Dave & Margs' Travels

Hi All,

Now in Oz but more about that later.... back to Singapore.

Whilst I was at the airport on the internet writing the blog, Dave was on other free internet screens leaving the default page as 2davescabins.com - how is that for advertising!

After the bus tour we had another nap. Amazing what ever time of day it is whenever we put the telly on there seemed to be football on especially Premership, so Darren thanks for the footie updates, keep them coming but I've been lucky enough to see the Pompey V Watford goals multiple times in Singapore but are unlikely to see any footie in Samoa.

Felt crap after the nap but once out and about with a beer inside us we were much better. We wandered around and drank in the expensive Clarke Quay area by the river. Guess we had a good night I don't remember...!

Thanks to Anna & Dan we weren't/aren't going to get lost wherever we go. On each flight we have an envelope with fascinating facts about the country and a small card (sort of Paddington Bear style - "Please look after this bear") reminding us where we are staying.

Now one of the fascinating facts for Singapore was that it had the first world toilet conference there - a fact that of course would fascinate me. And these leads me to ramble in a sideways direction for a sentence or three. There are so few loos at Heathrow - its terrible. Gatwick you can play how many toilets are there between here and the gate probably 3 so miss this one and I'll still be ok for at least two options. Heathrow we headed to the gate and ended up back at the one near the pub we'd been in! Singapore - I won't miss those signs that say "Mind the step, Squatting ???" (I just saw the word squatting and walked on so I can't even remember the sign properly!) Kelly perhaps that is where you should practise instead of the shower! And finally automatic flushing - only twice did I manage to be ready before it decided to flush - have they got it in for me. At least we are now in Oz with the good old dunnys.

Back to Thursday in Singapore....
We got a taxi to Mount Faber and a cable car - I was brave - through an office building and onto Sentosa Island or Samosa as I liked to call it. It is a bit commercial and is described as their beach resort and not totally our thing but it was there so we did it. We went up the Merlion (big statue of a lion's head on a fish body) and learnt about the history of Singapore and the lion. Good views of Singapore City and all the shipping, naff free gift of a strap with Merlion attached not in hotel bin.

Next stop Underwater World where we stroked various fish in the touch pool, saw a pair of otters do a small display, and walked under tunnels of fish and passed tanks of fish, sea horses, crabs etc. Favourites was some big fish which looked prehistoric and had some suitable name to go with it, angels - organisms with no eyes that flapped their wings and looked like angels and eels type things.

We wandered down to the beach where (attention all DVC people) we found some volleyball courts. We couldn't find a game to join, but had a couple of volleys across the net and took photos for the 'volleyball courts around the world' part of the web site. Free bus to the Dolphin Lagoon and we watched the 'at no extra charge' Dolphin show and guess what - the otters turned up to show us how to recycle. They must be very good at the recycling as the ones at the zoo did it too.

Enough of commercialism and a bus back to the main land and to one of my favourite places - a food court where we had bargain dinners - random beef again and free green thai curry from a bloke who comes over to Chessington each year and goes to a cheap sale in London each year. Anyone heard of it?

On the subject of comments etc - Congratulations to Darren who is currently winning the competitions. He isn't necessarily close but he is the only one who has guessed and as they say you have to be in it to win it.

Off for a shower now... so Singapore part C when I get a chance. :-)