Cool Comment

We checked into one of the best hotels in Singapore by 3am Saturday morning. We were very tired, but we ordered room service and enjoyed a nice satay, spring rolls and rice. After stuffing our faces, we headed for bed. I was able to conked out, but Bryan was not as lucky. We awoke around 8am and went to the hotel lobby restaurant for breakfast. We found it fascinating to see all the different stations with western food, Indian food and Singaporean food. Needless to say, we again stuffed our faces and went back to our room, so Bryan could try to get in some sleep. As he slept, finally, I made plans for the day.

When he woke up refreshed, we decided to do that ‘hop-on hop-off’ bus thing. The bus allows you to hop off if there’s something that interests you. We headed to the Botanical Gardens. The garden was built in 1859 and holds more than 2,000 hybrids of orchards. We walked through a rain forest, which is older than the garden itself. We didn’t spend as much time there as we’d like, so we marked this place down as a place to revisit before we leave.

It’s hot and humid in Singapore. The humidity left us dripping wet, but, we figured that everyone was just as wet as we were, so we didn’t let it get to us. We hopped on another bus, and hopped back off at Little India. We spent our time walking the narrow streets and taking in all the local smells and atmosphere. We felt like we were on that show ‘The Amazing Race‘ as we made our way through the crowded streets with all the merchants vying for our attention. We had lunch at one of the local stalls and thoroughly enjoyed the Naan bread, chicken curry and the Tiger Beer local brew. The food was so tasty and the beer was quenching with all this humidity.
We decided to walk back to our hotel along the river to take in all the local flair. We picked out many restaurants that we wanted to check out later in the week. When we got back to our nice air-conditioning room, we tore off all our clothes and enjoyed the cool air.