Singapore Slings
last stop in Asia :(
06.11.2011 - 09.11.2011
30 °C
Our last stop in Asia was Singapore, as we only had 2 nights there before we flew to Australia there isn’t loads to tell you about in this blog entry so it will be a nice short one!
We arrived after a night flight from Bali and decided to soldier through our tiredness and avoid napping and go exploring! We pretty much walked nonstop for the 2 ½ days we were in Singapore so our legs were very achey at the end of each day!
On day one we hit up the SIngapore Art Museum and went to an exhibition by a Korean artist called Hyung Koo Kang his focus is on portrait work and he does these huge canvasses of faces upclose and draws every last line and wrinkle on the face. The display was really cool, he also did portraits of a few dead celebrities such as Princess Diana and Marilyn Monroe, aging them so that they looked how he imagined they would if they were still alive today!!
Singapore Art Museum
Crazy artwork
After that we wandered about the colonial district, stopping at the super posh hotel- Raffles along the way. There we headed into the Long Bar to try their Singapore Sling cocktails as this is where they were invented. On all the tables in the bar they have a huge box of monkey nuts for customers to munch on and then you chuck the shells all over the floor!! Random! The slings were delish although Max didn’t think they had much booze in them for the 13 pounds we paid for each one!!
Raffles Hotel Courtyard
Which one to choose!!??
Singapore Sling- it better taste good it costs 13 pounds!!!
Singapore Slings!!!
Fans in the Long Bar - Raffles Hotel
Peanuts Before- on the table at Raffles Hotel
After- the floor of Raffles Hotel Bar
Day 2 and we did more walking around- we visited the Botanical Gardens which are lovely, and have a Rainforest in the middle of them,.
cool flower in botanical garden
Big tree in botanical gardens rainforest
We did some shopping on Orchard Road- there was every brand you can imagine and loads from home so we stocked up on a few things we needed and I did a lot of window shopping! I think Max was regretting agreeing to shop with me when I dragged him around every Aldo in Singapore to try and find my size in the shoes I wanted, luckily for me and unluckily for Max there were about a zillion Aldos so I managed to get my size!
Cool Shopping
Marina Sands- we drank at the top of here!
To end the day we headed to the skyscraper end of town where we went up to the 57th floor of Marina Sands Hotel for sunset cocktails and to admire the views!
On the ground - about to view the buildings from the 57th Floor!
Nice sky colours!
Dusk Skyline - view from posho cocktail bar
Night Skyline- view from swanky cocktail bar
On our last day we went to check out Little India and to eat our last meal in Asia with the type of food we started the Asia trip off with- Indian! Yummy. We ordered way too much but it was absolutely delicious!
Man Making garlands in Little India
Little India
Too much food!!!
Last Meal in Asia - Yummers
Sweetie Makers House- Little India
Bye bye Asia- it’s been great, G’day Australia.....
Posted by sarahdurbs 03.12.2011 00:28 Archived in Singapore Tagged skylines
Singapore definitely looks like the best location to end a memorable trip to Asia. Both looking good and loved the photos. More please of Oz!!!xxxxxx
03.12.2011 by jacky plotnek