round the world trip http://kezhaytravels06.blogspirit.com/singapore/ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:15:25 +0100 blogSpirit.com All Rights Reserved http://kezhaytravels06.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/08/07/sunny-singapore.html http://kezhaytravels06.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/08/07/sunny-singapore.html noreply@blogspirit.com (KEZ&amp;HAY) Singapore Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:45:00 +0200 <p>We arrived in the "Little India" area which was pumping with people,&nbsp;music and colour, and checked into a great little hostel.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Shopaholic Singapore is super, with a&nbsp;really pretty city centre.&nbsp; We spent our days shopping (well window shopping at least!), eating and walking...oh and a trip to the Singapore zoo.&nbsp; The zoo doesn't "believe" in caging the animals, favouring large ditches to keep the animals safe from us and us from them.&nbsp; All very well until you find yourself opposite a Lion with nothing but a stream and a ditch between yourselves.&nbsp; The fact that the Lions immediate neighbours were both Zebras and Giraffes seemed like a cruel joke on the zoo's behalf.</p> <p>Our last night in Singapore was to be&nbsp;our last night in SE Asia so we painted the town!&nbsp; After finding a cheap and cheerful restaurant serving a traditional local dish of...fajitas(!) we moved on to a bar&nbsp;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!!&nbsp; The night became hazier and hazier and at 04.30 Hayley was being&nbsp;taught pool tactics by a professional pool player and Kerry was playing poker (not strip I hasten to add)&nbsp;with the locals.&nbsp; All in all a great farewell to SE Asia.</p>