Day 19 - Sat 30 Nov: Singapore

Fine but cloudy in the morning with a late afternoon thunderstorm, 26 to 33 deg
Walk: 30km

You wouldn’t even know it rained so much yesterday; this place is so well drained it was all gone this morning. I was out well before sunrise again, it’s certainly the best part of the day here, nice and quiet and “cooler”. Plenty of colourful lighting to make me a much better photographer than I am, with my trusty iPhone. A lot of very fancy camera people were out with their $1,000 cameras capturing the sunrise. Surprisingly, there were a lot of cyclists out too; must be the Saturday rides, I’m guessing.

Back to the hotel for breakfast at 7am but didn’t run into the lads at all but caught up after lunch. After brekky went wandering again, this time to the Gardens on the Bay, which not that long ago was a marshland. Ran into Dogan and said our farewell as he’s leaving this evening to fly home to Turkey. Singapore is amazing for getting spectacular things done and “growing” their island. I then received a message from Steve Mac, ex MP, now working in Singapore, who wanted to catch up. The good side of FB, friends can see where you are and if they wish contact you. We met at Orchard Road for coffee and chatted for some time. Great to also meet his lovely spouse and child.

It was then back to the hotel for a rest as by this time I’d wandered about 20km. Needed to do something in lieu of the riding. Saw the lads in the lobby and said farewell to Ken who is flying home tonight. Arranged to meet the others for dinner at 7pm.

We ended up at an Indian restaurant on the Canal, a few of us had roti and veggie sauce. After that we wandered to a bar run by a Serbian bloke where we watched Premier League, Newcastle v Man City. I bailed out and went to get some more night shots. It was great to have a shower and be in a nice aircon room.


Early morning Singapore photos










Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Street art

Amazing shopping centres in Singapore

A hothouse at Gardens on the Bay

"Avatar" at Gardens on the Bay

Pedestrian bridge on the Bay

Art Science Museum

Floating soccer pitch

Steve Mac and I

The remaining five: BJ, Simon, Kev, Baz and Shaun

My dinner

The bright lights of Singapore







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