Last day in Singapore

Our last day comes all too quickly. We jump on the big red bus and head to the Botanical Gardens. Absolutely beautiful, lots of shade, rainforest and water. Singapore does water well, rivers, ponds, waterfalls everywhere with plants and fish all about.

We make it to the orchid house which is a treat and the buildings look very much like the Serangoon Road ( for ABC watchers ) buildings.

Back on the bus and into the centre again for lunch and a quick trip out to Little India so Ross can find his mate from last time to buy some Indian cotton shirts for Toni and a couple of pashminas. Little India is such a colour bomb - hustle, bustle, noise and traffic. It's great.

Mission accomplished, we are back on the bus - we sit on the top in the shaded part when disaster strikes - a gust of wind and away goes Ross beloved Qantas cap. Oops. Anyway we head back around the city going past many cultural places, buildings and quarters. Too hot by now to get off, so we head home for a nana nap.

About 7 we head down to the river - amazing restaurants, cafes, old and new buildings, lights and lasers everywhere. Robertson and Clarke Quay; tourist and local central. There is a walk about 6 k along the river and there are people and families out and about everywhere.

We jump on our river cruise - quite small boats that head down the river to the marina and back - about 40 minutes. We would recommend it to anyone visiting Singapore.

Back along the river and into a food hall and we find a shop with seafood laksa style of thing on a pot like a fondue so the seafood cooks as you eat - hot both in temp and spice. They even supply a box of tissues and its not just the tourists using them. Ross finally finds his Singapore noodles. Yum, yum and yum.

Lucky we have a long walk home along the river to wear some of it off. After a great day into bed.