One hot day in Singapore

Hot today, deceivingly hot - sunburnt on day one! Got up after a reasonable night's sleep - everyone has adjusted well to the time difference and took a leisurely stroll down to breakfast, which was a magnificent buffet of all kinds of fruit, cereals, cooked items, cheese and it went on and on. Went for a little explore after breakfast to look at the beach and get our bearings in the hotel. Luke wasn't fussed by the beach but really wanted to try the pool out. At this point it wasn't too hot so we agreed we should have a swim first and then think about going out afterwards. Swam for about three hours after which time it was very hot so we decided to brave the screaming child and extract him from the pool, into the shade for a shared sandwich lunch and then back to the room to get changed.

Once ready we headed out for the bus to take us to Imbiah Lookout where we took a ride in the skytower, a 110m high tower that has an observation platform that rises from ground level to the top to give you fantastic views of Singapore and out to the China Sea over towards Indonesia and to Malaysia. Luke enjoyed this and wanted to go up again a further three times throughout the day!

We then went onto Butterfly World, the Singapore Cable Car which links Sentosa to the mainland and carries you over the cruise terminal. During the queue process for the cable car Luke was abducted/borrowed by a large Thai family for photos with each member of the family - we worked out that his hair colour was the attraction and not that we were mistaken for any celebrities!!

We then decided that we should go to Sentosa Golf Club, home of the Singapore Open and buy me a souvenir shirt! Purchase made we headed back to the hotel, passing a sign that stated that the golf club held no responsibility for the damage caused to cars by the resident peacocks! Apparently during the mating season male peacocks will often attack their own reflection in shiny surfaces such as a car's paintwork to claim territory - I knew there had to be a good reason for letting my car get so dirty - the peacocks of Worksop can attack somebody else's car!!

Once back in the hotel we have had our sumptious new year's eve banquet and are now back in the room, one of us is asleep after a hard day's sightseeing and soon I will put Luke to bed as well!!

Lee