After enjoying our time in Sydney, we flew on to Singapore. We had
planned two nights there.
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| Marg outside our hotel in Singapore |
Our final destination was Europe. So, Singapore, being about half way
between New Zealand and Europe, gave our internal clocks time to adjust to
the 12-hour time zone difference.
We took a cab from the Singapore airport, directly to our accommodation at the
Goodwood Park Hotel in Singapore city. The hotel was in a great location being
only a 5-minute walk to the famous Orchard Road shopping precinct.
With a lot of city to see and very hot weather, we decided that the
double-decker sight-seeing bus was the best option for us.
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| Marg with the Marina Bay Sands Hotel & the Arts and Science Centre |
This proved to be a good move as we got to see a lot of sights in a
short space of time. And, given that we were jet lagged, it was quite relaxing and
a lot of fun.
One of the sights we particularly liked was Little India - a maze of
colourful streets, chock-a-block with restaurants and temples.
We also liked Chinatown with its colour, restaurants, and street
sellers.
The interesting architecture of Singapore was a highlight.
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| Marg outside Raffles after our gin-sling |
We thought that the very large and sculptural Marina Bay Sands Hotel
was stunning, with its three columns of hotel rooms topped by a boat-shaped
structure.
In front of that, is the amazing Art and Science centre with its
flower shaped design.
There were many more sights – the historic City Hall and Supreme Court
buildings with their colonial look, ultra-modern buildings, and many large
parks.
And, of course, thousands of shops, in fact it’s a shopper’s mecca!
We are not really into shopping, especially as we were only at the
beginning of our trip, but it was all so colourful, vibrant and fascinating.
After a long day, we fortified ourselves with a gin-sling at the
beautiful (but very expensive) Raffles Hotel, before venturing back into the
heat again.
Happier and cooler, we eventually made our way back to our hotel for a
good lie down.
The next day, we collapsed really. We briefly ventured out into the
heat to visit Orchard Road, but we were starting to feel the jet-lag.
Then quite quickly it seemed, we were back at the airport again for
yet another flight, this time to Frankfurt, Germany to collect our new
campervan.