Shangri-La Apartments Singapore

Today we decided to test out the local train and bus system and head out to Changi for a look at the Changi Prisoner of War Museum.
Then nearest MRT station was at City Hall, which was only a short distance away, trying to negoitiate the streets or the malls is a bit of a nightmare so we sought instructions from one of the many helpful hotel staff. She in fact walked with us part of the way so that we wouldn't get lost - try getting that ...

... sleep until I noticed that the driver looked like he had the same idea! After watching him do the old nodding dog a couple of times I thought that maybe staying awake would be a safer option as if I fell asleep I may not wake up again! It was bad enough for us going to Penang but this mini bus was going all the way to Singapore and I still wonder if the rest of the passengers made it there ok??

Our first stop in Penang was Georgetown which is the Islands main town, but with ...

... sat on a plastic stool in this little place where they were cooking right next to me. Loved the rota – like a fuffy pancake/bread. Food was $3.50 & a big water $1.




Excited that I had navigated it all in preparation for travelling through China which will not be as simple as here.

Off to bed & read now – not sure when lights can be turned off – still so much to discover!!

... who couldn't be shaken off. Returning to Geylang was actual heaven after a day of frustration.

Moving on from the negativity, today was much better as we were once again left as a threesome. We first went to the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve to have a little walk around one of Singapore's only natural rainforest areas. The weather was distinctly cooler and after taking another bus, we soon found ourselves transported away from the big city into an entirely new ...

... so many people! Families with prams that ram your ankles and screaming kids. So we are catching the train tomorrow to Melaka in Malaysia so hopefully that will be a bit quieter!

Hope all is well at home or wherever you are reading this from.

xx

PS - Mark says "boo-yah!".
PPS - saw some cute kitties on the way to the train today! soOOOOO cute including a little brown one exactly like Biscuit :-)

... holidays, and then i had an amazing time there, and very relaxing after the millions of people living in Beijing, so i stayed in Chiang Mai for 3 months (noth of Thailand), i had a motobike and went to many trip in the jungle! I've met Aom, we travelled to Laos together...and then with Pla we went to Pai the Hippie Village!
Laetitia and Nelly 2 french girls and really good friends that i've met in Ireland, where coming from Australia, and pass by Thailand, Vietnam ...

... but decided to skip it since it wasn't free...

We left the Gardens a bit after sunset, and did the cable cars up to Mount Faber. At the top offered great views of the city centre, illuminated at night by all the skyscraper lights. Unfortunately, the pictures didn't turn out so well. Other than taking pictures, there's not much to do up there so we went back down and went for drinks at one of the restaurants/bars on Clarke Quay...

... the end of it...he kept smiling...and smiling...then muttered something in another language...and smiled some more...This went on for a few minutes but I was really too tired to care, so turned over and tried to get back to sleep...yet i could see him watching me in the reflection of the glass, still with a big grin on his face....ok, kinda creepy yeah?.....It was only in the bathroom later i remembered my fly had gotten stuck earlier and after ...

... been reading to the boys as much as possible and we also encourage Issaac to speak to Sam clearly so he understands better, hopefully this helps with his speech. I am excited to let you know when and what his next words will be. I will keep you posted. Adam is booked to work in Hong Kong and Tokyo in May so I am pretty sure we will be going along to Tokyo, will try to get to Disney for Samuel's birthday.

... by his bunk - okay! P**haps we w**en't the best of acquaintances! The Singapore Zoo. By far, and I'm talking Space-esque distances h**e, the most agreeable zoo I've ev** been to. The enclosures w**e clean, large and leafy, and some w**e even of an open-concept, which dazzled me appreciably, especially when, at one point, a lemur was m**e inches away from my nose, his smold**ing eyes burning into my own. Jessie was smitten with the place, as any animal-lov** has a ...