Back to Asia yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy : )
Trip Start
Jan 16, 2008
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Trip End
Jun 30, 2008
Singapore, Singapore
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
We were up early the next morning due to our jet lag, free brekkie and then we were off to potter about Little India and have a good look. The little brightly coloured terraced buildings are very pretty, as is the Sultan Mosque just at the end of our road. We walked over to the Little India Arcade where becky got some henna done yay! We stopped for a butter naan and something I've forgotten the name of, they're like doughnuts that you get with 3sauces. They were all brilliant anyway and becky could've done with much more food like that while she was actually in India. We also visited the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple which was prettily decorated, a similar style to the temple in Madurai but much smaller.
After that we decided to visit the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, on the way we stopped for a stret side lunch of duck at a place called Yuk-ee, yum (luke especially enjoyed his homemade iced lemon tea). The theatres were cool to see, they were built with similar intention to Sydney Opera House, to astound people. They certainly do look very different and have been compared to Durian fruit and fly's eyes. We walked over the bridge and back round on ourselves past the impressive Supreme Court, City Hall and into St. Andrew's Cathedral.
We grabbed a yummy raspberry and blackcurrant ice drink and got the MRT (metro), then the 138 bus to Singapore Zoo. We had a couple of hours in the zoo where we saw a sloth with it's baby in an open enclosure, we were so close it could probably feel us breathing on it (this was becky's favourite bit!). We enjoyed the giraffes, rhinos, orangutans and all the usual stuff. We headed over to the Night Safari for a spot of tea before going to the Creatures of the Night Show - really not very good (the first animal didn't come out, the owl flew away, the otter wouldn't let go of the can blah blah).
Next, a 45min tram ride around the park, we saw various deer, lions, elephants, flying squirrels, ant eaters, and three hippos snuggled up together in the mud. We walked the three trails afterwards to see more... like the spotted hyena and the tiger.
We were knacked by the end of this, got a Ben n Jerrys, got the bus, got the MRT and got back after 11 yawwwwwwwwm.
That brings us upto this morning, Luke has just come down so we'll go for brekkie. Think we're going to Raffles, Chinatown, Orchard Road and maybe the Asian Civilisations Museum depending on time. We will be home soon!! xxxx
