I didn’t get to see much of Singapore, it was raining very heavy, so my trip to the Singapore Zoo was cancelled. I was really disappointed, I wanted to see the free ranging Orangutans and I wanted to go on the Night Safari. At least I has a nice room at one of the Singapore luxury hotels. I had to budget really well in order to make reservations here. But, it was worth it. It’s my second day here and I’ve done virtually nothing. I hope the rain stops.
I did go down to the hotels restaurant and have some wonderful meals. Incredible really, in taste and variety. It seems that what they say about Singapore’s past-time is true, they love to eat and shop. To date, my most favorite meal, I know it’s only been two days, was the minced meat soup. It sounds simple, but the soup has fish balls, mushrooms, tofu, noodles, vegetables, pork dumplings in addition to the minced meat. So wonderful and tasty.
So, the minute it stopped raining, I made my way to Clarke Quay. I hooked up with a group of backpackers who I met on the plane here. Clarke Quay seems to be the playground for the trendy people of Singapore. The whole area is undercover and illuminated with Christmas lights. This lighting gave me the impression of a big shopping mall back in the States, except there were clubs and bars where the shops should be. I saw all kinds of beautiful, stunning people immaculately dressed coming here. I felt really out of place, so did the backpackers. My flip-flops really don’t cut it here. I wish I would’ve known, jeez! All the backpackers were wearing grubby shorts and tank-tops and none of us had our hair done up nice.
We decided to duck into the first bar and found out that everyone was dressed up due to a celebration of some sort and the bar itself was really a hoot. All the seat were wheelchairs, which led to many a wheelie competition between all the backpackers. A big contrast to the chic elegance of all the other patrons. I had tons of fun despite being under-dressed. All the Singaporeans we met that day we extremely friendly and they told us they were envious of how we were dressed!