Wandering Around Singapore

We tried to explore Singapore as much as we could in the weather that we had been given and we did okay. The Sentosa Boardwalk opened the weekend we were there. This boardwalk is a 0.5km bridge that connects Sentosa Island (where the resorts and beaches are) to Singapore. What they did was make it so that now not only can you drive or take the Sentosa Express train to get there but you can walk across it for the price of $1.00. For the opening weekend it was free so on our way back from Universal Studios which is on Sentosa Island we decided to take advantage of the freebee and walk back to the main part of Singapore. It was so pretty, it was dark out and the boardwalk was all lit up with Chinese lanterns for Chinese New Year, pictures of rabbits everywhere celebrating the year of the rabbit. Just outside of Universal Studios there was a huge rabbit outlined with christmas lights the size of small house. It was pretty intense, with these brightly lit orange lanterns hanging around it. There were all these bright colours in celebration of it's opening and as we made it to VivoCIty Mall on the other side these fireworks started going off over the water. It was really pretty and a great ending to our day.

Sunday was still pretty wet. Especially in the morning! We went to China Town but it was pretty quiet being a Sunday morning and as wet as it was so we then ventured to Little India which was a little better. We walked around the market which to be pretty honest, stank pretty bad. The fruit section was okay but the meat section was just rotten. We went and saw the Merlion guarding the Singapore river and then we went back to the hotel room to dry off and get some lunch.

The rains started to fade off later in the afternoon so we headed back out but this time to the shops. It was fun just looking around downtown. Ryan even amused me by letting me find a Lululemon store and walk around it. He said a tool store to him is like Lululemon to me. I just have to go in and smell the smells and then I can leave happy. He's such a good man. We also saw this crazy man hoola hooping this huge string of beads. There was an article about it saying it was the new fitness craze but "is it safe?" I'd say NO WAY. You could totally hurt someone whipping those huge wooden beads around as fast as he was!

We then headed back to Chinatown and it was so much better! Everything was open and the streets were full of people. So much more enjoyable. We actually lost track of time since the sun sets later in Singapore then we're used to in the Phililppines. We didn't even look at our watches until just after 6pm so we had to rush back and get the kids some grub and ready for bed. By the time we got back to the hotel and settled them it was 9:00pm and I was ready for bed! For being such a crummy weather day it was sure busy and man, were the kids exhausted by the end of it!