Sat. 29th Jan. Singapore/Australia/ New Zealand

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Arrived in Singapore around 6pm local time on Saturday 29th January. It was raining. We were to be picked by a driver to be taken to our hotel. When we exited the customs, we could not see our name on any of the boards being held by the drivers, and we were reminded of a recent vacation in the Algarve where our driver failed to show up. But our fears were unfounded as he was just a little late. We were staying at the Park Hotel in Clarkes Quay, our driver told us this was a "lively area". But unfortunately we could not do too much exploring due to the incessant rain. We found a outdoor cafe with shelter next to the hotel, the place was called "The Sailor". After a Pizza and a couple of beers, we decided to call it a night.

I had quite a good nights sleep, but my wife Diane could not get to sleep and was caught up in the "jet lag" trap. We decided to go for an early breakfast and was down in the hotel restaraunt by 7am, after a healthy continental breakfast ( apart from Diane' "Jam Butty"), we were waiting for the rain to relent so we could explore and get our bearings. Around 8.00 it look like it was starting to clear up, so we ventured out to have a look around Clarkes Quay. The idea was to look for places to dine etc for when we returned for a couple of days after the cruise.We manged to walk around for about half an hour before the rain started again, and we had to huury back to the hotel.

The rest of the morning we were stuck in the hotel waiting for the car to pick us up to take us to the harbour to pick up the cruise. Diane decided to catch some sleep as she did not have too much rest the previous night

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Photos

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Diane at Clarkes Quay

Photo 3
General view of Singapore

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Clarkes Quay

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Clarkes Quay

Photo 6
Unusual Building!!!!