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⦁ Hijacking someone’s yacht for selfie purposes
⦁ Eating nachos and drinking iced coffee (with ice-cream on top) for free
⦁ Being photographed on a sideways palm tree on Sentosa Island (by a man with his wiener sticking out, obviously not a highlight but sure was funny and memorable- more on that later)
For any first-timer in Singapore, it’s compulsory to make a beeline for this unique area of the modern city. The landmark hotel really does stand out from the crowd, the look of it resembles two towers on either side, with a boat resting on the top. This is one perfect example of many brilliant pieces of architecture that Singapore has to offer. It looks extra stunning at night, when the hotel is illuminated in all its glory, with the lights reflecting onto the reservoir opposite. The boat-like structure at the top of the hotel is home to one of the most photographed rooftop infinity pools out there. I know to stay at the hotel does set you back a substantial amount of money, so the pool is unfortunately restricted to guests only. What a shame Emirates don’t put us up there for a night, hey? Anyway I suppose I can’t complain, as our hotel was super nice too.
Gardens by the Bay instantly reminded me of the film ‘Avatar’ the minute I stepped into the place. It’s a huge nature park with yet again, amazing architecture and is just beautiful. Not something you’d expect to see in your average capital city. My favourite part of the garden tour was the ‘Supertree Grove’, which was home to many tree-like structures, that dominated the landscape, ranging up to 50 metres tall. They were covered from top to toe in exotic flowers, vines, you name it. So pretty and colourful. I just wanted to become a fairy and live inside one. Between the larger Supertrees there was an elevated walkway, with panoramic views of the gardens. I could hear magical sounding music coming from up there, which was intriguing. I’d recommend anyone visiting these gardens to do so at night time, as apparently there’s an amazing light and music show that takes place there. Sounded wonderful, but unfortunately I was time restricted, and had to make my way back to fly onto my next destination. 🙂
What a beautiful summer’s day it was in Aus! Luckily I had some willing crew members who wanted to go out for lunch and drinks, so we did exactly that. We found a lovely spot by the Southbank, and ordered a jug of Pimms to help wash down our food. Opposite us was a happy little chappy singing away to a song he was playing on his guitar, I remember him sounding awful, he’d make the Cheeky Girls sound good (anyone remember them, or is it just me?). Can’t fault him for enthusiasm, though. The Australian folk do live up to their laid-back, easy going stereotypes, as many passers-by didn’t seem phased by this man’s dreadful singing, or maybe they were used to it, I don’t know. All I know is if this man was performing back home in the UK, he would most definitely be booed off stage, so to speak.
After asking a few locals how to find it, we found ourselves sat inside this super cute, vintage, authentic Italian looking espresso bar, ‘Pelligrini’s’. The place had won a ‘certificate of excellence’ and I could see why. Being a huuuge coffee fan myself, it was heaven for me. The coffee was to die for. I knew that if I was a resident in MEL, I’d have shares in this place. 😉
Afterwards she showed me around the area, browsed in a few shops, tried (and failed) to play the didgeridoo, and ended up on someone’s yacht. We weren’t going to miss an opportunity.
100 selfies later, making our way back towards the hotel, we both discovered the famous graffiti street- ‘Hosier Lane’, (I was shocked she lived in one of the world’s street art capitals and not even come across this famous attraction LOL). The art was really quirky, there were overhead washing lines from building to building, with shoes hanging from them by their laces, plug extensions with ‘feed me’ labels on (even though they were not plugged in of course) it was all really odd, but I liked it. Overall a lovely day with lovely company. Thank you, S!
Last leg of the tour turned out to be a lone adventure, as my colleauges were too drained to be bothered to go out this time. I didn’t mind too much as I already planned what I wanted to do, and how to go about it. With a map in one hand, and Singaporean dollar in the other, I embarked upon my little metro journey towards Sentosa. There were 3 ways to get onto the island; by cable car, by monorail, or by walking over the boardwalk. It was a lovely day so I decided to walk.
Walking along I saw some beautiful architecture, yet again, from Singapore. My favourite was a huge mosaic dragon water feature, which trailed down for many metres. It was gorgeous. Although the most well known feature on the island would be the ‘Merlion’, a gigantic lion statue, which looked very iconic too.
My favourite discovery on the island, however, were the beautiful beaches. There were numerous beaches along the coastline but my favourite was ‘Palawan beach’. Just beautiful. I found this amazing drawstring bridge on this beach that took me over to ‘the most southernmost point of Continental Asia’. Here I discovered a sideways palm tree which bent out into the Singapore strait. What a perfect photo opportunity! Just as I whipped out my camera, along came a local guy who offered to take my picture, so I thankfully accepted his offer and climbed onto the tree. Several shots later, it was to my utter disgust and shock, that I saw he was wearing speedo’s, and he hadn’t quite got them on properly. In other words, I could see his manhood. HAHA! This is an image I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget unfortunately, it’s like one of those things you just can’t un-see. Anyway, I’m sure he felt more embarrassed than me, if he ever found out. Ten minutes later, I managed to get rid of him and, ahem, his little friend. Phew! It was back to Dubai for me, Singapore you were great!
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