First Week in Singapore

Clarke Quay by the Singapore River

The world famous Marina Bay Sands

Marina Barrage

Orchard Road - Singapore's premier shopping district. 

Little India

Sweets from Little India

Drinking from a coconut

Haji Lane - filled with adorable boutique stores

I have been enjoying the heat, humidity and sunshine days of Singapore. I get to start my days with doors wide-open to the warmth of the outdoors and cool off in rooms that spin oscillating fans. The last time I was here was nine years ago for a month-long vacation with my family. Now in my solo visit, I am still very much surrounded by relatives. A lot has changed within nine years - my cousins are no longer kids and the land has expanded into a much larger and crowded metropolis in which buildings attempt to compete for the highest climbing point to the sky. Despite these expected changes of growth, the culture of Singapore still vibrates and is very much alive especially with the Chinese New Year approaching. I came at an appropriate time to witness all the traditional confettis, which are not typically around during the rest of the year.

Chinese New Year decorations

Singapore Flyer

 Infinity pool on top of the Marina Bay Sands

"Merlion, dad, Merlion!

 I drank a Singapore Sling in Singapore... it had to be done.

 St. James Powerhouse. Wednesday night = Ladies night in Singapore. Free cover, ten free drink coupons, and we ordered a bottle of Hennessy. Not bad.

After five jam-packed days in Singapore, I decided to spend the sixth day indoors with no agenda. It was perfectly chosen as by noon, buckets of heavy rain poured from the bright sky. The heavier and louder the rain poured down, the more attuned my senses were to watching uncountable streams of large droplets, to hearing the splashes beat against the awning, to smelling the green of the palms and to feeling the humidity that is the result of such a tropical climate. I felt myself wishing for the rain to continue but within a couple of hours, the rain slowed down to a finish and the plants soaked in the last mouthfuls before the sun.

Pam  xx