Tropical Holidays

We've been greatly enjoying having Andrew, Tamsin, Anna and Sebastian stay with us. It's been a busy time doing lots of things, including a number of "first times" for us as well. I've unfortunately been working, but highlights for me so far have included:

• Monkey spotting at Macritchie Resevoir
• A relaxed dinner while watching the sport of kings at the Singapore Polo Club
• Getting very burnt at Wild Wild Wet water park
• Great dinners at very different locations: Halia (in the botanic gardens, looking out at floodlit jungle) and No Signboard (in the very urban Geylang, looking out at a busy road)

On Tuesday afternoon we took the glass-bottom cable cars across to Sentosa island. Great views over jungle, water, shopping malls and across to the docks. Sentosa island is actually a really nice spot with walks, beaches and attractions guaranteed to drain one's wallet (and they haven't even finished building the casino and theme park!). We've decided to do only one attraction per visit, in order to avoid a cash flow crisis!

Tuesday's activity was the butterfly and insect park, then we wandered down the colourful Merlion Walk to one of the beaches. It felt like a tropical holiday - sitting at a beach bar, drinking margaritas and pizza and watching the kids swim. If you looked in the right direction you could even ignore the ships parked outside the swimming area and the oil refineries a little further across in the distance.

In the evening we saw the sound and light spectacular "Songs of the Sea" which we can highly recommend. Lasers making images on waterspray, fire, fountains and fireworks made for enjoyable viewing, even if the story was slightly cheesy.