Dateline Singapore

Here we are in Singapore. Plane landed in the midst of a tropical downpour – how can it still be so hot? Grabbed a taxi from outside Changi Airport and made our way to the hotel which is in the middle of Little India on Serangoon Road. Wonderful old architecture with two storey buildings lining the side of the road complete with old tile rooves. Everywhere there is the scent of clove cigarettes blended with curry. Saris in bright colours accompany the blue glow of the LCD on the cellphones. Young and old charge around with their phones glowing – and everyone seems to have one!

The hotel is certainly a two star outfit. I have a sneaking suspicion we were ‘upgraded’ to the room we were going to get anyway, but it does have an air conditioning unit that works but I doubt it could blow a candle out, however, it does the trick. Have I mentioned it’s hot in this town?









Hit Orchard Road today. Found us going into the shopping plazas just to cool down. There is a lot to be said for air conditioning – most of it good. Ate lovely kai all day chowing down with the locals at roadside cafs. Scrummy food which pleased The Cook, or maybe it was the ice cold Tiger Beer. I have a feeling he could easily ‘go native.’

The OC has taken a fancy to the clothes shops on Serangoon Road, specifically the bright rich colours of Indian clothes. The YC has taken to being chauffeured in his wheelchair very quickly. Mind you, in this heat, who wouldn’t!

We’ll try a Serangoon curry tonight and ‘people watch’ outside in the evening heat. We’re giving some thought to Sentosa Island and the Night Safari at the Zoo tomorrow – if the curry hasn’t got to us first.