Our Life in Malaysia: Singapore

We had a great time in Singapore. We stayed at the Orchard Hotel on Orchard Road. We arrived on Christmas night just in time for the road to be closed for 12 hours for a Christmas party. There were decorations like we had never seen, hundreds of people line dancing, the Prime Minister sang, lots of carolers and lots and lots of people. It was insane!

We loved Orchard Road. They had western food restaurants (we ate at California Pizza Kitchen one night), clean streets, accessible bathrooms, shopping galore (the stores smelled delicious - leather, perfumes, cosmetics, fabrics - yummy!). We even had an Orange Julius!

The subway system was awesome. We took it everywhere. We went to China Town one night & had dinner at the hawker stalls (duck rice & satay of course!). We spent an afternoon in Little India & had chicken curry (again - of course!) and spent another morning at Sentosa Beach which is THE southern most point of Continental Southeast Asia.

We had a great time & spent a lot of money - Singapore is wonderful & clean & ...expensive! We loaded up on things we couldn't get here in Miri & had a long trip hauling it all home but it was worth it. It was a delight to spend a few days in a cosmopolitan city! What a wonderful Christmas we will never forget!