I’ve been away on holiday and have not taken part in any challenges nor have I blogged for three weeks.   To get back into it I’m doing the Stream of consciousness Saturday challenge today.

The prompt is – begin your post with WHEN

When Hubby said, “It’s cold.  Let’s get away from the cold Cape Winter and go somewhere warm.” I thought – yes a game park up north would be nice.  But that’s not what he had in mind.  “Let’s go to a tropical island,” he suggested.   “How about Thailand?” I replied and that’s how we got to be in Asia for almost three weeks.

When we arrived in Singapore I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. The streets were so pretty with tropical plants and flowers flourishing everywhere.

Singapore is an island, a city and a country.  It has a population of 5 million.  There’s virtually no crime, everybody’s employed and the country functions extremely well.  When we arrived at our hotel we asked the concierge what we should do the following day and he gave us excellent advice – Take in a mall, go on an afternoon trip and don’t miss the Light show at the Bay of Gardens.   This was confirmed by our daughter’s friend who lives in the city.

When we woke up the next morning we had breakfast at the hotel and then at 10 we took the hotel free shuttle to Paragon Mall and browsed around the amazing shops.  We did not buy a thing but the feast for the eyes was incredible.  I could have broken the bank at Jimmy Choos.   One gorgeous dress I spotted at Prada was $250.  I don’t think so!
We returned to the hotel and then went on a booked tour of the city. A bus collected us at the hotel and dropped as the Bay of Gardens where we met up with the other participants of this tour.  Our guide was a young Chinese girl who was well informed and held our interest with her excellent commentary.   The trip was $34 each and worth every cent. Our first stop was Little India.

 

We browsed around for half an hour and bought a pair of harem pants for me and a shirt for Earl.   Next we were taken to see the Merlion at Marina Bay – We were given some free roaming time and then it was back on the bus.

 

From there we went to Chinatown, saw a temple and mosque and then wondered around.

Next stop was The Botanical Gardens – where we spent 45 minutes in the orchid garden. It was fantabulous.

After this we were collected by our various hotel busses and it was 6 o’clock by the time we were back.
After a short rest we got a taxi to Bay of Gardens. We were hugely impressed by what we saw there and at quarter to 8 took in the light show.  It was spectacular.   I was actually moved to tears by its beauty and the amazing music that accompanied it.

Singapore is celebrating it’s 52nd birthday on 9 August and there were songs about their country.
After the show we went to Dine at Supertree and had yam filled spring rolls and crispy duck – delicious.   When we were in Singapore we were truly blown away.