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Friday, August 21, 2009
Singapore, Singapore
Our Night Safari at the Zoo last night was good - very commercialized with thousands of people there - but it was quite entertaining and for the $SD30 each it cost, was good value. The bus left from Suntec City (which is only a short walk from the Pan Pacific) at 6.00pm and we headed out into the peak hour traffic for the Zoo some 20 kms away. Such was the snarl of traffic that it took us over an hour to get there but it was good to see some of the other areas of Singapore that aren't usually seen. When we got to the Zoo the driver gave us instructions on where to go and what to see etc. and asked if anyone was scared of snakes! Mumsie and I put up our hands quick smart! The driver then asked us to stay on the bus and then when everyone had left he told us to make sure that when we went to the amphitheatre to see the animal show, to make sure we sat on the extreme left or right of the seating!
As it turned out, half way through the show the animal keepers asked everyone to look under their seats, and under one poor buggers seat was this bloody huge boa constrictor!!!! I would have most certainly crapped myself if it had been anywhere near me and I thanked the driver profusely when we returned to the bus! 
We did a tram ride through the Zoo and saw lots of different animals - most of which looked in excellent condition and very happy in their environment and later saw a most impressive display of fire eating from group of performers! Not sure what it had to do with a Night Safari but it was entertaining!!!
We got back to the hotel at about 10.30pm and had a quick nightcap before hitting the sack.

This morning we headed into the City Hall Station and traveled a couple of stops to the top of Orchard Road and began our shopping day! First off I wanted to look at some phones so we went to the Nokia Concept Store and got some info on models suited to Oz and then we tried any number of communications type shops to locate the model I was interested in, but most were way dearer than home, so I gave that idea away and let Mumsie have her turn! Well, she certainly left me behind in the shopping stakes - I left her for 45 minutes in The Centrepoint Shopping Mall and when I met up with her again she had ordered a pearl ring and a pendant (made to her design) and whacked it on the card already!!! Wowsers! What a shopper!
We walked through many malls and shops - way too many for me - and by about 1.30pm I had had enough of the crowd and it was about to rain so we set off for the nearest MRT to get the train back. BUT!!! Mumsie found a little market and wanted some stuff for the grandies and so 20 minutes later we got going again just as a violent thunderstorm hit! If only I had my camera out as the look on Mumsie's face as a flash of lightening and a huge clap of thunder burst overhead was a sight to behold!!!!
Luckily the MRT was only a few hundred metres away so we dashed along the footpath and made it without getting too wet.
From there it was back to City Hall and then by foot back to Suntec City where we bought a sandwich and a couple of Tigers and headed back to our room to put our aching feet up.
Later we had a drink in the Lobby Bar and then wandered down to the Esplanade waterfront to have dinner. Lots of people down there enjoying a free concert at the sound shell and many having drinks and meals. It would be a perfect night out if not for the bloody humidity - so high after the heavy rain this afternoon - which makes drinking and eating alfresco totally unpleasant.
Back to our room to watch the Bullies beat Geelong - amazing how even Singapore can get to watch the game at a reasonable hour - not like WA! Good on ya Channel Bruce!!!

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