And the crowd cheered! Well, we did at least...

Thursday, May 05, 2011
Singapore, Singapore
Singapore Airlines fulfilled all expectations with fine service, an extensive entertainment library, a smooth flight and good food. And in amongst 300 people in a 747, we scored 3 seats between us, giving room to fold up the arm rests and pretend we were in luxurious business class seats! And in that same plane of 300, Angela found herself sitting across the aisle from an English deaf gentleman and the signing started! They discovered many subtle differences between AUSLAN and it's British cousin, not unlike regional dialects of any language and also found a common friend amongst the close-knit deaf community.
Changhi Airport again thrilled with it's efficiency. And our ever-smiling hostess was there to greet us.

Today was the hop-on-hop-off bus and we worked the "Heritage" route. First stop, LITTLE INDIA, Mustafa's department store and our preferred Indian vegetarian cafe for lunch... A yummy spread of curried vegetables, chickpeas, rice, papadam and a syrupy dessert all served in little cups on a banana leaf. Plus a lime juice cordial. Delicious!

 
Some slow crawling through small street shops, a few trinkets then on to ARAB STREET. This is a newish find for me but it has real Middle Eastern charm. Shops with intricate tiled walls, palm trees, an alluring perfume store bottling your preferred concoction on demand, a shop with stunning Moroccan lamps and a bargain basement nail parlour - and yes, we did!

 
Final stop... CHINA TOWN. A Hindu temple where the intricate decoration never fails to captivate, the Bhudda Tooth temple where Angela was enthralled with the roof garden that included 10,000 little Bhuddas and a giant cloisonné prayer wheel and an elaborate prayer hall.

And together with stops for drinks and waiting for buses, that was 10 hours worth!

This warranted a break for dinner!!! It was time to show Angela a train system that WORKED! The MRT took us back to Orchard Road, the Ion Food Court filled our tummies with Chinese soups and the 124 bus took us home.

Big day.

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