Lost in Singapore

It was our final day in Singapore and we had planned the whole day. So we got up early to catch out bus to head down to Orchard Road, which is where all the shopping is. As we were waiting there was a cab driver who approached us and said that he would take us to a few places where they sell electronics and such for super cheap and then take us to Orchard Rd all for $4 Singapore dollars. So me being the person I am thought that it was a good deal and that we could try to find a iTouch for me, and a new camera case for our camera. Cam was a little unsure for obvious reason, but he went along with it. So our first stop was a discount jewelry store. We didn't buy anything there. He then took us to a market in Chinatown. We found a really nice camera case there. There were also other stores in this little market. There were really nice wallets and purses made from crocodiles, ostrich, and fish skins. Way too expensive....so where this guy is coming from saying cheap was bull. So once we found the camera case we wanted to get out of there and head to Orchard Rd. So we went outside to see if we could find our driver who said he would be right outside when he dropped us off, He wasn't! So we waited a little bit and walked around for a little bit to see if we could find him. Finally after a while we pulled out our map and found the street we were on and mapped out where the tourist bus stop was and headed for that to go to Orchard Rd. We were on our way headed in what we thought was the right way, when a local man noticed we had a map and tried to help us. He sent us the wrong way.... we WERE going the right way. We should have stuck with our instinct. But we figured he would know better than us. Nope! So finally we got back on track and we found our bus stop. However we waited there for almost an hour for the bus to come. We kinda felt bad ditching that little old cab driver, but we felt he ditched us. Oh well no money for him, and we got a kick ass camera case for super cheap! It was SO hot waiting for that bus! Good thing the bus had AC on it. We finally made it to Orchard Rd!!!!! We found the Hard Rock Cafe and had lunch.

After lunch we walked down Orchard Rd just to take it all in. It is a busy place with a lot of expensive shops. I am not a wealthy person, so I didn't even venture into any of the stores. We were pretty worn out after walking up and down the strip, so we decided to head back to the hotel to have a dip in the pool. So again we waited for the bus. We finally got back to our hotel and had a swim...ahhhh... so refreshing. Afterwards we we wondered over to Fort Canning Park, which was an old military base. It was so beautiful there. The King once lived there, we saw his house. There were these stone walls with these designs on them... amazing.


After our walk around the park we had a really nice supper at Clark Quay. Then we got some ice cream on the way back to our hotel. We were both bagged from our eventful day. Plus we were headed to Australia in the morning, finally!!!!!!!

Singapore

Well this post has taken me a while to get going with, as mentioned in my past post I'm Back I was going to share some of the adventures that Cam and I endured. So here is the first of many to come........

I loved it in Singapore. The weather was great! We checked into the hotel, after a VERY long flight. We had to check in with the Tour Desk as well to inform them of our departure time to Australia. At that time we also booked a trip to the Singapore Zoo. Cam and I both found the tour operator to be very pushy. She kept trying to push other things to do on us, when all we both really wanted to do at that time was have a shower and freshen up after our 15 hour flight. We both felt a little overwhelmed. So finally we told her that we would come back to book whatever we wanted to do another time, and we headed up to our room to have a shower and change.


Once we were fresh again we wanted to go and find a bank machine so that we could have some money to go for supper with. We had no problems finding the ATM machine. We headed back to the hotel after that because we found out that it was happy hour and at happy hour you get two for one drinks :o) We now had money so we took advantage of that. After we finished up our drinks we went for a stroll along the river. We then discovered the most fascinating area. Clark Quay (pronounced 'key'). There is restaurant after restaurant in this area. It was amazing. After walking back and forth trying to decide where to eat we finally decided on a place. We had the most amazing prawn supper there. I have never seen prawns so big. YUM!! We were in heaven. But we were fading fast.....hello jet lag! So we strolled back to our room and went to bed. We needed our rest, we were headed to the Zoo the next morning.

The next day started early for us. We had to catch our tour bus for the Zoo, and after many stops at other hotels we were finally on our way to the Zoo!! When we first arrived there we took a ride on one of the Zoo's tram's and we were quickly orientated on the Zoo and where things were. After our quick tram ride we got to enjoy breakfast with Orangutans! It was so cool. It isn't everyday that I get to eat with monkeys other than Cam. All the orangutans get to roam freely above the zoo in the trees... so watch out for an unexpected shower..hehe. Once we were done eating we got to roam around the zoo freely on our own. It was so great to see so many animals, and their habitats were very clean and well taken care of. After the Zoo we went back to our favorite spot down the River, Clark Quay. We had lunch at Brewerkz. After lunch we took a river boat tour and learned of the history of the river and Singapore. We got to see the original Merlion, which is their mascot. It was a very informative boat tour. Afterwards we headed back to our hotel for a swim and a drink at happy hour :o)



Well this is a good start to many post to come. I could have you here reading all day about our adventures.