I definitely spoke too soon in my last post when I said winter hadn't started. Somebody must have heard me because the snow suddenly arrived between Christmas and New Year - with a vengeance. Gary and Luca didn't dare to travel from Inverurie to Banchory for their New Year's Day dinner - steak pie and trifle - and they made the right decision as they might have got stuck in Banchory for a few days. We had also had to cancel our plans for a Hogmanay late lunch in Drumoak with Anne and Leslie.
Once in to 2026, our main concern was getting out of Aberdeen. The day before we were due to fly to Singapore via London, our airport was closed, but thankfully the snow relented a little and we were able to leave on schedule.
We arrived in Singapore in the early evening and checked in to our beautiful colonial themed hotel just in time for a quick bite in the members' lounge before heading to our small but well appointed room for a good night's sleep.
We had 4 nights - 3 full days - in the city state and walked round places familiar and new to us. Often cloudy but the temperature never strays far from the 30 C mark - not even overnight.
One of the familiar spots was Fort Canning park:
Jo overcame her fears and made it to the top of the iconic Marina Bay Sands hotel this time - and felt completely safe looking over the whole country from 50 + storeys up:
One of our favourite evenings was when we went to what is known coloquially as "Satay Street". The road is blocked off at both ends and long tables are set up alongside a whole row of street vendors basically doing nothing but barbecued satay - lovely.
The Family WhatsApp group contains a number of photos taken on our stay in Singapore so I'll end here.
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