kez & hay travels 06

We arrived in the "Little India" area which was pumping with people, music and colour, and checked into a great little hostel.  It was hot, hot, hot but hey we were not about to complain, knowing that in 3 days time we would be shivering in snowy New Zealand.  Shopaholic Singapore is super, with a really pretty city centre.  We spent our days shopping (well window shopping at least!), eating and walking...oh and a trip to the Singapore zoo.  The zoo doesn't "believe" in caging the animals, favouring large ditches to keep the animals safe from us and us from them.  All very well until you find yourself opposite a Lion with nothing but a stream and a ditch between yourselves.  The fact that the Lions immediate neighbours were both Zebras and Giraffes seemed like a cruel joke on the zoo's behalf.

Our last night in Singapore was to be our last night in SE Asia so we painted the town!  After finding a cheap and cheerful restaurant serving a traditional local dish of...fajitas(!) we moved on to a bar called "Eskibar" and the place did not get warmer than 4 degrees - all drinks were served ice cold and everyone was given a coat to wear!!  The night became hazier and hazier and at 04.30 Hayley was being taught pool tactics by a professional pool player and Kerry was playing poker (not strip I hasten to add) with the locals.  All in all a great farewell to SE Asia.