Seconds in Singapore

Seconds in Singapore

This blog entry will be very short as we spent less than 24 hours in Singapore.  Lisa and I were excited to go back to Singapore as it is the only stop on this tour that we had been to on our previous adventure and we wanted to see the changes.  Man were there changes.

Our hotel was quite nice and a welcome change from the other less than adequate places we have stayed on this tour.  We couldn’t see much as the entire street in front of our hotel was being ripped up.

With only an afternoon and an evening in the city we hit the ground running.  The first stop was Raffles Hotel which was exactly as we remembered.  Then we ventured down to the harbour front and this is where the entire city had changed for us.  See pictures below.

After the harbour front we walked up the river to Clarkes Quay which had changed some.  This is when Lisa and I walked down to Chinatown.  It was exactly as we remembered and Lisa even knew where the toilets were.

Just before sunset we walked to the living forest that was built on the reclaimed land around the harbour to watch the artificial trees come to life with light.  It was amazing.  Look it up on how it works and it will add new meaning.

We left early the next morning for Jakarta.

This is why it is titled seconds in Singapore.

Singapore Family Robinson

Creation place of the Singapore Sling (Cost $33.00)

Street artist

Opera House in the shape of a durian fruit (the most disgusting smelling fruit
it smells like rotten eggs and onions mixed together - the fruit not the opera house)

Merlion symbol of Singapore (cross between
a lion and a mermaid)

Marina Sands hotel with over 2500 rooms and a rooftop pool

Dan remembering Chinatown

Clarkes Quay with a few additions

The man made botanical forest with lights

Lisa getting ready for the show

Singapore's version of the London eye

The light show.  It was spectacular and difficult
to capture with a camera.