Singapore

We had one day in the city, so I made the best of it!

Wednesday, March 16 - Singapore
Singapore is much like I expected…a clean and modern place, much like New York but with a slower pace. Jamie, Kelly, Lilly and I headed out to start our day. After waiting in lines and figuring out our way through the terminal area we found a taxi and jumped in. I had heard of Orchard Street so we asked the driver to take us there.

After shopping in Lucky Plaza (7 story mall with shops upon shops), we decided that our next move would be to buy a bus ticket for the hop-on/hop-off bus. It goes all over town and seemed like a grand idea. After buying our bus tickets for 23 Singapore dollars we walked down the road to go to another mall.

We shopped and shopped then got food at a massive food court. On our way out we passed the subway entrance and at that moment I remembered that someone told me that the subway. We had already bought our bus tickets so we headed outside where it had begun to rain. We had no clue where to catch the bus from so I pitched the idea that we try and get a refund for our bus tickets. I had remembered that the subway would cost approx 2 Singapore dollars per ride…an obvious better deal. So, we ran…in the rain…back to the tourist shop to get a refund. On the way we ran into the man who sold us our tickets…perfect! We were able to get a refund and then had to run…in the rain…back into the mall and down to the subway.

We went to Chinatown then to Marina Bay. The mall at Marina Bay was quite exquisite. All designer stores and boutiques…much like Fashion Island. The food court was the spot! We tried everything that looked edible. We found wifi in the mall and on our way to the taxi station we stumbled upon a gelato shop…of course we had to try it and I am soooo happy we did! It was the B-E-S-T gelato ever! Vanilla Bourbon Cream = heaven!

Heading back to the line for immigration in the terminal area we had 45 min to make ship time. There was a massive cruise ship getting ready to board and between the passengers on that ship and SAS students concerned about getting dock time…it was hectic. We ran from the moment our passport was stamped until we reached the security line at the ship. I made it back on time!