12 July And more Singapore

Usual late breakfast downstairs, watching and listening to all the noisy comings and goings at the ferry terminal next door to the yacht club

We finally managed to make arrangements to meet up with Andrew today. We took a taxi in to drop us off at Raffles so that we could check it out

before meeting Andrew at the Nichol Highway train station as arranged.
We had to make definite arrangements for a time and place to meet as our travel Sims don’t seem to be working here. SMS messages are going into the ether.

Andrew took us for a delicious Indian lunch at one of the local hangouts near his work

and then for a Kopi at another one where he usually gets his breakfast fix when he gets to work.

After that he took us to where he works – high up in one of the high rises.

I lost track of which floor but high – with incredible views. He was able to point out the airport and the area where he lives and the route he uses to cycle to work all from his office window

Our next plan was to check out Marina Sands and Gardens by the Bay so when we left Andrew we went one stop on the MRT to Promenade so that we could walk over the Helix Bridge to Marina Sands

First of all we wandered through Gardens by the Bay – a new attraction that has only been open for two weeks.

It has themed gardens with a diverse range of plants from different continents

They also had some interesting specimens of petrified wood

Next we headed for the Sky Park at the top of the Marina Sands resort.

Apparently you have to pay to go to the top but we found out if you said you were going for a drink you got a ticket to go up to the Kudeta restaurant you didn’t have to pay. However, we were so thirsty that we decided to get a drink anyway.

                                  

At $15 each for a beer we decided to only have one beer each, before catching a taxi back to the Yacht club. We did make sure we spent plenty of time taking in the view from all directions and taking photos before we left though

                                  

                                      View of the barrage and Gardens by the Bay

I decided to have a swim in the pool to cool off when we got back,  before drinks at the Yacht club with another beautiful sunset.

As it was our last night with Miles he took us out for dinner at the Swiss club where he is a member.

Very nice meal, washed down with Moet & Chandon!!!!