Somerset Bencoolen Singapore

... city with us as she was on her own and only had one day so we started in Little India which was near our hostel. There were lots of shops and food places and a real energy to the place. From there we walked to Chinatown where we had lunch of chicken and rice for 1.50 euro. I don't understand why people say that Singapore is expensive - you can still do it on a budget. We also spotted an O'Briens Sandwich bar which was ...

We again had a sleep in and then had breakfast at the hotel. We had been informed the day before that the usual breakfast rooms would be unavailable and that for today we had to go to a restaurant on the 70th floor for breakfast.<br><br>After eating we took some pictures of Marina Bay, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay and Fort Canning Park from the restaurant and then went back to our ...

... We hail him over, put our bags in and speed off. We pay him while he drives to save time. Explain the gravity of our situation. Almost 7:30 now, surely the gate will be closed. The driver picks up the pace and soon we screach to a halt outside the depatures gate. We have this rehursed. I'll grab my bag and run, while kate and sam unload the car. I see the check-in. There is no-one there. No passangers, no check-in clerck, no-one.... No, wait ...

... success. The flight was short, about 40 minutes, and was surprisingly comfortable given that it was so cheap. Once landed, we made our way through the very clean and well-organised arrivals lounge in Singapore and collected our bags. Kate burst into another fit of coughing and was complaining of having difficulty breathing, saying that 1/4 of a breath was all she could take without exploding into another violent coughing fit. Sam and I did ...

... beige corridors; reams of signposts in 3 languages and the wonderful food court with the temperamental waffle woman, the stand called "Ole-ole" and the rather out-of-place DeliFrance (that serves hot croissants at lunch but not at breakfast when you need it). I'll also strangely miss the countless doctors, nurses, secretaries, elective co-ordinators and surgeons who have humoured, taught, entertained or just stared at us with a mix of confusion, bemusement ...

... in the way of animals there but was lovely to walk through the forest. We did the 2 hour route in 1 hour 10 minutes, these bursts of energy combined with my new found eating habit is probably why i'm 2 stone lighter than when I left (yeah 2 stone, believe it *****es!). Anyway in the afternoon we went to the art museum, really cool, they had a big exhibit of work by Wu Guanzhong, really amazing work which I found to be more sharp and angular than a lot of european artists ...

... gum banned, but when one guy dropped a sweet wrapper in the terminal, someone came running over as soon as he left to pick it up.<br><br>After debating between taxi and train to the hotel, we quickly realised we had no idea where the hotel was, so taxi it was. Pretty standard, and we didn't get too shafted by the taxi driver.<br><br>Staying at the Link Hotel which is really a business-esque hotel, but is clean (there you go Sally and Lisa) and has air con. Weather is really humid and ...

... out like never before (so we wouldn't have to eat lunch). We left and walked around Singapore for a little bit, came back and showered and did a little bit of packing. Then we checked out and were picked up by our transfer to take us to the airport. The airport's very nice; we got some dinner there and then borded the plane. We arrived in Darwin this morning!!!! Very exciting. We're in AUSTRALIA!!

... back home. I am really looking forward to it and trying to get used to the idea. I want her mostly to take care of laundry, cleaning and marketing/groceries. This would free up my time substantially so I could spend more time with the boys. I look forward to the days where I can say YES Issaac I will play with you instead of mommy just needs to do..... whatever it is..... laundry, cleaning etc.. Adam says that the decision is up ...