Sunny Singapore...not so much

Greetings...We've had a good four full days in Singapore and fly to Bangkok this afternoon. Pardon the posting gap, but the internet was virtually down after the earthquake in Taiwan and I was sick on Thursday (all better now thanks to the stash of Airborne we brought). The jetlag seems to have passed after four days, though we're obviously waking up pretty early.

Anyway, we've had several rainy days here which led to lots of time in electronics stores (Tony's happy ;) ) but not much site-seeing. Can't complain about the cramp in our travel given that many people have been impacted by terrible flooding nearby in Indonesia, Malaysia, and some here. Yesterday we lucked out and had a dry Friday. It was overcast but dry and we saw quite a lot.

In the morning we visited Tony's aunt - his father's eldest sister who moved back to Singapore in July after living in Canada for 25 years. She's quite a spunky 80-year old and warmly welcomed us into her beautiful home.

After our visit, we took a "memory lane" tour and drove by the home where Tony and Angie lived in junior high and highschool and saw where their school used to be. We also stopped by the MacRitchie Reservoir that was within walking distance of their old home and took some photos.
We also stopped at a favorite Lee family spot for Muslim Indian food and I saw them making fresh roti (flat bread) on a hot griddle. Delicious!

Then Tony, Angie, Glendon, and I spent time perusing the shops and stalls in Singapore's Chinatown. It was a great day for it and fun to see all of the wares. Tony and I wandered around Chinatown and even found a restaurant supply store. Check out Tony in wok section.

From there we walked around downtown to check out the view of the skyscrapers from Raffles Plaza, the Fullterton Hotel, and the Merlion fountain at the bay.

The evening took us all down to Boat Quay along the Singapore River for some famous chili crab along with other Chinese dishes. After dinner we took a cruise of the river in a "bumboat." It's a lovely city...no less so at night! Well, stay tuned for more from Bangkok.