The flight was uneventful composed of eating, reading, eating, watching films, eating, dozing and eating. As usual the plane was spotless, the service impeccable and the bathrooms clean all the way from Paris to Singapore. Fourteen hours, non-stop, and while always boring, what more can you say? No wonder we don't want to fly with anyone else these days.
Singapore airport was as efficient as ever. It was less than 20 minutes from the time we walked off the plane to the moment we got into the cab to take us to our hotel.
The Elizabeth is, by Singapore standards, an old hotel having been built way back in 1993; nonetheless, it suits us and this is the third time we have stayed here. The weather in Singapore is exactly what one expects, hot and muggy. The good news is that there are so many air-conditioned stores you only have to leave these oases of comfort to cross the street from one store to another. No wonder they say that Singapore's national sport is shopping! Singapore continues to grow. Because it is so small in area, it tends to grow upwards as can be seen on the right.
After a short nap, we puttered around for most of the day and in the early evening went to Clarke Quay, a much developed area with eateries and night spots. We have eaten there before and there is one particular place we are quite taken with called Quayside. Here for a very reasonable price you can have the largest plate of special rice with seafood you ever say. In fact, the waiter always advises that since there are only two of us we should get the smallest serve which will be more than sufficient - and he is right. Returning to the theme of growth, note the number of cranes in the picture on the left, taken at Clarke Quay.
Dining at Clarke Quay
We were interested to see, in the super market, that one orange cost $1.20 and a bag of 4 fuji apples was $19.00!
Not much more to tell as we came back to the hotel, had a drink and decided to have an early night. Since we had only had three hours sleep in the previous 24 it seemed like a good idea.
View from Clarke Quay
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