Why can't every day be a port day?

What a wonderful past 5 days it has been! Although I didn't get to go ashore at every port, the ones I did get to see were amazing and I can't wait to go back! A few days ago we stopped in Port Kelang which is about an hour away from Kuala Lumpur. They offered the crew a bus into the city for only $15 so of course I jumped on that immediately! Me and a few others toured around the city for about 6 hours and saw as much as we could! The Petronas Towers, the KL Tower (which is just like the CN Tower but a little shorter!), and Little India. We ate in Chinatown at a sketchy little street vendor. Well, thats kind of exaggerating- it was more like some ladies in an alleyway with a grill and a hot plate! But it was delicious- and cheap! By the end of the day I was exhausted. Fortunately I had the night off so I ended up going to bed at about 9pm!

The next day we were in Singapore. Like I mentioned before, since we had to cut Thailand off the itinerary we got to spend the night there. Unfortunately I was on IPM the first day there so I couldn't leave the ship til midnight! But you bet your ass when 12:00 rolled around I was the first one off! A bunch of us headed to Clark Quay which is an area that has a lot of bars and restaurants. It was pretty quiet since it was a Monday night but all of us from the ship made it a party anyways!


Even though we didn't get to bed until about 4:30 that night (or should I say morning!) I was up by 9:30am because I wanted to have as much time as I could to explore Singapore. I was with two girls from the photography department and the first thing on our agenda was getting our feet eaten by fish. Ha Ha, yes I know how weird that sounds but they are special fish that eat the dead skin off your feet...apparently its the thing to do over here! It was certainly weird, and it definitely felt funny. The whole shopping mall could probably hear us screaming/laughing! It was quite the unique experience but I don't think I'll be doing it again any time soon, mainly because my feet don't feel any different!!

After that we headed to a massive food market (that dates back to 1822!) for lunch. It reminded me of the Food Building at the CNE- except all the stalls were either Asian or Indian food! The 3 of us split a massive meal that was delicious- although definitely not on the Biggest Loser diet!! After that we decided to walk to Raffles Hotel. This hotel is over 100 years old and its where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented. Its sort of cliche but we decided to head over and indulge in a $30 cocktail. While the drink wasn't all that special the hotel was beautiful! Most of it is closed off to guests but what we did see was gorgeous!

Its true what they say about Singapore- it is VERY clean! They are very strict about their littering laws, and yes- chewing gum is illegal! Singapore has been one of my favourite ports so far, and I am looking forward to heading back their again! There are still many things I want to see there such as the Singapore Zoo (which is apparently one of the top 5 in the world!) And good news- if the situation in Thailand remains the same we will be having plenty more overnights in Singapore! Yay!

xoxo d