Well. Bit surprised really. Expected to be shattered today but got up at 8:30am after around 7 hours in bed. See, gain time coming home so jet-lag is much less of a problem this way round. Well, that’s what I think! So, we were out and about by 10:00am. But before that, after getting up and looking out of the window to see the view Val was amazed how much heat was felt from the glass. Last night we had been amazed to see how much condensation there was on the outside of the window. Absolutely pouring off and made it hard to look out. But the morning heat had shifted it all so I took a few photos before going out. The photo on the right is shot through the glass of the bedroom window.
Started off going down to reception and having a look around and find the hotel is built over a small shopping centre so we went down to have a look at that. Then went out and right across the road is a massive brand new and exceedingly shiny shopping centre called City Square Mall. Spent a good hour to and hour and a half in there looking around on all the levels. Terrifically impressive. Bought a few bits and pieces and brought them back to the hotel. We had bought a “Sub” (Chicken and Teriyaki sauce with all the trimmings) and some wine so had lunch in the hotel room.
Had a kip after that and got going again by 2:00pm. Went over to the local underground station – called the MRT in Singapore. Rode the North-East line down to its terminus at Harbour Front, where we found a big ship – the Star Virgo. The underground is very cheap but is a very clean and efficient transport system. Had a look around the Harbour Front Mall and then walked along the side of the Harbour and stopped off for a refreshing drink. The sky was getting quite threatening and eventually it rained a little but not for long. Bit we did get some lightning. Decided to go back inside and so discovered the huge VivoCIty Mall. Just immense and goes on forever.
The harbour is facing Sentosa Island. This is just one big playground for kids and adults alike. Easily spend a day there and we will, but not today. This was just a day to get acquainted with Singapore. We had been told we must take the cable car to the island so we searched for this, only to find the whole thing is shut down for ages while they make some changes. This isn’t really a problem as there is a monorail across to the island and we actually fancied that more than the cable car. So we decided to find out where that was. You would think it easy to follow the concrete rail track but not so. It gets all wrapped up within VivoCity so it took us ages to find the terminal. But we did and it is also dead cheap so we now have that all sussed out. We were now getting tired and it was 5:00pm so we expected the return train to be packed if we left it till later. As it was we were OK and got back to the hotel room by 5:20pm where we had some nibbles and relaxed and I started catching up with two days blogging. It is now 7:40pm so I’ll sort out a picture or two and go online and post this. See you tomorrow!
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