Onto Singapore and the start of our Asia leg of our travels

Singapore and the start of our Asia Leg

We flew out of Vancouver on April 24 on Singapore Airlines. Wow what a great airline. Puts all others to shame. Very attentive and constant service -we were wined and dined, given water and whatever else we wanted frequently. I’m glad we will be using them as our hub for all of the remaining trip. Long flight, of course, arriving in Singapore April 25 at midnight crossing the dateline.

Singapore is a beautiful city and is as clean as everyone says. Very expensive compared to everywhere we’ve been so far. Our very modest hotel in the Geylang district (red light area we found out) was about 70$(Singapore dollars) /night, and meals are very expensive. We have found out some alternatives for our future layovers that we have coming up.

Very wealthy city with stunning high rises and super-rapid economic development. The highlight was definitely our visit to the Asian Civilizations Museum. A great collection of ceramics, masks and sculpture going back to the dawn of humanity.

We spent a day hopping on and off the double-decker Hippo Bus -very fun -good tour guide -and we explored Chinatown and the incredible Singapore Botanic Gardens -among other spots.

I’m not sure why any city needs 20 gigantic shopping centers. They do like to shop here.

We are off to Melaka, Malaysia next -travelling by bus on April 28th.

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