We eventually headed out closer to midday, caught the Hop On Hop Off bus (yellow line again) and headed first for Clarke Quay, where we had a free 40 minute river cruise - very enjoyable and informative!
Then, we were straight back on the bus, for delivery to the Singapore Botanic Gardens (a UNESCO World Heritage Park) and the National Orchid Garden. We didn't venture further around the gardens as it was at least 33C, and awfully hot, even under the canopy of the rainforest. On the way to the Orchid Garden David drew my attention to an animal bustling about amongst the plants - I recognised a Komodo Dragon!
We enjoyed an icecream each, then went in to see the beautiful orchids and gardens.
It was absolutely sweltering, so afterwards we went into the Halia Cafe to sit down in the air-conditioning with a cold drink. We each tried something different, both iced drinks. David enjoyed a Halia Infusion (sun-dried ginger and wild mountain honey) and I enjoyed a Spice Islands Coffee (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom coffee). I was intrigued with my drink as it arrived with a shot glass of milk, and another of glucose syrup. I was told to try it first as it was, then add in the shot glasses if I needed to. I did need to! It was foul without them, and divine with them. These were very refreshing and we felt revived enough to step out into the heat again and walk reasonably quickly out of the gardens for our next stop on the bus.
We 'hopped off' and called into the famous Raffles Hotel's Long Bar and indulged in an outrageously expensive (S$36 each, but delicious) 'Original' Singapore Sling cocktail! We enjoyed the supplied bag/sack of peanuts, but had to watch our footing because of the discarded shells on the floor. Again, a very refreshing and relaxing break (and we were coping very well with no lunch).
We enjoyed an icecream each, then went in to see the beautiful orchids and gardens.
It was absolutely sweltering, so afterwards we went into the Halia Cafe to sit down in the air-conditioning with a cold drink. We each tried something different, both iced drinks. David enjoyed a Halia Infusion (sun-dried ginger and wild mountain honey) and I enjoyed a Spice Islands Coffee (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom coffee). I was intrigued with my drink as it arrived with a shot glass of milk, and another of glucose syrup. I was told to try it first as it was, then add in the shot glasses if I needed to. I did need to! It was foul without them, and divine with them. These were very refreshing and we felt revived enough to step out into the heat again and walk reasonably quickly out of the gardens for our next stop on the bus.We 'hopped off' and called into the famous Raffles Hotel's Long Bar and indulged in an outrageously expensive (S$36 each, but delicious) 'Original' Singapore Sling cocktail! We enjoyed the supplied bag/sack of peanuts, but had to watch our footing because of the discarded shells on the floor. Again, a very refreshing and relaxing break (and we were coping very well with no lunch).
Our next stop on the bus was the Marina Sands Hotel's SkyPark Observation Deck. What an amazing spot for awesome views over the city - and I'd thought the views from the Singapore Flyer had been great! We considered the restaurants at the top, but they were way too expensive and we weren't really dressed suitably to enter (would probably have been turned away). So, we walked through the interesting hotel and back to find the bus.
Final stop of the day was our hotel, and a lovely dinner in the cafe again (same for me as last night), and I talked David into trying the steak too - he agreed, it was perfectly cooked!
My ears had been quite uncomfortable yesterday and only slightly less so today. I forgot to mention that they had been quite sore, coming into land yesterday. I'd had to work hard to keep them ok during the landing. They'd been very blocked up and deaf since then and were a bit achy today. I intended to be attacking them with Otrivine over the next couple of days, prior to flying home.
My ears had been quite uncomfortable yesterday and only slightly less so today. I forgot to mention that they had been quite sore, coming into land yesterday. I'd had to work hard to keep them ok during the landing. They'd been very blocked up and deaf since then and were a bit achy today. I intended to be attacking them with Otrivine over the next couple of days, prior to flying home.
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