After a great few days in Kuala Lumpur, we flew down to Singapore; our last stop in South East Asia. First impressions weren't as good as KL. The day we arrived, it lashed. But then again, it is rainy season here. It's a very mixed culture in Singapore, with a lot of Indians and Chinese living here.
The day after we arrived we decided to spend the day out in Sentosa Island, which is an island just off Singapore, but theres a bridge over to it. We did the Sky Tower, then onto the Butterfly and Insect Park, then onto the Sentosa Luge and the Merlion, and lastly to the 4D Cinema. The Butterfly and Insect Park was surprisingly good. Disgusting with all the insects, but good all the same. The Sentosa Luge is a kind of free flowing karting thing, but it's not mechanical. You just go flying down a slope in a kart type thing, with nothing but a break. It was so much fun though, you got good speeds on it. The Merlion was also cool, it's a mixture of a Lion and Mermaid. It's a Singapore symbol. Oh and before we left we went to a pink Dolphin show. We nominated Alice to go up in front of everyone to help out the trainers :) She got a kiss from the dolphin and all :) Then myself and Gillian went up after the show to get our photo taken with one of the dolphins. They were so cute!!
While on the island we also went over to the 'Southernmost part of Continental Asia' and put our footprints in the sand :p
Our last full day in Singapore then we decided to split up. Myself and Gillian went to do some cool sports stuff, while the other 5 went to do the bus tour of the city. They did say it was good, and would recommend it. But myself and Gillian didn't really have time then on our last day to do it. But we got to see most of the city anyway the day before. We started the day by going to Snow City and went taboganing. Then went and checked out some sites, and Raffles Hotel, where of course we had our Singapore Sling in the Long Bar :) Then we checked out the markets, and Little India. There's a festival of lights on there at the moment, so the streets are all lit up for it. Then on our way back home, we did the coolest thing so far. We went on the G-Max and the GX5!! The G-Max is a kind of group bungee jump. You're strapped into seats, and then when you least expect it, you get hurled into the air at 200km an hour! And just go flying up and down for a few minutes. Mental!! So scary! Then the GX5 was similar, but it was a swing, rather then going up and down. You're brought back slowly to a height of about 50m and then go flying forward at a speed of 120km/hr over the canal!! And then just swing back and forth like a pendalum. This was the more enjoyable ride by far. Definitely recommend doing it! The other was just scary!!
Anyway, we're waiting now for our flight over to Melbourne, and Sydney (Donal) I think we're all definitely looking forward to being settled for a while!!
Catch ya later,
Cathy x x
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