Day 64
Today was Singapore and it was such a beautiful place. So clean and well kept, especially since we were last in India where we would wipe our face and dirt would come off. When we got off the ship this morning we saw someone walking with a Starbucks cup in their hand and went right in that direction for a nice frapaccino that I haven’t had in over 2 and a half months. Then we took some taxis downtown and went to a really expensive mall with all expensive stores. We decided that it wasn’t really in our price range and left. As we were driving I saw a Forever 21 and was so excited. We went to a Hawker center. It’s pretty much a food court with a ton of Singapore food. We had some lunch and then went shopping in ‘Chinatown’. There were a lot of markets and individual stands. We met up with Katie’s distant cousin who told us of some good places to go and see. She told us to go to ‘the eye’ which is also known as the ‘Singapore Flyer’. It’s a Ferris wheel that goes around for 40 minutes, it’s one of the largest in the world, and as it goes around you can see the whole city of Singapore. When we got there we saw that it cost 30 dollars to go up. We had heard that there was an open top bar at the top of a hotel/casino called ‘The Sands’ and it was the same view from the Ferris wheel and that was only 20$ to go up. Some of us decided to do that and some went on the Ferris wheel, I wanted to go to the open top. When we got to the hotel and asked for a ticket to go to the top, they advised us not to go because it had started raining and it isn’t worth it if it’s raining. So our next plan was to go to ‘The Raffles’. It was another hotel/bar that had invented the infamous ‘Singapore Sling’ drink. The Singapore sling is known in Singapore and you have to try it when you go. I can’t remember exactly what is in it besides Gin and a bunch of juices. When we got there we went to the long bar and sat down and ordered the drink. We each only got one, because they were 25$ each and with tax ended up being 30$, CRAZY! It was good, but very sugary, and wasn’t really worth the 30$ but I guess that now I can say I had a Singapore Sling. After this we went to the Raffles center and were looking for a place to get some sushi, but there wasn’t much available, so half of the group went to grab some dinner and the rest of us got Subway, I was part of the subway! And of course after I treated myself to some Ben and Jerry’s after with cookies and cream and chocolate brownie, SO GOOD! Then we went shopping at Forever 21, it was 4 floors, but it wasn’t as cheap as the one back in the states. After shopping we had an hour and a half to get back to the ship before ‘on ship time’. So we decided to head back because there was a lot of traffic. When we got back we went to Starbucks again and hung out for a little. With 45 minutes left until on ship time we decided to head back. When we got back, there was such a long line because we had to go through customs first. By the time we got to customs we only had 15 minutes to get to the ship and have our bags checked and be swiped in before on ship time, and if we got there after 830 we had dock time, which no one wants! After we got through customs we ran back to the ship, it was only a 5 minute walk, but we knew that there would be a line at the ship, so we were sprinting, got to the ship, had our bags checked and we were swiped in 5 minutes before on ship time. We ended up making it with no dock time, success! I loved Singapore, even though I spent a ridiculous amount of money on a drink. I wish that we were here longer! But now it’s time for Vietnam in 2 days!
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