Sitting here in the BA/Qantas lounge, there's word that we might be getting another upgrade on the flight home - fingers crossed!
Our short stop in Singapore has passed so quickly. We did a lot of walking on Saturday and Sunday and, with it all being on hard surfaces, my poor old right leg suffered pretty badly afterwards. We managed to administer some emergency liquid anaesthetic however and the pain soon went away!
On Saturday we walked through lovely Fort Canning park again. Jo was on a mission to seek out the grave of one of her relatives from long ago who was apparently buried there. Surprise, surprise - it only took us about 5 minutes to find it!:
We then came across the lovely National Museum - and we were already grateful for the air conditioning in there - an escape from the oppressive humidity outside. A cup of tea/coffee and some cakes then off up Orchard Road - the shopping street. One of the malls had external escalators there that took you all the way up to the roof garden at the top. Some of the stretches were long and pretty steep and it was all Jo could do to make it all the way up - saying her prayers and trying to heed Kelly's advices to use words of positive reinforcement to allay her fears. Example - with eyes closed and head turned away from the road beneath - "I am not going to fall to my death on the road below"!
Looking a little more composed on the roof garden:
We finally made it back to the Pump Room for a late lunch, then back to our hotel for a shower and out again on the short stroll to Brewerkz across the river for dinner.
On Sunday we followed the river from our hotel out to the marina and walked all the way round it. The iconic sight of the new Marina Bay Hotel - locals joke about the giant tsunami that caused the boat to land up there - was as much as Jo would do. I tried to persuade her that we should go up to the top deck, but she wouldn't budge. Here's the photo of us on the other side of the marina:
Last night we had dinner at the Sailors restaurant adjacent to our hotel, and today we spent the morning at the poolside, then lunch at Brewerkz again, then some zzz's and a swim - for me anyway - in the afternoon before packing and awaiting our limo to take us back to the airport. They're so efficient, tidy and organised here - our car arrived a full 40 minutes before the scheduled pick-up time and had us at the airport before we were even due to be picked up!
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