Day 2: Hippo Tour & Suntec Mall

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Today was one of those days where I think I got out of the wrong side of the bed!!! After breakfast today (no change since yesterday!!), I rang up the bus people to confirm my tour and find out where the closest pickup point for the bus was. They said the bus stop opposite the Tekka Mall. All good. I went down to Reception, where there is a tourism desk. I asked again where the closest stop was, he said "the bus stop outside Tekka Mall". Oh. Well 2 stories. So I go for a walk, and I wait at the bus stop. And wait (I was half an hour early to start with!)... No bus... So I look to my right, and there's a big Hippo bus driving past at light speed. So I walk quickly down to the invisible bus stop (which after all that is just a sign around the corner and on the side of the road). And the bus has disappeared into thin air. Screw waiting. I decided to walk down to Suntec Mall, which took half an hour, but was scenic. I got there with my legs burning in pain, but got on the right bus and had a tour of the City. Tomorrow is the Heritage part of the tour (only cause my camera died). But I enjoyed Suntec Mall - 5 separate buildings, all 1 shopping centre... Shops as far as the eye could see!! I even found Cotton On there, which totally made my day better!!

I then hitched a ride back to Little India on the Hippo bus and decided it was time to go for a swim. The pool weather was gorgeous and I sat out of the pool for 30 min and got a slight tan :D

It's photo upload time & Beer o'clock.

Til next time!!

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Photos

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Outside the art museum, this sculpture was cool :)

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SAM - have a guess what it stands for!!

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another sculpture outside the museum

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The museum is actually an old Christian cathedral which was converted into a museum

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The Raffles Hotel - it's so beautiful! If you come to Singapore, you honestly have to come here

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I love this - so you know there are car parks available!! (But where??)

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This is where I went last night

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Specials!

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CBD skyline

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Singapore Convention Centre

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Suntec Mall - this is the one with the 5 towers

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Cool shaped building

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Am I obsessed much? At 165m tall it's the tallest ferris wheel in the world

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Popeye's Fried Chicken

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Did you know Singapore is only 43 years old this year?

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The Esplanade Mall - the top resembles a durian fruit

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This is a statue which is very popular in Singapore. The top is a lion, the bottom half a fish.

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The Fullerton Hotel - was originally opened as a Post Office and during WW2 it was used as a hospital. Since then it has been a hotel

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The Fullerton Marina

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A disembodied head in front of the Fullerton Marina

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Everything was so fancy down this side of town