Singapore Stopover

This is one of my favourite photos from the bird park. I took 140 photo's that day!!
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Arrived in Singapore 30 degrees plus with high humidity.  Had a great time with our friends David & Colleen.  Did the Night Safari, the Jurong Bird Park and the City Tour today.  We had a great breakfast experience walking over to a huge shopping mall early on Sunday morning.  Later in the day we had a catch up with David and Colleen before going to the Night Safari.  This was a trip on electified trams around the park to see numerous nocturnal animals that I did not even know existed.  No photos taken as it was dark and moving and no flashes allowed.  Next day we packed a huge amount in, firstly going out the the Jurong Bird Park.  This was awesome and a great lesson learnt to go on a guided tour.  We got there at just the right time for a feeding of the most amazing birds you have ever seen.  They ate maggots right out of our hand and flicked them into your hair and face.  Fantastic!!

A sample of what's on offer in the most amazing food hall I have ever been in...
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Couple of photos attached.  One of a parrot that is my favourite.  After that, we had asked the tour guy if there was anywhere to eat and he had said yes.  So we went off in search of it.  Got off the bus and went next door to an amazing eating hall.  There were literally thousands of people there and it was just packed.  Real old style colonial building with long fans beating away the heat from above and every kind of Asian food you could imagine, including Pig's Organ Soup, Cuttle Fish Porridge!!  All so amazingly cheap.  Kathy bought more than she could eat for just over $2.  Took a photo of them °Where's Wally" attached.

Amazing what porridge you can buy. Look down in the lower left hand corner...
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Then on to the City Tour which was not as good as the Bird Park, but still worth while.  It was great to learn about Singapore; they are a nation of people I admire. They have NO natural resources, but have created what appears to be a great society with relative wealth for Asia, stability, harmony and cleanliness everywhere, including under the river bridges which we went under on the River Cruise.

Overall, we had a very good experience in Singapore.  Apart from when we left to get on the plane at 0100.  Due to security, noone was allowed to go to the gate lounge until about 1230.  People, including us, so tired after our day of touring asleep on the floor all over the terminal by the escalators and other travellers passing through.  Normally well organised, this was a bit of contrast to the rest of our experience there.