My first impression of Singapore was not my last. It took me a while to adjust to being in a huge, imposing, lively city. I was expecting to be able to 'walk' the city, like in Sydney, or at least pieces of it. But from where we were docked, it was just impossible. It is definately not easily seen in the short time we were here. This city is HUGE and very spread out. Our first day, we ventured out on our own to the massive malls and shopping areas and took in a movie. Every store imaginable snaked out in every direction at street level, high rise, and going several stories underground. We walked forever and ventured up and own escalators galore. It seemed to me that a person could live underground and never see the light of day for years. On our first day, I took one picture, about 'shoes'. I went back to the ship exhausted.
Our second day was the Wow day. I saw a different side of the city on a tour. I was impressed. We toured Thian Hock Keng Temple,. We enjoyed a Bum boat ride, kinda like small world, or a Chicago boat tour....:) Fun. We went to Raffles Hotel. Right now there is a lot of construction going on all over the city. I never realized that Singapore has so much reclaimed land. The city buildings were amazing pieces of art all by themselves. I especially loved the new building going up that looks like someone put a ship on top of it. When finsihed it will be a convention center, hotel and casino. Singapore exudes wealth right now. I love how they preserve and incorporate the old with the new. I ended up enjoying the city and would love to go back someday and take more time seeing it. Again the heat and humidity took its toll. It was a good thing we went to Raffles and had that Singapore sling. :) (Invented here) Actually, we loved the idea of having been there, but the drink was not very good. Maybe its because we were on a tour or maybe it is because it is premixed now?? It was disappointing, but the hotel is lovely.
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