Amazing Singapore

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Sitting at the airport, waiting for our flight to Sydney, and we have time for a brief round up of our days in Singapore.

It certainly is a clean and safe city and we walked miles. On our first full day we followed the river to Marina Bay, a reclaimed area where the Marina Bay Sands hotel is BIG focal point. The area includes gardens with futuristic trees, a cloud forest in a dome which was really worth visiting and a flower dome that we just didn't have time for. Yesterday was a day of contrasts - we visited the Botanic Gardens and the National Orchid Collection (so beautiful) and then wandered around Chinatown. In the evening we found a bar selling Singapore Slings at less than half the cost of those at Raffles Hotel and ate supper at Lau Pa Sat food hawker market for a fraction of the cost of restaurants in Clarke Quay. Even the Tiger beers were reasonable so Mark was a lot happier! And today we went over to Sentosa Island and spent a couple of happy hours at the aquarium.

Now on to Sydney!

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