After lots of hard work at home, finally we were off to the airport for our trip to Singapore, to visit my daughter Sophie and her partner Paul. We made good time, had to divert to Tesco Chelmsford when we ran low on fuel, but finally made it on to the airplane at Heathrow. But our flight was delayed by 90 minutes by a non working tow truck. We weren't sure that we would make our connection at Frankfurt, and were almost looking forward to a night in a hotel there. But, running to the gate, we found our flight still there. The flight to Singapore was a long one, time for at least three movies! But when we arrived, our bags did not. But we were handed 300 dollars for the inconvenience...and they were promptly delivered the next evening. Thanks Lufthansa!
Here's the large complex of flats where Sophie and Paul live, near Vivo City. We slept in, and then walked to Labrador Point....it was very sunny, very hot and very humid....how different from the UK.
Singapore has a number go really exciting and different buildings!these appear to be curving gracefully...
Of course, one of the things that Singapore is famous for is food, especially the hawker stalls and the food courts. We enjoyed this immensely and liked trying different styles of food. Our first visit was to the Food court at Vivo City....interesting fruit juices, too.....
On our first afternoon, we met up with Sophie in Chinatown, which had lots to look at....
A Hindu temple, interesting to wander around once we had left out shoes at the front entrance. This temple had some of the largest cooking pots that I have ever seen, some the size of a bathtub...
Very colourful....
and on the top floor, a beautiful roof garden, with a large prayer wheel and tropical foliage...
The following day we took the tube to the Botanic Gardens, which were looking rather brown and dry, as there had been no rain and drought conditions prevailed, with trees dropping their leaves..
Lots of beautiful orchid cultivars..
Just a few of the many photos that I snapped...very hot, between 30 and 36 degrees and also very humid...
More orchids...
A slipper orchid....back to the flat...we got warned by the police not to eat or drink on the metro - we quickly complied....
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