Last morning in Singapore. Flying this afternoon into territories unknown.

Sunday.... a day of rest.... Walking the river and viewing the sights was again on our agenda as well as walking to church. St. Andrew's has services starting from 7 am and not finishing until after 7 pm. They cater for a number of nationalities. We decided that 11.15 was our choice and so we set out after a hearty breakfast. Leaving the safety of the river walk was fine and we saw many of the amazing examples of Singaporean engineering to allow buildings t...

This is the third time Helen and I have flown into Changi Airport in the last three months. But for those of you who haven't been there, this is probably the most user-friendly airport you could be in and while Hong Kong is vast there are aspects of Changi that are beautiful. Some examples ....... for transit passengers who have a lot of time to spare, there is a swimming pool, a butterfly park, a cinema. There are immense floral displays and their convenienc...

Having arrived at Changi which I have already described.... let me tell you about the accommodation. Firstly we forgot when we booked "the added charges"......naive travellers learn eventually. While we had located the hotel on the map, its relationship with everything else was still a little hazy. The entry statement of the hotel was "WoW" and after upgrading we were able to access our room at 8.00 am and then go to the Exec. Lounge for Breakfast. We had snacke...

Well It's arrived. Washings done, house clean, lawns cut and fertilised, irrigation checked, rubbish bins out, tea to have. Drop into our daughter's on the way to the airport...... Check in 9pm. Last minute bag checks and packing which has now been completed unless Helen finds some things I have forgotten. Because of our interrupted travel (Dropping into Singapore on the way to line up some accommodation for the trip at the end of the year) I have been ...