We left Ubud in the morning and drove to the Airport at Dempasar. We flew Singapore Airlines to Singapore. It was a nice flight and I edited about ½ of my pictures. Kevin has been my inspiration after seeing what he did. He has the identical camera and his pictures look great. It is the photographer, not the camera!
Arriving in Singapore as you go down the escalator to immigration they are scanning you for fever and Swine Flu. Very efficient, you don’t even have to stop.
We cleared customs in record time and headed for our hotel.
After checking in we took the underground into Singapore and went directly for a massage. Cathy loved it, I less so. We then took a cab to Raffles Hotel. This has a feeling of the Raj. It is an old hotel, quite large. I really liked the architecture sort of Raj meets California Mission Style. I of course had to have a Singapore Sling, which was invented at the hotel. Cathy not liking sweet drinks had a wine.
We were screwed by our cab driver in the ride from the massage to Raffles. This is the ONLY time on the trip that we were cheated. No big deal, but it speaks of the difference between Bali and Singapore!
We then took a cab to Jumbo Seafood. There are a whole series of outdoor Chinese seafood restaurants on the water. We planned this to be the highlight of Singapore and it was. It is open on two sides and people are sitting outside eating. I can’t think of an outdoor Chinese Restaurant in LA. At any rate, the whole point is eating Crab. We had two Crab’s Chili Pepper Crab and Black Pepper Crab. We also had mixed seafood fried rice.
The food was great. You eat with your fingers and it is messy but fun. Billy is WRONG! The Chinese food in Asia is better than the Chinese food in LA. This was the best crab we ever had!
Tomorrow we get up for an 8:20am departure to Tokyo and back to the states. It has been a great vacation!
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