Never Sick of Singapore!

Once again we were back in Singapore and it was another jam-packed day. It feels like I have spent so much time there- not that I’m complaining! Its one of my favourite ports and there is still so much I haven’t seen yet! We started off the day nice and early with a trip to the Singapore Zoo. It is said to be one of the best in the world so of course I had to check it out! It was a good thing we ended up going so early because the animals were still quite active- something you don’t always get to see at a zoo! Although it’s small, I can understand why this is rated one of the best in the world. All the habitats look very natural with lots of vegetation, there aren’t many “cages” per say, and you seem to be able to get pretty close to the animals- no need for binoculars here! But the best part of the zoo would have to be the fact that I got to meet up with my cousin Jennifer and her boyfriend Jeremy when I was there! They were in Singapore for a family wedding and I just happened to be in town the same day- how cool is that?! Around lunchtime we said our goodbyes- Jennifer and Jeremy needed to get back to family stuff and I was headed on my next adventure to Sentosa Island!


There are many ways to get to the island- taxi, monorail, or the mode of transportation I wanted to take: cable car! It had been closed every time we had been in Singapore before so I was excited to finally get a chance to go on it! But, it wasn’t exactly all it cracked up to be…first off, it took forever for Martin and I to find the entrance to it. When we finally did we discovered it was $26! Since we had made so much effort to find it, we figured we might as well take it. It was a great view- we could pretty much see everything!- but once we stepped off in Sentosa we were a little disoriented. We wanted to get to Café del Mar (a beach bar) to meet up with a few people…but we couldn’t figure out how to get there! The buses seemed to be going other ways and we couldn’t find a taxi, so we just decided to walk! Well, it turned out to be a little further than we thought, but we eventually made it! The sky was pretty overcast and we didn’t have much time to hang out but it was worth it! On the way home we decided NOT to take the cable car but the monorail which turned out to be 500x easier. I think Martin is still holding a grudge for the wild goose chase I sent him on…oops! Like I told him- it’s all part of the adventure!


xoxo D