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Chinatown
Aerial view frm the bridge of ChinatownWell after an early winter back home in Oz. I was greeted Thursday afternoon by a hot and sticky Singapore summer. Each afternoon we are also greeted with an unexpected thunder storm, so loud it sounds as if the sky is breaking.
Sinapore is a densley populated city. Shops and apartment blocks. There is so many places to eat, you can get very hungary trying to decided where to eat! I was staying in Little India, a vegetairans paradise. Actually the whole of Singapore was a vegetarians paradise. I ate tofu almost 3 times a day! And you can buy soya and tofu everywhere, well where its Chinese. They have a chain called "Mr Bean" and you can buy flavoured tofu, flavoured soya drinks and all sorts of soya stuff. So not only was i eating it, I was drinking it as well!
Because Singapore is mainly made up of Chinese, Indian, Malay and Arbaic cultures, you can imagine the selection of food available. I would go back, just for the food! And also it's so cheap, you can eat dinner for $3!!
Propbably the best part of my time there was meeting Kevin and Dave. Kevin was
Singapore Sling
Dave and I enjoying our Singapore Slings from Holland and Dave is a crazy Scot. David is the best story teller I have ever met, and also one of the funniest guys ever but full of surprises about himself. He has had the most amazing trip with the craziest expereinces one could ever have. And i can still hear him telling me the story about Thailand in the girl voice he uses! Very funny stuff!
They took me to the Swiss Hotel which has a bar on the 70th floor with a view of the whole of Singapore. Much better view than the Singapore flyer which is the largest Ferris Wheel in the world, I beleive.
The drinks were overly expensive, actually after happy hour which we were not aware was over or even on, i had the most expensive glass of champagne ever, $16 dollars plus service charges and tax. Oh yeah did I enjoy it!!
Dave and I also got to experience the famous Singapore sling. Don't know whats in it, but its the signature cocktail of Singapore. And ours came served on a wooden Lion holder.
Our big night ended at a bar called "The Clinic" of unfortunately Dave has
Shopping Mall Fountain
Kids enjoying the fountain all the un PC photo's! Lets just say theis bizare place has IV drinks with alcohol and also old school wheel chairs you can sit in at your table. And lets just say Dave and I really enjoyed taking pictures in the Wheelchairs!!
My last big stop was a trip to the Shuang Lin Monastery. This is the oldest temple in Singapore. We had a guided tour by an anthropologist who told us some very interesting facts about the monastery and Singapore social culture. Though if I tell you I may have to kill you!
So i am now in sunny Warsaw, Poland and hopefully have some cool pics and stories too!
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SARAH
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THOSE GUYS ARE HOT..LOL I AM GLAD YOU HAVE MADE IT TO POLAND. JUST SHOWED THE KIDS WHERE YOU ARE AND BEK'S SAID YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE HAVING FUN!!! I THINK SHE IS RIGHT.... STAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN SARAH, JAMES, BEKS AND HARRY