The flight was not particularly busy and after seven hours of very fitful sleep we arrived in Singapore. Customs and immigration cleared, bags collected, our designated driver found and shortly thereafter we were checking in at our hotel in the Colonial district of the city.
Having showered and feeling clean once again, the nex step was to venture out for a quick look around the local area. As fate would have it we ended up being persuaded into a rather smart Chinese restaurant. The menu wasn't that extensive and there was no real English translation although we did establish that the house speciality was something called "hairy crab". That didn't sound too appetising, so we ordered the set meal for two and hoped for the best. Peanuts and seaweed arrived as "nibbles", followed by barbecue style pork bits and some sort of fish soup. I'm not sure what sort of fish it was, but despite its rather fearsome teeth, it actually tasted quite good. The main course followed...this was mainly noodles but containing bits and pieces of everything from cockles (including shells), to bacon strips and pak choi. Once again, it tasted better than it sounds. Dessert consisted of pomeron (a kind of giant grapefruit) and some fungus berries. Lush!
Hopefully we did the meal justice, if not in terms of great enthusiasm but in terms of expert chop stick handling.
And so, bed is calling. Even though our bodies are still on UK time, ie. 8 hours ahead of the UK, I sense that we should sleep well after all our travelling.
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