Singapore

 Singapore

 

Singapore is an amazing city, it's clean and sophisticated, there's lots to see and there's a lot of wealth. Amy didn't share the same view, her most used phrase was "i'm tired" and after an hour I may as well of been dragging a sack of potatoes around with me.

 

 

 

As this was our last stop in Asia we thought we would splash out and go 4 star, even though we couldnt afford anything the hotel had to offer. We did make use of the 11th story pool once but as I was under the water I heard a noise which I soon found out to be Amy hitting the tiles. From what I hear it was one of those slips where for a moment your feet appear to be higher than your face and you come down horizontally onto your back. She was okay physically, but there were a lot of people around at the time. We didnt go again.

 

F1 pits, Amy had had enough by this point and staged a one person sitting protest. So only I have actually seen this, don't let her tell you otherwise. 

We eventually walked the length of the city finally stopping at the $4bn Marina Bay Sands Hotel. We thought maybe we'd go for a swim on the sun deck but as we got there it started to rain torentially, luckily we were able to out run the storm and find shelter in the poshest mall we have ever been in, there was a canal inside it and everything. 

Things started to look up...

 Then we got lost.

This nice looking church is actually a shopping center, like most things in Singapore.

 After hearing from so many people that we had to visit the world famous Raffles Hotel and have a Singapore Sling (cocktail) we obliged and regretably purchased two Slings which after taxes and service charges totalled $60 (£30). Maybe one would have surficed seeing as we were trying to save as much as possible. Still, we did get this equally famous photo (30 likes & 18 comments).

They were alright...

Christmas time in Singapore.

 The Zoo

We always planned on (and looked forward to) visiting Singapore zoo, ever since they were loaned two Pandas from China. We later learnt that Singapore zoo is the best zoo in the world, which is not only our personal opinion but fact according to which internet poll you read.

What was most impressive was that a lot of the non threatening animals are free to walk/climb around, so you can see animals on the way to see animals!

It is also the first zoo in the world to have a 'free ranging' Orang Utan area. Which I think is something that would greatly improve Chester zoo. because it's hilarious.

 The main event! You had to book (and pay extra) to see the Pandas, but seeing as they were the reason for us being there, we had to. They didn't disapoint though, they looked exactly like we thought they would.

I don't think Pandas realise how much humans like them. 

We also saw white tigers for the first time. Well, we did see the very same tigers eating someone on YouTube whilst researching the zoo.

 Being white, they are much harder to photgraph than regular tigers. so we have lots of blury tiger shots for people to see when we get back.

Our trip to the zoo was also educational, we discovered a new species. No, this isnt a hairy ginger person, it's a monkey with a very funny nose.

Sun Bear.

This is a 'Naked Mole Rat' (left) which was the ugliest creature of the day.

Amy says this reminds her of me and her. I don't know if I see it.

We watched the Baboons for a while because they were going crazy, they were in an enclosure of around 100 Baboons and 10 mountain goats. All the Baboons semmed to be very annoyed with one Baboon in particular and were being very vocal about it. The goats stayed out of it. 

     







We took the Sleepy Train to the Airport.

Causing quite the disturbance to the sleepy passengers in a fit of giggles Tim and I found ourselves sprawled on the floor of the moviong train. When I get giddy I lose all strength and as you can see the luggage I was holding weighed about a tonne. I took Tim down as he tried to catch me. Those around us did not seem to be impressed but we thought it was hilarious.

The fun didn't end there! Singapore is home to the world's best equipped, most comfortable and most awesome Airport. It had a cinema, a swimming pool, gamestations, the worlds largest indoor slide and Tim was particularly impressed with views from the bathroom.

This 'Kinetic Rain' display kept us occupied for a while in the check-in lounge.