Well, our wonderful holiday is over and we have made it back safe and sound to Samoa.
Since our last post we spent our final day in Singapore exploring the local markets and Chinatown. Yes, a bit more shopping, but by then we were running out of room in our suitcases!
One of the things we wanted to do in Singapore was have High Tea at Raffles. Fortunately Angela had contacted them and made a booking otherwise we wouldn't have got in. We were warned about the dress code, so we put on our best clothes - coming from Samoa I thought I was doing well to find a pair of long trousers and shoes, luckily I didn't have to wear a jacket and tie! Even with our best clothes on we still felt a bit out place, but the high tea was great. We started with our tea and plates of delicious pastries, cookies and slices. Then we realised that there was a buffet with dim-sim, dumplings and spring rolls and another selection of scones, cakes and fruit. I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast and was hungry, so tried to have a taste of everything on offer, but couldn't manage it. After enjoying our high tea we had a look around the rest of the hotel and ended up in the Long Room where we had the obligatory Singapore Sling. We even had some peanuts and threw the shells on the floor - its the done thing apparently. I suggested that if it was good enough for Raffles then we should do it at home, but Angela didn't agree! After Raffles we took a last look around town, ending up at the Merlion park.
We were sad to leave Singapore behind, but we did have a couple of days In Surfers Paradise to break up the trip home.
I hadn't been to Surfers Paradise before so it was nice to look around, but July isn't really beach weather! We couldn't fit anything more in our bags, so Angela wasn't allowed to do any shopping, not that that stopped her!
Although we weren't brave enough to get in the water for a swim we did enjoy a nice run along the waterfront from Surfers Paradise to The Spit and back. By the time we got back we both had cold noses and ears and had to have a hot shower to warm up.
We also checked out Jupiter Casino. Neither of us are gamblers, so the gaming tables and pokie machines didn't really interest us, but we did enjoy their Dinner & A Show deal. Dinner was lamb shanks and the show was Stomp and we really enjoyed both.
On our last day on holiday we went to see the final Harry Potter movie in 3D.
Since our last post we spent our final day in Singapore exploring the local markets and Chinatown. Yes, a bit more shopping, but by then we were running out of room in our suitcases!
One of the things we wanted to do in Singapore was have High Tea at Raffles. Fortunately Angela had contacted them and made a booking otherwise we wouldn't have got in. We were warned about the dress code, so we put on our best clothes - coming from Samoa I thought I was doing well to find a pair of long trousers and shoes, luckily I didn't have to wear a jacket and tie! Even with our best clothes on we still felt a bit out place, but the high tea was great. We started with our tea and plates of delicious pastries, cookies and slices. Then we realised that there was a buffet with dim-sim, dumplings and spring rolls and another selection of scones, cakes and fruit. I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast and was hungry, so tried to have a taste of everything on offer, but couldn't manage it. After enjoying our high tea we had a look around the rest of the hotel and ended up in the Long Room where we had the obligatory Singapore Sling. We even had some peanuts and threw the shells on the floor - its the done thing apparently. I suggested that if it was good enough for Raffles then we should do it at home, but Angela didn't agree! After Raffles we took a last look around town, ending up at the Merlion park.
We were sad to leave Singapore behind, but we did have a couple of days In Surfers Paradise to break up the trip home.
I hadn't been to Surfers Paradise before so it was nice to look around, but July isn't really beach weather! We couldn't fit anything more in our bags, so Angela wasn't allowed to do any shopping, not that that stopped her!
Although we weren't brave enough to get in the water for a swim we did enjoy a nice run along the waterfront from Surfers Paradise to The Spit and back. By the time we got back we both had cold noses and ears and had to have a hot shower to warm up.
We also checked out Jupiter Casino. Neither of us are gamblers, so the gaming tables and pokie machines didn't really interest us, but we did enjoy their Dinner & A Show deal. Dinner was lamb shanks and the show was Stomp and we really enjoyed both.
On our last day on holiday we went to see the final Harry Potter movie in 3D.
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