Singapore, Yawn

Singapore is the most exciting place we've ever been to.....or not. We landed in Singapore, got on the immaculate train and went to the city. After we got settled we walked around, first stop, Little India. We had Indian food and saw a temple. Little India is a small neighborhood that looks exactly like the rest of Singapore's neighborhoods, but with lots of Indian people walking around and Indian restaurants everywhere. After Little India we walked down Orchard Road. Orchard Road is the main shopping street in Singapore. It has lots of malls and Christmas displays. We walked through a bunch of malls and saw Christmas displays. wow.

We started our only full day in Singapore by riding the Singapore Flyer. The Singapore Flyer is a 40 storey Ferris wheel that has views of the whole city. It was a cool experience. After the Flyer we were treated to a great buffet lunch by Jen's mom. Jen's mom was travelling in Asia and we met up with her in Singapore. After stuffing ourselves silly Lara and I went out to explore the city. Our first stop was the Merlion waterfountain at the entrance of the port. The Merlion was pretty lame, but taking funny pictures with the fountain was fun. Singapore is a city of about 7 million people and has a large central business area with high rises and a substantial financial district. We walked around the central business district and it was totally dead. This was at noon on a weekday. At noon on a weekday in San Francisco's Financial District it's super busy. In Singapore you could have heard a pin drop. Of course you actually wouldn't hear a pin drop because that would be littering and you could lose a finger for that. We quickly realized that the only thing to do in Singapore is shop in its many malls. Since we didn't feel like shopping we decided to walk the city and take pictures of all the ridiculous signs.

Since our flight out of Singapore wasn't until the evening we had most of the day to kill. I would compare killing time in Singapore to a baseball game, during a four hour rain delay. We decided to take the subway to the outskirts of town to see the Body World exhibit that was on display in the Singapore Science Center. It was a very cool exhibit that isn't for those with a weak stomach. The exhibit is made up of human bodies that have been 'plasticed' and are permanently frozen. These bodies show how the different systems in the body work and are the actual bodies and organs. After Body World we subwayed over to Chinatown. Singapore's Chinatown is similar to San Francisco's except smaller, cleaner, not as interesting, and nothing like San Francisco's Chinatown.

We left for the airport 3 hours early because we thought the airport would be more interesting; it wasn't.