Today the plan was to head out to both Indiatown and Chinatown which are considered both "tourist attractions". They're both on the MRT line as subway stops so we thought we'd hit Indiatown first. We need to take advantage of our three-day MRT pass so we grabbed breakfast first and then headed out. We always tell people that British Columbia really means "bring cash", but in reality this applies here more. While the exchange rate on one (1) U.S. dollar is curre...

Today was the day to visit the Singapore Zoo. Our original plan was that we'd head out to the infamous Singapore Night Zoo, but it doesn't really get going until 9:30 p.m. While our sleep patterns have stabilized somewhat, we're usually sawing wood by 10:00 p.m. On the Night Zoo side, they project this moon-like light into the animal enclosures so you can see these night-time predators in their fake, nocturnal habitat. Doing a little research, we've heard that ...

Today was Deborah's big day for 2016 and we took it easy. Rising later than normal, we were just in time to see the gang of 14 checking out from the hotel and making their way to the ms Volendam for their 49-day cruise through Asia and Alaska. We decided that a light lunch was in order so we headed over to Raffles Center, a gigantic shopping facility pretty much adjacent to our hotel (Carlton). We lazed around all afternoon in the comfort of our air-conditioned...

We've been in Singapore since Monday - a total of 3 full days and I've come to realize quite a number of things about this place.  Things I thought you should all know: Singapore is more than just a dot on the map - it covers 716 km2 of land area; It has 300 parks - it's a very, very green city; Singapore is made up of 63 islands, mostly uninhabited; There are four (4) nature reserves; Singapore is 49 kilometers from end to end; You can't buy chewing gum her...

Today was a bright and sunny day in Singapore. We got out early to explore. Our standard tactic in any new city is to search out the local Hop-On/Hop-Off bus (this time without the rain as we experienced in Hong Kong) to get a feel for things. We usually get on the top deck, run all the routes (blue, red, yellow, etc.) and then check off on the map places that look interesting to return to later. The problem here is that there are so many damn places that we'd l...