Namaste Travelling!: Singapore

Singapore skyline

On the 3^rd of October we left Indonesia for the last time and flew into Singapore for a three day stopover on the way to Australia. We went to the Singapore Zoo which was great fun! Mike was first in line to feed the Rhinoceros’…there was a horrific moment when he thought some small children were trying to push in but luckily the keeper recognized that he’d been excitedly waiting behind the designated line clutching his $5 and he was given the first bucket for the feeding. It was over slightly quicker than we were expecting but we managed to catch the proud moment on camera so it was all good J

Feeding the Rhinos

Mike also fed the dugongs or ‘sea cows’. They were really cute with big bristly mouths and having spent a significant amount of time in Bunaken searching and failing to find them we both loved seeing them and watching them feed! Those were the two highlights but we also saw lots of other animals and had a lot of fun! The next day Mike went to the bird park and I headed into to town to see some of the famous tourist attractions.

We also had time to do a spot of shopping and have two yummy sushi meals…one a particularly good all you can eat sushi buffet!

More all you can eat....

On our last night before heading to the airport we went to the famous Long bar in the Raffles Hotel to have a Singapore Sling cocktail. Apparently the home of the famous cocktail we were told it’s ‘the thing to do’ when visiting Singapore. The cocktails were good, despite the astronomical price we paid for them! We did also get a huge bowl of peanuts for our money though and we proceeded to shell them and throw the shells on the floor. A really unnatural thing to do, especially in spotless Singapore, but that is the tradition and the whole floor was completely covered in peanut shells.

One afternoon whilst Mike was enjoying the Singapore Zoo Bird Park I decided to take a little sight seeing tour of the harbour and the central business district. Early afternoon whilst walking around I saw an English tea shop and decided to treat myself to some proper English tea ...and some eggs benedict...and then some scones with jam and cream. It was perhaps rather indulgent but it was delicious and I felt very sophisticated sitting having my tea on my own whilst Singapore buzzed around me.

High Tea with Lady Bonsall

Getting around Singapore was really easy because of the nice air conditioned metro so from Little India where we stayed we hopped straight on the metro to the airport for our 11.30pm flight to Perth.