Singapore

In singapore now, in fact going to catch a plane to penang in a couple of hours. Had such a lovely time here i forgot how much i love this city.
We got here on saturday after deciding to leave cherating early as it was a bit hot and not so much to do. Oh but on friday evening I went on the firefly river tour which was amazing! best 3 pounds i've ever spent. picked us up in a little tiny boat once it was dark and there were only 3 of us. I've never seen fireflies before but they are so beautiful. They move quite slowly in sort of bounces so everything seems really magical like a disney movie. firstly you'd just see them moving around the trees and then our guide would flash a light and suddenly they'd all head over to our boat and surround us and be on our hands and hair and they were so gently and lovely.
we caught a taxi and then a reeeeeaally long coach ride on saturday morning to singapore and are staying at sleepy sams again! it is such a lovely hostel especially after the place in cherating which had bed bugs. saturday evening we sat around here and on the internet and then went for a little wonder. discovered haji road in kampong glam which is a really pretty little lane with tall colonial houses and the most wonderful boutique clothes stores. spent about 2 hours in 2 shops trying everything on and i fell in love with so many cool things. Then we went and had dinner at the lovely deli morrocan opposite our hostel and then had an early night. pop booked us into the girls dorm which isn't as good as the main dorm where i stayed last time and the girls were pretty unfriendly and grumpy.
Sunday we got up early and it had rained during the night, still we decided to go to the zoo so we caught lots of mtrs and buses and got there...just as it started to rain again. and it pissed it down for about 3 hours, we got soaked, so we decided it would be a good (and hilarious) idea to buy bright green rain capes with singapore zoo emblazoned accross the back! aha we looked so funny they are ace! the zoo is really cool as there are no cages, just moats and ditches between you and the animals and glass between the really dangerous ones (a huge crocodile headubutted the glass about 10cm in front of my face i was so scared!) so it really flows and feels a bit jungley as the monkeys can move all over the park just moving through the trees overhead. Saw so many cool animals. and some babboons having sex and things like that. good day, soph has lots of photos. Came back here and then went and collected mama and poppa g from the station! so good to see them and it's so wierd meeting them out here on the other side of the world. lovely though. We weren't that hungry so we just went to a little sisha bar and lay around on cushions drinking beer. good times.
Monday we had a little explore around singapore. Walked down to the river and sat having a very expensive beer, then caught a riverboat which had the best audio commentry ever. highlights included "let me recite for you a poem" "why don't you try writing your own poem" "singapore is a painting and you are part of it" and other such gems. the mama and i were wetting ourselves for the whole thing.
Then we wondered up to little india, via lots of shopping centres for the air conditioning and had a drink in a cafe. Came back here and had dinner before getting spruced up and going to raffles hotel for coctails. Went into the Long Bar and ordered our singapore slings and they were sooooo good. really delicious. and every table has a huge thing of peanuts and you throw the shells on the floor so when you walk it's really crunchy underfoot. the bar was pretty cool with old fashion fans and stuff. but the drinks worked out at almost 15 pounds each! pop was pretty shocked as we thought they were going to be about 8 pounds. ah well had a lovely time.
that's about it as i have to run and catch a plane but romy you are rubbish with your coming home dates xxxx