Singapore

Flight tonight from Singapore to Auckland so we checked out and left our lugguge at the hotel for one last lot of exploring. It was raining today but still really warm. We went to a street market but loads of the stalls were closed, maybe there is an extended Easter break here?

Went to the cinema to see Shooter and it was really well air-conditioned, so much so I wished I had a jumper - a thought I hadn't had in a long while!

When we went to the airport, we got to take advantage of all the free goodies we had heard about, the free internet and xbox 360. Didn't get to the massage chairs though.

9.5hr flight to New Zealand, legs are still swollen from those nasty mozzie bites and the flight didn't help...

Went to the beach today but we were prepared this time! I felt pretty rough though as my cough has come back worse over the last few days so off to the pharmacy again to try some cough syrup. We spent a few hours on the beach, just chilling out and swimming in the sea. The view from the beach was pretty weird as you can see hundreds of tankers floating off the shore.

We stopped at Chinatown on the way home and as we both adore Chinese food, you would have thought it would be easy to find somewhere to eat but everywhere seemed closed, don’t know if it was due to it being Easter Monday or just because it was mid-afternoon. We finally found an almost deserted food court and there was a vege place there so it was cool.

We walked around the markets, there are lots of tailors and they all wanted to sell Mark a shirt – shame he doesn’t wear them!

Went to an island just off Singapore called Sentosa, it is kind of like a theme park and beach resort mixed in one. The day didn’t particular start off sunny but by the time we got there I was seriously regretting putting on jeans. We used the MRT (like the tube) and cable car to get there, the views from the cable car were pretty cool, I’ll post the photos up when I find a computer that can cope!

We spend a bit of time on the beach but we just weren’t prepared so we were too hot. We checked out the 4D cinema – the pirate film with effects was cheesy but cool!

Went to Clarke Quay by the river for tea and ate on a floating restaurant which I have to admit, made me feel a little queasy at first! But the food was good so I soon got over it.

Got up and got a taxi to the airport - in plently of time I thought at 7:20am but the arrival information said his flight had already landed. I hoped he was still collecting his lugguage and hadn't wandered off and luckily we found each other just outside the arrival gate - kisses and bear hugs all round!

He was quite tired after his flight and I was wide awake as I hadn't changed time zones so we went back to the hotel so he could have a sleep while I did some laundry - the excitement!

Our hotel was in the part of Singapore called Little India so when we went exploring later round this area, there was plenty of choice for food, just a shame neither of us are big fans of indian food!