Scarlet Singapore

Thursday 19 Feb Sunshine. Said good bye to Marco & Krystyna.Went to Little Bay beach and had lunch of char-grilled baby octopus. Back at M&K, collected the suitcase and went to the airport. Took off at 5.45pm. On the plane, enjoyed nice views of the Blue Mountains, rural NSW as well as central Australia (looked like flying over Mars) and finally the lush forest of Northern Oz (the pilot had to slalom the Boeing 747 between impressive thunderstorms clouds). Landed in Singapore at 9.40p...

Cool! I've landed in Singapore and must take a taxi (or teksi in Malay) to the Scarlet hotel. After checking into the hotel and meeting up with Alex and April, I head down to the bar for a drink at about 1:30am in the morning. Check out the images...what a cool boutique hotel. You'll see the lounge area and a few night time pictures which don't turn out too well.

Good Sunday Morning! We were packed up and ready for breakfast - we sat outside overlooked the river and enjoyed our last morning at The Fullerton. We had to go easy on breakfast in anticipation for the afternoon festivities and the big question - just how much can you possibly eat and drink at an 'All You Can Eat and Drink Seafood and Vodka Buffet'!?!?! The answer is coming shortly. After breakfast we sat by the pool and wrote a couple postcards - do you think any were for Will? - read a lit...

A very nice day in Singapore and we both feel pretty good considering we indulged in quite a bit of seafood and vodka yesterday. We missed breakfast but got out and about around 10 a.m. Headed down towards Clarke Quay to find a place for lunch and to take some photos of the new additions to the area so that Sharon, Christoph, Denny and Kathy can see the changes from the last times that we were all here. The only place open for lunch at 11 a.m. was....Hooters....that however, hasn't changed si...

Oops....a day late on posting this one. I started out by downloading the photos after we got back to The Scarlet for the night - while the photos were downloading - Jim was checking stocks and I fell asleep. Now I am behind and we are entering our last day here - so the photos will most likely come later today. We started the day out yesterday walking through Chinatown to the MRT and taking it back to the Vivo City Mall - where we did some 'pre-shopping' Making a list of things we wanted and ...

Our last day - what to do? - well we headed down towards the Harbor front and had lunch at a German restaurant that we had seen the day before. Sharon - you wanted some beer photos - so we thought we would throw in the pretzel and kasespaetzle as well! No onion - no schnittlauch please. They even had Obazda on the menu - but it was loaded with onions and caraway seeds - so we had to pass - not quite the English Garden style that we have grown accustomed to. It was really nice outside so we sa...

We've finally arrived... The flight left at 10pm on Tuesday and, 13 hours later, we arrived at 5pm the next day. Got to the hotel just before a spectacular thunder storm started. Our hotel is modelled on a 1920's brothel (see for yourself - www.thescarlethotel.com). The plan is to spend the next 3 days exploring the city. Which apparently means eating and shopping - those being the two main activities in Singapore. Shane being Shane meant he was in heaven with the camera and gadget shops. Unf...

Arriving in Singapore to tropical rain...an incredible Italian meal at Oso and staying at the Scarlet Hotel.

As we crossed the bridge into Singapore, I mentally ticked another country off our list and immediately found myself looking up at the hundreds of giant skyscrapers towering above. As we got closer to the city I couldn't get over just how shiny everything is! The cars are all brand spanking and freshly washed and waxed, the buildings look like they've just had a fresh lick of paint, the streets are so clean you'd think it was a movie set not actually a lived in city, even the people and anima...