Singapore - Part 2

(continued from previous post)



As you can tell from the pictures, there's a giant platform at the top of three towers that is cantilevered over the edge (which is 60 stories up). This is where the pool deck is...I'm sure it's really cool, however I couldn't get up there. I believe it's still under construction, but I think they only let hotel guests up there which I was not. I guess that just gives me one more reason to come back to Singapore!

You may have heard of the famous Singapore Sling - a fruity drink with pineapple juice, gin, cherry brandy, Cointreau, lemon juice, bitters, benédictine and grenadine.


It was "invented" by a bartender at the Long Bar inside the Raffles Hotel back in the early 1900's. Every guidebook and website about Singapore mentioned a visit to the Long Bar to have this famous concoction. Well, apparently the folks at the Long Bar have caught on to this demand and charge...



...Yes, that's S$29.45 for one drink which is about $21 USD. That's ridiculous...but I had one anyway because I'm a stupid American (that's for you Ric and Alayna - we're not just in China!)

I've been trying to figure out how to upload videos to my blog but I haven't figured it out until now. I can't upload HD videos from my Canon camera to the iPad but I can upload low quality videos from my iPhone to my iPad - so here's my first attempt (and a little entertainment for all you guys reading this post).

While hiking one day, I came across this sign:



I wasn't sure what it meant so I jumped over the fence to see what was on the other side. VERY interesting.





On a completely unrelated note, here is a random shot of a couple of Pringles cans on the store shelf


- if you can't read the flavors, they say Shrimp and Seaweed. First of all, those are both disgusting flavors for a potato chip. Secondly, if you eat them together is it like eating sushi?

I'm now in Auckland, New Zealand for a few days. If you're following me on a map, you'll probably see I'm heading backwards - it was the only way I could get this "Round the World" plane ticket to work. By only using airlines that are members of Star Alliance, I was limited in how to get to the southern hemisphere and through Singapore was the best/cheapest way. After a 10 hour flight into Auckland and after visiting Australia I'll have another 10+ flight into Thailand - I'm wishing I had figured out a better route. I will say, however, that Singapore Airlines' business class is by far the best class of service - far better than any FIRST class service I've ever flown.


With completely lay-flat seats, a 20" video screen with 100's of new release movies and TV shows, and great food, it made the 10 hours fly by (I've got to stop with the puns!)

Regardless, I'm here in Auckland for a few days, then to Wellington, NZ for a day, Christchurch, NZ for a day, then Queenstown, NZ for a few days before heading to Sydney.


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Location:Rendezvous Hotel Singapore, 9 Bras Basah Rd, Singapore 189559