One Big Adventure

After less than 5 days in Malaysia we headed down to Singapore to meet our friends Andy & Sal. Like Malaysia, Singapore has a very diverse culture and subsequently also a China Town & Little India. Although you can literally shop till you drop in Singapore as there are hundreds of shopping malls, when you have little money and a very small backpack this delight was slightly wasted on us, although the boys did come back with a few much needed gadgets ;o).

A trip to Singapore zoo was definitely on the agenda and we saw some amazing animals such as the white tiger, it was just a shame that a mixture of small enclosures and lack of other animals of the like left some of them pacing and by he looks of it, slightly mad. The highlight of my day had to be the polar bears, one of whom was playing & swimming in the water just the other side of the glass. When the zoo shuts for the day, the night safari complex opens and at 6pm, this was where we were headed (no photos I’m afraid as the flash on the camera scares the animals). Although I’m glad I went it was a little disappointing, mostly due to the very cheesy and slightly annoying keepers – anyone would think that zoo’s were for kids ;o).

The next day we took a trip to sentosa, a man-made island/theme park kind of thing. It was a shame as it was mostly a building site, but we did manage a walk along the beach and a 4D cinema experience, which was like the imax 3D but with moving chairs, artificial wind and squirty water. It was fun although all I could hear was Pete in hysterics next to me. We finished off our trip to Singapore with a few jugs of bear and another spicy curry in little India. Yum!!

Pete Writes: Meeting up with Andy and Sally in Singapore was great, it was good to see some familiar faces. We spent 3 days together (that flew by) eating drinking and laughing, oh and comparing our trips so far, we now have lots of tips for NZ.