It was 11.30 pm when we arrived in Singapore and 1.30 am by the time we were in our hotel room. Singapore is a wonderful city at night. All the buildings are lit up and there are shapes and sizes to rival Dubai. Unfortunately our cameras aren't up to taking night shots from a moving vehicle so if you want to see some great images go to Singapore at night. When you're on the website scroll down to avoid the ads.
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| One of the views from our room |
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| Another view. The apartment blocks in the foreground are government housing. |
We had a late breakfast and relaxed before heading off in the hotel shuttle bus for the centre of the action, Orchard Road. This is just bursting at the seams with locals and tourists. There are very modern malls with very classy shops; Gucci, Tiffany, etc. Although there are plenty of ordinary shops and eateries to catch your attention. The photo below doesn't give you a good idea of the seething masses here.
After spending a bit of time, but no money, we caught one of the hop-on, hop-off open-top double-decker buses and took a circuitous route back to our hotel. Colonial buildings and modern skyscrapers jostle each other as well as green spaces, apartment buildings and strangely shaped bridges. Below is just a selection of all the piccies we took. Remember that some of them are taken from a moving vehicle so forgive any fuzziness or reflections.
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| Orchard Road |
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| Apartments |
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| Old and new |
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| Crossing the Singapore River |
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| Robertson Quay |
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| Looming skyscrapers |
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| Denise checking out a fountain |
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| A quick glimpse through the trees. It was difficult to take some photos because of the abundance of street trees. They make the city very green and they're cool to walk under. |
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| Colonial Architecture |
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| The Singapore Art Museum, a former Catholic boys' school. |
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| A small section of Raffles Hotel |
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| The Marine Bay Sands hotel and casino from a distance |
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| Marine Bay Sands hotel and casino |
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| An interesting view of this awesome building |
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The stern end
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That evening we were booked on a night tour. First we went for a Chinese meal at a riverside restaurant at Boat Quay.
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| Boat Quay |
From there it was to Bugis Street market.
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| Filled with locals .... |
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| ... and tourists. |
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| Different dumplings ready to cook |
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| Fruit stall |
Then our last stop was for a gin sling at Raffles Hotel. The people who were on the tour with us were all very friendly, and we had a really enjoyable time.
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The Long Bar, Raffles Hotel
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| Denise with her gin sling |
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Lesley and her gin sling,
and she hadn't drunk a drop by this time!
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| Enjoying ourselves at Raffles with John, Joan and Helen |
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Lesley at Raffles
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| Raffles Courtyard |
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| Us outside the front entrance of Raffles |
We were returned to our hotel quite late after a very happy evening.
There's more Singapore to come. Watch this space.
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