We’re on our way!

Here we go again! This is our fourth holiday together. It all began in 2017 when we adventured to the UK and Paris. In July 2019 we drove from Orange to Fremantle WA, October 2022 took us toもっと詳しく
Ferry trip and settling in to Bintan

The ferry terminal was not a great hangout - but the sweet tea could be carried and the cartoon training for taking the ferry was amusing. It took half a day to get here but was well worth it… weもっと詳しく
First glimpse of Singapore…

After getting up at 5am we made it to our hotel at 9:30pm (7:30pm Singapore time). No adventuring tonight, just climatising… 30•C and recouping sleep at the Village Hotel, Katong, Singapore.
Good morning…

A quiet, reflective walk for one and some reading in bed for another to start the day …
Safari, Ecofarming & a quiet afternoon

Today we had a driver take us to Safari Lagoi, an Ecofarm that farms maggots and keeps wild bees, a lunch for 4 that could have fed many more and a return drive that explored more of Bintan and theもっと詳しく
A slow day with a sparkly finish…

Beautiful sunrise, very fast squirrels, tiny bananas…
We decided to have a pool day so once again did the 10 minute stroll to the Nirwana Gardens infinity pool. Lunch was authentic Chinese food atもっと詳しく
There’s a beach?

It’s our 4th day at the Mayan Sari resort and at 6:45am we ventured onto the beach. Scary signs and a lack of other people swimming had put us off but it is oh so clear and beautiful! One of us ranもっと詳しく
Just another day in paradise…

God’s creation does not disappoint! Patterns in the sand, thick jungle, 8 little otters, clear sea water and another sunrise.
We left the compound…

Mr Marodu kindly picked us up and took us to his church at Teluk Sebong. We sang in Balak, followed along with Bible readings (looking at the English), listened to the Bible being taught from 1もっと詳しく
As the money runs out…

Today we parted with the last of our Indonesian cash. So there went our moment of feeling like we were rich! Carrying around notes that have lots of zeros on them looks impressive but 100 000 IDRもっと詳しく
When it rains it pours & date night!

We have had fine weather but the rain hit today for an hour! We were driven to our rooms, about 100 metres from reception.
After a late afternoon walk/swim we parted ways with Kay & Steve for dateもっと詳しく
Mayang Sari Resort… farewell!

Some of the bits and pieces from our time here that we haven’t mentioned….
There is a man at the top of the palm tree! They climb up using notches that have been cut into the trunk and trim theもっと詳しく
Here we come and we made it!

Bus, ferry, car transfer and we were transported from quiet Bintan to Singapore 🇸🇬
Our hotel, the Quincy, welcomed us with specialty ice creams and, after unpacking, Sip and Snack whichもっと詳しく
‘Technology is my friend’ so Hop on!

After spending half a day trying to sort out phone issues we met Rosie at the Tourist Information Centre who told us exactly what we needed to do - forcefully but also helpfully! We bought our EZ-linkもっと詳しく
The Yellow Route

A train and a short walk to board the Hop on bus for the yellow route, just outside a 7 Eleven - handy places to come across.
We drove past some of the clean up from the Singapore F1 (Formula One),もっと詳しく
Gardens by the Bay #1

After a ‘nanna nap’ and some cards while the rain passed, we trained to Gardens by the Bay.
Starting with the Cloud Forest, which had an Avatar theme.
Our first ‘street food’ was very yum atもっと詳しく
Gardens by the Bay #2

Gardens by the Bay #3

Gardens by the Bay #4 Supertree Grove

We saw some amazing flowers in the Cloud Forest and the The Flower Dome and then the Supertree Grove turned on a spectacular 15 minute light show - or as our hotel would say, it was very Qool! We thenもっと詳しく
The Fullerton Hotel and the Merlion

We had a tour of the Fullerton Hotel - a grand historic building with a multifaceted history. It was originally the GPO, has housed the Singapore Club (white men only), been the location forもっと詳しく
Boat & Clarke Quays and Ryan

Found the Salad Shop to eat at and wandered through Boat Quay seeing some lovelocks to rival those on the Thames and in Paris. We were approached by many food hawkers trying to lure us into Happy Hourもっと詳しく
Changi Museum & DFO’s

A bit of a journey on trains and a bus, through some more suburban?? Singapore, to read of the dark times for POW’s under the Japanese occupation in WWII.
Many who served for the freedom ofもっと詳しく
The Singapore Botanic Gardens

It felt like Parkrun when we first arrived with many Singaporeans out for exercise but the active wear lessened as the morning progressed. We spent most of our time in the Orchid Garden and foundもっと詳しく
& Juliet

A very rushed dinner for Ryan so he could get back for a company photo.
& Juliet was action packed, fun, with some very clever lines. Some themes were more indicative of our cultures take on life toもっと詳しく
Reading/TV or shopping and 500

A rainy day meant reading / sport on TV for one and shopping with Kay for the other.
At the entrance to the shopping centre, and the Quincy, there are plastic bags to cover wet umbrellas.
Some goodもっと詳しく