Sat, 24 Aug 2002

author Tim	location Singapore
posted 23:14 Singapore Time	section Europe2002/Asia/Singapore/Singapore 1 ( all photos )

A slow day, some site updates ( 3 photos )
Before getting into the details of today, take a little time to note that the header box above now has a working Itinerary/Photos link, as well as an added Contact link. We've got ten photos from Singapore online. The number we get to put up depends on how much time/money we have for Internet access. Plus, only having a few forces us to pick out the best ones!
Breakfast was in the hotel today - $20 each, so we ate like you wouldn't beleive, only to be outdone by a Greek couple at the next table who looked like they were intending to build The Acropolis with the personal bread supplies on their table. Dinner was at a food court where we ate cheaply but very well. $5 each or so, for a great curry (Liz), and some Thai (me).
We didn't do too much today - wandered up to the Internet place to catch up (as you may have noticed), and then across to Orchard Road to see what the fuss was all about. To cut to the chase, not a lot. If you imagine twenty Miranda/Hurstville Westfields together, with a few streets stalls and banks promoting credit cards (???) for good measure, you've got it. I guess we're just not shop-a-holics. Liz must be getting tired, because she usually is!
The only good thing that we did find (tune out now if you're not interested in nerd-detail) is that the Apple store there was running a promotion for the release of Mac OS X 10.2 - where I scored a free mouse (with no buttons!) and a T-shirt with my purchase. The T-shirt is great because it means we can go one day longer without washing. Which is a bonus because we (ok, Liz) was drying our clothes with a hair dryer earlier today in preparation for tomorrow's plane journey.
Which is the next item on the agenda - it seems that our time here has gone very quickly, and we now have a twelve hour flight ahead of us, touching down 15:30 Heathrow Time. Transfers are all organised, as is the wake-up-call (no SIM in the phone means we can't use the alarm - how very clever of us).
However, we've almost had enough of Singapore - Liz has a huge blister on her little toe from walking around so much, which she refuses to let me pop, and we're both looking forward to seeing Meaghan again (yay!), as well as getting out of this heat.
[The next day, we were on our way towards London.]

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