The flight to Singapore went pretty quick after hanging around all day waiting for it. It was also a bit of a novelty to be flying again rather than getting a bus so we were pretty excited once we finally boarded the plane.
We landed in Singapore after a couple of hours in the air and after getting some money changed at the airport we took the MRT (subway) to the area of Singapore we were staying - Geylang. We had found some reasonably cheap accommodation online thanks to its existance in the Red Light District of Singapore. The room was just big enough for a double bed with some floor space to allow the front door to open and that was about it. It did have a kettle and private bathroom so we were pretty happy with it. The area itself wasn't too bad either, there were a few ladies of the night wandering around but we didn't actually notice much else.
Once we had dropped our bags off in the room and freshened up a bit, we headed to China Town to meet our friend Jamie from uni who had planned his travels back to Australia in time so we overlapped in Singapore so it was good to catch up with him over a Chinese meal of noodles, rice and dumplings.
Our timing in Singapore worked out really well as another friend of ours from uni was also there at the same time, so the next day we met up with Cat and explored the sights Singapore has to offer. The impressive Marina Bay Sands - the huge hotel with a ship on top was pretty spectacular and just seeing the city landscape and walking around it was cool.
We headed to a food court in a shopping mall for lunch and found such a wide variety of different types of food on offer. I went for the pepper beef fried rice which tasted good. After lunch we took a walk around 'The Gardens By The Bay', which are a well kept botanical gardens next to Marina Bay Sands. After a full day of walking, we sat down and enjoyed a well deserved beer.
In the evening we met up with Cat's friend Morag, who lives in Singapore and the 5 of us headed up to the bar on the top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel. The view from the top was spectacular and even with the hefty price tag on each of our cocktails and beers it was well worth it. This is where Cherie tried her very first Singapore Sling cocktail too.
Not the worst place to have a beer and a Singapore Sling
After watching the sunset and seeing the Singapore view at night, we headed back down for some dinner. Along the way we stopped and watched a water and sound show which is projected in the bay through the use of water sprays and a projector. Morag took us to 'Satay Street' - a street in the middle of the city that is closed off at night and there are street stalls selling sticks of satay chicken and beef. It was a nice atmosphere with the street crowded with plastic tables full of business people and tourists enjoying the many sticks of different variations of satay chicken and jugs of Tiger beer.
We met up with Cat and Jamie again the following day and headed to Singapore Zoo. The zoo was really good with many shows on during the day. The massive polar bear greeted us as we entered the park and we headed to watch the sea lion and then elephant show.
2 monkeys with the orangutuns
We headed to another one of Singapores many shopping malls for lunch, Cherie and I both having a Chinese noodle and egg meal which didn't let us down as tasted amazing. After wandering around the mall and passing way too many shops we couldn't afford to even look at we found a guy selling the famous ice cream sandwiches outside! It seemed a little stange at first but actually was a great idea, a big thick block of ice cream wrapped in a slice of sweet tasting bread. The bread takes the chill off the ice cream so you can bite into in and eat it....that definately won't be the last one I get if I see them again.
Jamie was also heading to Kuala Lumpur next so we all booked the bus for there for the next day. We opted for the 'massage bus' option which we weren't too sure would entail but at £10 each it was the cheapest option so we'd look forward to finding out more tomorrow! We then met up again with Jamie in the evening for dinner. We had decided to sample the area of the city called Little India and found the hawker food centre to satisfy our cravings for a nice Indian curry. The curries all round were pretty good and afterwards we headed back to the livelier China Town for a few beers as it was our last night in Singapore.
With our bus leaving at midday we met up with Cat and Jamie from a late breakfast of fried rice. Cat had kindly brought Cherie some much needed toiletries that had run out, some magazines to catch up on all the latest gossip from home and most importantly a massive bag of Cadbury's chocolate buttons - it felt like Christmas with it all! We then said goodbye to Cat ....and Cherie, Jamie and I borded the massage bus! This by far was the best bus we'd been on with massive single sofa style seats with a built in massage system! The chocolate buttons also only lasted seconds once we got on the bus as I got my chocolate fix again...so thanks again Cat :-).
Massage Coach!
We set off heading for Kuala Lumpur feeling mighty comfortable and ready for the next exciting city to explore!
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