Singapore

We love Singapore!  I actually went to the Fish Spa until it freaked me out.  BT took photos so we have proof of little fish nibbling on my feet.  Then we had an ice cream sandwich.  That means they slice off a slab of ice cream and stick it between white bread.  It is a "sandwich" and really tasty.  The city is beautiful with wide boulevards, lined with trees and lush foliage, massive shopping centers,  great architecture, stairs, escalators, sculptures, fountains, lots of people, etc.  Really awesome. 

We had a Singapore Sling at Raffles a great plantation type place where the drink was invented. We also went to the Marina Bay Sands Hotel which you should google to see the infinity pool on the roof.  Pretty wild.  We saw Merlion, the symbol of the city, the Esplanade, the Double Helix Bridge, etc.  We were on the route of the Gran Prix and saw the Fullerton Hotel which is always visible during the race.  We spent some time in Chinatown which was really great with pretty shop houses.  It started to pour when we were there and Brian ducked into a weird little place for a beer where the owner told him "short rain, short rain".  It actually lasted quite awhile so we headed for a taxi. 

It is polluted here because the Indonesian farmers are burning the rain forest and the smoke headed to Singapore.  Other than that, it is fantastic.  We leave tomorrow and our next stop is La Paloma, via Hong Kong and LAX.  This has been a trip of a lifetime.