We flew into Singapore on a Friday evening & after dumping our luggage at the Inn Crowd Hostel (hmm!!, we didn't feel the play on words was entirely convincing, but it was clean & cheap!!)), we got ourselves onto the MRT subway system to travel across town to join the United Hebrew Congregation for their Friday night service in the American Club. We were made very welcome which made for a very nice start to the weekend.
On Saturday, we toured Singapore by bus to see as many of the highlights as we could in the short time available - through the Colonial District, the Arab Quarter, Little India, China Town, the Business District & beyond - getting on and off as our fancy took us. We had lunch by the riverside and the highlight of the day was a walk around the beautiful botanic gardens, with its national orchid collection.
On Sunday, we got the bus to Pasir Ris Park on the north-eastern coast where we rented bicycles for a leisurely ride along the beach, followed by a stroll along a boardwalk into a mangrove swamp. In the late afternoon we took the scenic route across to the island of Sentosa in time for a spectacular sunset & dinner on the beach.
On Monday, we took tea at Raffles before getting ourselves back to the airport for the flight to Sydney, Australia. Howard was thrilled to be flying on the new double-decker Airbus A380 Superjumbo. Fiona was just happy that it took off, flew & landed safely!
On Saturday, we toured Singapore by bus to see as many of the highlights as we could in the short time available - through the Colonial District, the Arab Quarter, Little India, China Town, the Business District & beyond - getting on and off as our fancy took us. We had lunch by the riverside and the highlight of the day was a walk around the beautiful botanic gardens, with its national orchid collection.
On Sunday, we got the bus to Pasir Ris Park on the north-eastern coast where we rented bicycles for a leisurely ride along the beach, followed by a stroll along a boardwalk into a mangrove swamp. In the late afternoon we took the scenic route across to the island of Sentosa in time for a spectacular sunset & dinner on the beach.
On Monday, we took tea at Raffles before getting ourselves back to the airport for the flight to Sydney, Australia. Howard was thrilled to be flying on the new double-decker Airbus A380 Superjumbo. Fiona was just happy that it took off, flew & landed safely!
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