We spent four super nights in Singapore with family. Jas, Manmeet and Rasnaam welcomed us in so nicely and made us feel part of the family.
We were in Singapore five years ago when Olive was one so we wanted to retrace our steps. We went to see Marina Sands with the big ship perched on top of sky scrapers. It still looked amazing if a bit weird!
And the Merlion statue spurting its water from its double body. The spray from the water cooled us in the sizzling Singaporean heat - much hotter now in March than in November when we visited before.
We spent a happy day wandering round Chinatown. It was nice watching the locals and taking an old coffee which is a traditional favourite - cheap coffee beans and very sweet. Olive and Selina did not approve!
We also visited the Tooth Relic Buddhist Temple. Very impressive - the chanting was mesmerising.
We went swimming (and quick jacuzzi!) one night which was refreshing in the heat and then had a feast of different foods in the club. Rojak and eggplant were particularly good.
Olive was a superstar in the local Gudwara - taking on Pooaji’s instructions brilliantly and making us proud.
Sadly it rained all afternoon when we tried to see the Bay of Gardens. However we did get some shots to compare to those from five years ago.
We had a lovely last evening with Ravi and Jaspreet’s family - again so welcoming. Olive loved playing with Jasleen.
We departed Singapore really feeling we wanted more time. Hopefully we will get to spend some more time at the end of our Asian adventures as we fly home from Singapore. We had a great time. Although we did decide to take in a dinosaur display the airport had put on. Unfortunately it all took a bit longer than expected which, combined with Olive’s fingers not playing ball at the security scan, meant we had to run to catch our plane and just got on at last Call! All good fun in the tapestry of life!
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