Monday 7th July: Singapore

Today was Barb’s last day so she had a quiet morning and mooched some shops before heading to the airport.

The Forrets got rental bikes and set off for the eastern bays where we were going to have brunch. It was unbelievably hot biking and the bikes were pretty basic. No gears and variable seat positions! It was a fun way to see a lot of Singapore though, and all on bike paths.

We were well and truly ready for food and cold drinks when we got to our destination. The total cycle was 14.5km, mostly along the flat, thank goodness.

This is a science and exhibition space beside Marina Bay Sands. JenY went to an exhibition there that had garments very similar to what we’d see in World of Wearable Arts.

You get a great view of the Singapore skyline from across the bay.

They are redeveloping the whole eastern side of the bay so it will be a large public space like Gardens by the bay. There is a lot of construction at present.

Loads of turtles in the creek just beside the cycle path. They don’t care about the construction apparently.

We went to a place called Nimbus for lunch. They had little table lights with what looks like clouds captured in a Perspex cube.

The area has lots of heritage buildings that are being beautifully restored.

These are called shop houses and there are heaps of them in rows

There are also lots of cool murals on walls.

That evening there were more cards and some tv, while Craig and Mike played chess.

The at 9pm we set out for this cocktail bar called Atlas. It is in this truly splendid building that has been styled totally in Art Deco. The cocktail bar is in what was formerly the lobby to an office building. It’s amazing and they do some great cocktails.

Outside there are heaps of Daliesque sculptures. Quite surreal.

We had a fabulous time. Two cocktails each was definitely the limit 🤣