Footloose and Fancy Free

Well my brother and his wife were tied together forever in the nicest of ways but I was still footloose and fancy free. In the days following the wedding I managed to have lunch with my in-laws and dinner with my family and my sister-in-laws parents and spend the whole afternoon and evening with the newly-weds. Now usually I wouldn't intrude but since I was heading out of the country I was glad to have to opportunity to spend time with them before travelling again. We took our cameras to a local small zoo and turned them on the unsuspecting animals and plants and occasionally each other. It wasn't all roses but that's a different post but in the end I am glad that I had that time and I was sad to leave everyone behind. I was not sad to leave the weather. It had been awful for my short visit home and I was delighted that I would soon be back in the tropics.

 

Instead of the usual quick stop over I decided to follow the example of many before me and stay in Singapore for a few days and I wasn't disappointed. As soon as I stepped off the plane I felt the familiar heat and humidity and I couldn't wait to get in to my old outfit of shorts, skirts and light tops. I caught a shuttle bus to my hostel, I vaguely remembered that there was public transport but as I had been without internet for a few days I wasn't sure so thought the shuttle bus would be the easiest way to get there. On arriving I discovered one of my roommates was an English girl who was only there for one night. Her friend had recommended a great restaurant in little India which turned out to be as good as promised an very reasonable after my exposure to Australian prices. After dinner though I was tired it was still to early to sleep so she suggested we grab a beer and take in the local scene whilst attempting to battle the jet lag. I'm not much of a beer drinker but I am glad I developed a slight taste for it recently as cider seemed to be an unknown in Singapore. The beer was light and cold and the company was great making my introduction to Singapore a chilled night but still one to remember.

Though I would have enjoyed exploring with her the next day I knew she would be up early as she only had one day to explore the city. I guess in a way I'm out of practice at being a tourist or maybe it was the jet lag or maybe it was the events of the last month catching up with me but whatever it was I was exhausted. I slept the morning away but woke up feeling refreshed and ready to see what this new city had to offer.