On flight from UK we watched a film about some climbers and surfers heading down to Patagonia called 182 Degrees South. A great film and definitely whetted our appetite for South America. After the 12 hour flight and a short tube ride into the city
we arrived in Singapore in the morning and checked into the Hangout hostel @ Mt
Emily. The hostel is nice and close to
Orchard Street where the heart of the shopping district (Singaporians love
their shopping – they make us look like Communists) and has a cool rooftop
terrace with good views of the city.
We took a wander into Little India and had a really good veggie curry at the Komala
Vilas restaurant. We then headed to Sin
Lim Square for a good spot of haggling to find a cheap point and click
camera. Managed to sleep off most of the
jet lag that night and got up early the next day to take a tube down to the
Singapore Flyer. After beer o’clock near
the pit lane of the F1 circuit we then headed to the viewing deck of the Marina
Bay Sands hotel; a new 55 floor hotel with some great views of the city. It also has the tallest swimming pool in the
world at an altitude of 200m which looks like the edge falls away off the side
of the building.
We then walked to
Raffles for a famous Singapore Sling cocktail to round off our time in
Singapore.
