Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sleepy in Singapore

Frank and I had a couple of weeks in Singapore several years ago and did lots of touristy things - Singapore Zoo, Santosa Island, Singapore Sling at the Raffles - during that trip. We arrived in Singapore feeling quite jet lagged. There was the long flight from London to Kuala Lumpur, with a six hour stopover before flying on to Singapore. Given we only had a couple of days in Singapore we just planned to relax and catch up with my brother and his family who live in Singapore.We stayed at Hotel Rendezvous; a beautiful, newly renovated hotel which was in a convenient location. The kids were very excited to catch up with their cousins and we had a lovely dinner at my brother's place. After 3 months away we were all looking forward to going home...our bags were packed and flights confirmed. Then I was declared 'unfit to fly' due to blocked ears caused by a cold. We didn't do much in the extra few days we stayed in Singapore, mostly just stayed at the hotel. I was told to avoid elevators and escalators where possible which is quite a challenge in Singapore! On our second last day we went to the newly built Marina Bay Sands. The hotel consists of three towers connected at the top by a structure resembling a ship. We didn't go the top - despite Frank trying to convince me I should take the stairs up fifty plus flights (to avoid the elevator). We did get to the Long Bar at the Raffles for a Singapore Sling.

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