Singapore
This morning Scott and I were up and at them early for our Marina Bay Sands tour. We arrived at the Sands right when the tour began selling tickets at 9:30AM. This allowed us to pay our admission fee and register for the 10AM guided tour. It was worth the 16 US dollar admission fee. The views from the top of the hotel are ridiculous. The infinity pool views are some phrase stronger than ridiculous. It truly is worth seeing and may even be worth paying the exorbitant hotel fee to get to stay there and swim in the pool. New Years in Hong Kong anyone?
We went from the Sands to the Bugis shopping area. I was again hunting for that elusive Christmas gift. Scott wasn’t really looking for anything but he still managed to get a couple shirts and a pair of jeans. After shopping we went to check out the Grand Hyatt hotel. My parents are staying there in January and my dad was interested in my forming an opinion on it. One of the ladies at the reception desk let me into a room to see it. It was okay. Out of the hotels I’ve stayed in in Singapore it’s probably somewhere in the middle of the pack.
Next we met up with my friend Xian for lunch. The first place we tried to go was a hawker market that seemed to be closed. We then decided to go to one of the ginormous local food places in one of the malls. Xian ordered us all kinds of crazy good local stuff. A noodle dish was my favorite, followed in a close second by a soup that tasted similar to dad’s favorite Thai soup, Tom Kha Gai. The coconut broth was money.
We checked out of the Conrad around 4PM. Scott left for the airport and I headed back out into downtown Singapore for a little more exploration. I made me way back to Little India to explore a shopping place called Mustafas. It was sort of like Walmart on steroids with an incense order. The place literally had everything. Well everything except what I was looking for. I then made my way back to China town just in time for a ginormous rain storm. I got drenched but I didn’t really care. What I did care about was that I still couldn’t find what I was looking for. My final stop this evening was Orchard Road. We hadn’t spent much time on the famed shopping street, so I decided to wander there in hopes of finding some more Christmas presents. For the most part I was unsuccessful but I enjoyed seeing the sites and sounds nonetheless.
By 11PM I was out at my airport hotel. Unfortunately I missed Scott by an hour or so as he had left for his flight. He was returning home in first class on Cathay Pacific. Understandably he wanted time to play in its lounge. I now have to repack and try to grab a few hours of shuteye before leaving for me flight at 4AM. I’ll write about my travels home tomorrow.
Until then,
Katy
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