March 23rd and 24th, Singapore

Megan and I didn’t sleep very well our last night on the ship. I regularly have travel anxiety.  Always afraid I am going to forget something, oversleep, get stuck in traffic…  We got up and went and met Gail and Marty for our last meal and goodbyes at the Pinnacle Grill.  We promise to continue to stay in touch and hope to see each other soon.  Then we went back to the cabin for one last sweep of everything and then headed off the ship.  We saw may friends and crew on our way out.  We had several offers to take our suitcases back on the ship for us so we didn’t have to leave.  The port was crazy chaotic.  The Queen Mary was off loading their passengers and all of ours were disembarking to go on excursions.  We went up to the second floor to relax and let the crowd down a bit and to grab a coffee.  We messaged our car service to see if they were available for an early pick up and they were.  He arrived about 10:00am.  We went straight to our hotel, the Park Royal Pickering and got checked in.  Luckily our room was ready and we were able to move in early.  The heat and humidity are stifling here.  We opted to put on our bathing suits and to go and spend some time at the pool.  I dozed off for a bit and we both read for a while.  After we decided we had enough sun we went back to the room to cool down and take showers.  When we arrived back to our hotel Megan’s dressed had been delivered to out room after it’s further alterations were made and it fits perfectly.  We decided to take a walk around Singapore tonight. We headed to a wood fire pizza place that Megan had found on line and the food was delicious.  I had a coffee beer and Megan had a great berry Kombucha. Then we decided to walk to the Marina Bay Resort to see all the sights.  There was a water show at 8:00pm similar to the World of Color at Disneyland.  It was lovely, what I wouldn’t have given for there to have been a splash zone.  Then we decided to try and B-line to the Gardens by the Bay for their light show at 8:45pm.  We ran into our friends from the ship, Kit and Tim, after a quick hug and goodbye again, we made our way to the Gardens.  Unfortunately, since today was Earth Day, the local community practiced an hour of little to no electricity tonight from 8:30pm to 9:30pm so they didn’t give the performance at the Garden.  We then took the 30 minute walk back to the hotel.  It was still really humid and 83 degrees on our way back and we were absolutely melting.  We stopped at a 7 eleven on the way to get some more water.  We got back to the hotel around 10:00pm and felt like we really had seen a great deal of the city.  This morning I woke up early and went to the gym for an hour and then came home and got Megan up.  We headed to the lobby restaurant for our included breakfast buffet. They had food from around the world, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, English, and American.  Along with tons of pastries, fresh fruit and hot beverages.  I had miso soup with vegetables, a couple of Bao Buns, and some fresh fruit.  Then we decided to take some more down time since it was still so warm out and we went to the pool again for a bit.  Around noon we headed back to the room to get dressed and we took a cab to the shops at the Marina Bay Resort.  Three levels of some really nice, high end shops, lots of food places, and fantastic air conditioning.  We picked this location because google said there was a Ferrari apparel store here, but it is no longer here.  We were told it closed around Covid times and never re-opened.  It’s o.k. we found plenty of other places to shop. We spent a few hours here and then decided to head back to the hotel.  We took a cab back to the Park Royal to rehydrate and make plans for the evening.  We decided to walk to the Lau Pa Sat food emporium.  This historical building houses Singapore cuisine and international food from all over the world.  There is even a Satay Street with several different stalls selling Satay.  We ate Bao Buns, seafood dumpling, noodles and of course satay (Chicken, Beef and squid).  They were all delicious.  It was an amazing food experience, and it was completely immersive.  In all the places we chose to eat tonight, what are the odds we run into two people we knew.  One was a guest of a crew member while we were on the ship and the second was the tailor lady Roxanne from the ship who got off and was waiting to go to the airport for a late night flight to head back to Hong Kong.  They both ended up at the Lau Pa Sat for dinner at the same time as us.  We ate so much and it was only fitting that we walked back too.  It was only about 15 minutes each way, but in the 80+ degree humidity it felt a bit longer.  We are happily now back in our hotel cooling off and rehydrating again.  We are hoping for a good nights sleep and then we have plans for tomorrow. I will tell you all about them tomorrow. Blessings!!