Philynda's Travels: Wet & Warm in Singapore

That s wet and warm in the tea, Lynda's bath , oh and in Singapore.

For a first day here , we had a great time finished with dinner in Chinatown, with a nice couple of teachers from Grimsby-- well someone's gotta come from there-- even 2 such folk who work in Abu Dhabi.

So we had booked before we left the UK , to go up the Marina Bay Sands roof garden which is a crazy design for a hotel infinity pool and viewing deck. The only problem was that we didn't ask for sunny weather and it seams you have to read the small print with that . But that doesn't deter the A team.

However as in all good things , there has to be a bit of retail therapy first so we went to the shopping mall first.

Very good effort and the children seamed to enjoy it-- not sure how much they would ever see of something like this here.

Thankfully the clothes in here were a little large for the boys yet ( that is reference to the twin boys our Son & Daughter-in-law had this summer) -- sorry but this is the first day and Lynda is already looking to fill the gap between the 19 kilos we had on the way out and the 30 kilos we are allowed.

So this mall in Marina Bay has them all in-- Versace, Prada, Gucci etc etc, and dear old Hamleys--like home from home but no Sketchers -- must mean we have more shopping to do-- cant wait. The shoes above were Prada-didn't ask for the price.

Now understand this-- if you ever wanted to explain how bewildered men become when taken to a shopping centre, just show this picture.

Actually, I was watching this and wondering just why there happens to be a river running through this place.

So while the rain came down to stop our visit to the skydeck we swapped it for a bit or culture while getting a coffee-- loudest applause was from the lady in the bottom left corer who turns out to be the violinist's mother.

Well it stopped long enough for a few shot ----

It would be interesting to see where they put the away supporters at this stadium.

An infinity pool that us mere mortals were not allowed to get close to but some view.

Ok so we took a liberty with the photo that they took on our way up -- well with the rain and all that we were not waiting till the evening for the pretty shot with all the city lights on.

So to round off the day we decided to go eat in Chinatown which was a great decision.

At least the market was undercover and that there were plenty of stalls to look round-- not sure about Lynda but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

So the stall above is from where we ate and sat at a table with a really nice couple from Grimsby with there small daughter, and who were teachers in Abu Dhabi. By the end of the meal , Lynda had persuaded them both that Juliet was the only name possible for the baby they were expecting.
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Message to ME, don't forget to photograph the nice people from Grimsby next time !!#

Ah well, she might not have planned it but Lynda had inadvertently snapped them before we met them---this is then with daughter in buggy and very pregnant mum and Dad deciding what to have and all from Grimsby.