We arrived in the city at 11pm after a two-hour trip down a river and a ten-hour trip on a train, that stopped at every station for about 15 minutes... why why oh why did it do THAT!!! The only reason we could see was so that it would be the only train in Asia to get in on time. If you build in 3 hours of waiting time at every station any train will arrive on time.
The train, to add insult to injury, dropped us off in the middle of nowhere with not a tube line in sight. We finally got a taxi by a very nice man who ripped us off for the fare.. still in Asia then! Or maybe that is just taxis drivers the world over (dad you can confirm or deny).
Our hostel is Uber hip and cool and it says so on its website so that you know it. They do have free coffee and pool and Internet which is cool, but I am not sure about the uber hip bit. We stayed in a dorm for the first time last night (very expensive here) which was fine, a bit strange sleeping in a room with strangers and not sleeping together but we will have to get used to it from now on.
Our first hostel
We only had the energy to walk up the street to the main shopping centre on Orchid Road yesterday. Loads of signs saying "litter and we will kill you" everywhere and yes, you guessed it, watched a film (great way to make you think you are doing something when you are in fact sitting in an aircon room on your arse). "Knocked up" was very funny along the same lines as 40 year old virgin. I think that El took me to see it to make me / her broody but I think it might have done the opposite ;-)
The city has a similar mix of races to KL but a lot more cosmopolitan. On first impressions I really like it here, like Hong Kong without so much energy but with more open green bits.
A traditional Singapore Chilli crab
Off today to the botanical gardens to give El a dose of flowers, as she needs it now and again, and then off to a island so we can ride on a cable car, and then to Raffles for a Singapore Sling.
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