Another Singapore Sling

Were here. Once again in SG (thats Singapore). The flight from Manchester was excellent. No delays, uneventful boarding and a direct flight that made good time. 10 hours 50 minutes so the captain really put his foot down to get us here. There is no easy way to travel east because the timezones conspire to bite your arse at every turn. We left Manchester at 11am. Flew continually for 11 hours, approx, which means in real terms we landed at 10pm uk time but 0730 Singapore time. This means effectively that you arrive at your natural bed time but the destination is just waking up. The hotel did not except check in before 2pm but with a little charm, Crispy,s puss in boots expression and a few extra dollars we managed to get the room for 11am so we could get our heads down for a couple of hours. The hotel is in the heart of Chinatown and next door to the metro. Its nothing special but its cheap, friendly well placed and so perfect for our needs.  Feeling a little more refreshed we set out for a walk around the harbour. We have seen the sights here on previous visits so the stop over was predominately just to break the flights and avoid any jetlag issues on arriving in New Zealand. Its hot, humid and 35 degrees. We had forgotten just how humid it is here. Just the thought of walking up a staircase is enough to cause sweating of biblical proportions. After a walk around the harbour and a visit to the Merlion we went back to the hawkers market for Dinner and had a great meal with a couple of drinks for a few dollars. I again made the same mistake of ordering another "spicy" dish and struggled to get through it. I fear it will have no difficulty in getting through me tomorrow.. In a country that considers all food to require significant heat only a fool would order something that the locals consider "spicy". 
Crispy has gone to bed now and I have had a wander into chinatown for a couple of beers. I knew of a backpackers bar on Mosque street that has a happy hour with cheap beer so called in for a couple before heading home.

We need to catch the MRT (metro) at 6.30 to get us to Changi airport for our 0845 flight to Auckland. Hopefully it will go without hitch and we will be in NZ once more.

Bare and Crispy signing off ...... Chinatown. Singapore