Singapore, Singapore - Day 2 of 2

Another day to explore Singapore and hang out with Amy. Today, we started out at Orchard Road, Singapore’s shopping area akin to 5th Avenue in New York City. From there, we took a Grab to Merlion Park and walked around.

“Merlion Park is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, near the Central Business District. The Merlion is a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish that is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore. Wikipedia”

We then walked over to loop Raffles Hotel to have Singapore Slings at the Long Bar. The cocktail was first created at the bar in 1915. Story goes that women weren’t to drink liquor back then so the bartender created the drink to look like fruit juice so the women could enjoy some booze too. We were then ready for lunch and went to Coriander Leaf in the Chijmes complex. Located across the street from Raffles, Chijmes was built in the 1840s as a convent and now houses numerous restaurants. Following lunch we said goodbye to Amy and went back to the port.

Having a “local” show you around is golden. Thank you for two memorable days, Amy!Read more