Day 44 Sun 28th July Singapore

We started our very quiet day with a walk to the East Coast Beach.  We walked through lots of little shops and roadside cafes along the way.  We went into a local market and decided we wouldn’t like to buy anything there.  The weather was quite pleasant – not too hot. We watched the cyclists, joggers and people doing exercises.  We saw hundreds of ships in the bay.  We went to the local food market and bought a couple of very cheap snacks for lunch and home for a big rest in the afternoon. Paul slept and I went shopping again but by now it was SSOOO hot.

Lorraine & Murray went on a half day sightseeing tour of Singapore (we had previously done it)

After tea we caught a taxi and went to Marina Bay Sands hotel to see the lights of Singapore.  The taxi only cost $12 Singapore, even though it was quite a distance to travel.  We went to the top of the hotel and bought a drink (mocktails for $12 were the cheapest we could find.  We had magnificent seats overlooking the lights of Singapore.  We stayed there for ages and then caught a taxi home. The hotel is spectacular and so were the lights – so much better than Paris.

view from our hotel room

scaling fish at a local market

East Coast park near our hotel

one of the thousands of ships in the bay

florist in shopping centre

food centre in basement of shopping centre

making our $2 lunch 

It tasted yummy

preparing wontons

view from Executive lounge on our floor

the lights from the rooftop bar at Marina Bay sands
(photos of the hotel in tomorrows blog!)

the swimming pool that looks like its spilling over the edge of the building

where we sat for drinks

4 happy travellers having a last celebration (mocktails!!)

the Fullarton hotel

the merlion

looking down on the roof below

the foyer of the Marina Bay sands hotel

and again