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  • 29th October 2024 at 7:56 am #604547

    Because I knew I would never be able to go again I filled to the brim the two days I spent in Singapore.

    I went up in the cable car, to the Botanical Gardens, The Gardens be the bay ( both in daylight and in the evening) The Orchid Garden, The Flower Dome, Chinatown and on a river cruise, it was wonderful and here are a few photos.

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    I forgot to mention seeing a family of wild otters as the moved between lakes

     

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    29th October 2024 at 8:04 am #604553

    It too looks wonderful.

    Was it very hot?

    29th October 2024 at 8:06 am #604554

    It was humid Bonjour but, I sort of got used to it, just showered & changed clothes a lot ( interesting hanging washed underwear in the shower  & drying it with the hairdryer!! :yahoo: )

    29th October 2024 at 9:48 am #604562

    Wow that looks wonderful! What was the food like?  Did you try anything interesting to eat?

    29th October 2024 at 10:49 am #604564

    The food was wonderful Tina, but I love Chinese food so I enjoyed everything.

    The most unusual meal ( I never knew what I had ordered, unless I found a waiter who spoke English, so just went with it!) well, different anyway in the way it was served was as follows.

    While waiting for the food a pleasant little chap brought me an over the head bib ” Has my history of dropping food down my front gone before me?” I wondered, then I noticed other diners wearing these bibs. He then gave me a couple of little packets of specs cleaners. ” Goodness me whatever am I going to eat?” I wondered.

    When the food came it was a piping hot pot of soup which was placed on a hot plate in the centre of the table ( I hadn’t noticed it) then a dish of raw vegetables was brought and some rolls of bruiscetta ( spelling?) type meat. It took me a while to realise that I was to dip the veg etc into the hot soup and cook it!

    As I looked around me the other diners were gaily dunking all sorts of different ingredients into their soup. It was all very tasty and an unusual experience.

    The experience didn’t end there, when I went to pay the pretty young lady said I had a discount, I didn’t understand her explanation of why, then, when I had paid, she invited me to help myself to a free gift from a little stand by the till, I chose a little microfibre hand towel. And all for what equated to about £7!!!

     

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    29th October 2024 at 11:06 am #604566

    It all looks wonderful Fruitcake,  it reminds me of my trip to Hong Kong

    You are brave going on your own I know I couldn’t do that

    What wonderful memories.

     

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    30th October 2024 at 8:06 am #604589

    Wonderful pictures, wonderful memories.

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    31st October 2024 at 9:47 am #604606

    Thank you Twinkle and yes, wonderful memories of my Australian & Singapore adventures.

    I have made photo books of both so that I can relive all the special moments as & when I want.

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