Did you know that the island of Singapore is a country? It's actually an "island city state". With 5.6 million people, it's a bit larger than the city of Toronto in population and physical size and it's located between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore's downtown is breathtaking:
We had drinks and nibblies on top of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Casino complex:
It's a huge casino, theatre complex and shopping arcade that has a light show by the bay nightly.
And I treated Cathy and Becky to a real Singapore Sling in the Mozza Restaurant and Bar:
They make it to an original recipe of Dry Gin, Cherry Brandy, Benedictine DOM, Lime & Soda.
Singapore has a superb Orchid Garden Park. You don't have to be old to appreciate orchids (even though I'm old now) and it is truly stunning to spend some time walking about:
There is a VIP section where they have developed a particular orchid flower for 'VIPs'. The white orchid was created for Princess Diana and the purple orchid was developed for Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.
There is so much shopping, it almost looks like one big shopping mall. When we were walking around, I was wondering how the shops could be profitable with such a small population:
But with over 15 million tourists visiting the island yearly, it has all the big name shops here (Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Mont Blanc, Dunhill, Prada and Tiffany & Co to name some). The one negative aspect for a shopaholic like me is that I only have one bag that I'm bringing around the world so the amount I can buy is limited. It breaks my heart seeing all this good stuff because we still have another 30,000 km of trekking to do. I guess window shopping will have to do!
Next up- unfortunately, Becky leaves us after a truly fabulous time in Asia and we fly to Australia!
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