Well we weren’t in Singapore for long, only 3 days, but we had a really great time. It’s a very nice city and out of everywhere I’ve been so far, this is probably the one place in which I thought would be a cool place to live. It was so easy and inexpensive to get from the airport to the boutique hotel in Singapore where we had reservations. We took the MRT and there was a stop only 5 minutes away from the hotel.
We took a walk to the shops, as Singapore is the mall capital of the world. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many shopping centers in one place. We ended up going to an art museum, I don’t really like modern art, I just don’t get it I guess, like one of the pieces of art was a black canvas with one black brush stroke. I mean, what’s up with that? Later that night we went to the cinema and watched ‘500 Days of Summer‘ and then got a bite to eat.
The next day we decided to do the Hippo tour, it’s an open top Double-Decker, like the ones in London. We saw a lot of the city that way. Saw almost everything on two routes and then we jumped off a couple of times to look at things close up. Singapore is split into quarters, almost like Paris is, so it was cool to see the India and Chinese quarters. Both were celebrating different festivals, so the streets were all decorated. We had a great tour guide who told us about the history of the city and his own thoughts on life. He was a very intriguing man. He even asked us a bit about ourselves and why we were here in Singapore. He then announced our upcoming wedding in Brisbane to the entire bus. Applause shewed forth and we were both embarrassed.
We just missed the Grand Prix, but we got the see a section of the road, which was still cordoned off because they were in the process of removing the barriers. It was time to head back to our hotel, but we kept that information to ourselves.
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