We were up in time to watch the very busy sail in to
Singapore this morning, and once past the queues for face to faces in
immigration we were quick to leave the ship and to take the shuttle bus into
town. Lovely to touch base with UK
family (even though it was 6:30 a.m there!) and then to move on through the
spotless shopping malls through subways, over bridges, through hotels and out
into the streets as hot as saunas, well nearly, to the grand big wheel that is the
Singapore Flyer for a bird’s eye 
We managed to take some lovely pictures in the Flyer, and even had one taken of us by two fellow passengers, and then reciprocated. This was spectacular and although we didn’t cover as much on ground level as we had on our to-do list, it was definitely enough, for this trip at least.
We managed to take some lovely pictures in the Flyer, and even had one taken of us by two fellow passengers, and then reciprocated. This was spectacular and although we didn’t cover as much on ground level as we had on our to-do list, it was definitely enough, for this trip at least.
Singapore lunch, it had to be done, from an open air stall, a
medley of fish satay with rice with an ice cold drink. I did wonder about ice, as we are often
advised to avoid it if we aren’t sure of the health of the water, but then
because the environment was spotless and all the systems appear so advanced, I
just drank it any way.
Then came another short walk, enjoying the views, a mini-rest, money exchanging and a ride back in the shuttle bus to the ship and our now very familiar post-walking hot tub and a good stretch stretch before dinner. After dinner tonight we went straight up on top deck to watch the sail away towards Port Kelang in Malaysia and see the Singapore skyline at night, and beautiful it was too.
Then came another short walk, enjoying the views, a mini-rest, money exchanging and a ride back in the shuttle bus to the ship and our now very familiar post-walking hot tub and a good stretch stretch before dinner. After dinner tonight we went straight up on top deck to watch the sail away towards Port Kelang in Malaysia and see the Singapore skyline at night, and beautiful it was too.
It’s back-in-the-cabin time again now, lots of excitement
about the next 7 days with Siam Care in Bangkok, but I’m also a little anxious
too that our transfers and the flights all slot together uneventfully tomorrow
and again on 2/4/2015 to get us back on board in Abu Dhabi, ready for sector 5.
In the morning we will stay on board, pack, and get all our
bits and pieces together. Mid-afternoon
we will leave the ship and head to the airport probably by taxi, but we are
also considering using KL’s rather special public transport. The blog will be coming not from the ship/satellite
wi-fi for the next 7 days, but the hotel’s high speed wi-fi. All
being well it should be accompanied by all the photographs I have been filing
away on my laptop waiting for this opportunity, and maybe a little bit more
often! So bye for now, until Bangkok tomorrow!
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