not Ruffles Syd that was a couple of decades ago!) Had to pay a visit to the Long Bar for the obligatory Singapore Sling and to throw peanut shells on the floor.
Chinatown was a bit of an adventure. Found ourselves sitting on the end of a lightning bolt – well it felt that close. Thunder, lightning and torrential rain. Didn’t stop us from visiting the sights.
Little India was really colourful. They were preparing for Deepavali – The Festival of Lights, so all the streets were decorated. Very busy and chaotic, could have actually been in India.
Headed out to the Marina area to view the Merlion and meet up with Larry,Shelagh and Luke who were down from KL for a couple of days. Spent the afternoon and evening with them. We tried out the Singapore Flyer. Great views over Singapore then went to view the watershow at “Marina Bay Sands” from the hotel room.
We certainly tried and liked lots of different foods.
Two more days here then we're off to Bali.
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