Singapore in 34

The ship was docked for a total of 34 hours in Singapore. With that amount of time, impressions might be more appropriate than a full blog posting. Here goes:

• Brand new, beautiful cruise ship terminal in the middle of a construction zone
• Taxi rides in clean cabs with polite drivers to get out of the construction zone to the subway
• Asking directions in English and being walked to the place we wanted to go
• "Hawker markets" and food courts at Maxwell Road, Raffles Place, and near Chengyi Dock with cheap, delicious Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Japanese food. We ate well and cheaply in expensive Singapore! (Thanks Mary, for the tips).
• Splitting up into smaller configurations to explore a safe, modern, English-speaking city-state
• Mountain biking on the island of Palau Ubin. Those pedals and shoes got used!
• Singapore Art Museum and the 8Q SAM modern annex down the street, small but full of contemporary works from artists around Southeast Asia.
• The Science Centre museum with interactive displays enjoyed by Grandpa and Jr on their own excursion.
• The Botanic Garden with an amazing National Orchid Garden visited by Sr and me while Jr and Grandpa were at the Science Centre.
• A huge and wonderful bookstore on Orchard Road where we restocked Jr's graphic novel and chapter book supplies (another fabulous tip from Mary)

We are back on the ship and heading for Burma, where we will arrive after 3 full class days.

Jr eating the world's biggest ice. He liked it until he got to the beans and jelly at the bottom.

Sr and me in the National Orchid Garden at the Singapore Botanica Garden.