View over Singapore city and harbour
This morning, we awoke to the sound of a truck driving past the cabin window, we were docked in Singapore and our cabin was almost at dock level. Around 08.15am, we went to the Cabaret lounge for our scheduled tour ‘Highlights of Singapore’, an optimistic description, at best. Passing through the customs and immigration formalities was a real hassle, we had to line up last night to collect our passport, which had to be carried with us when we went ashore. This morning we had a long walk through elevated passageways and escalators to reach the line-up for immigration, then we lined up at customs and security as all packages etc were xrayed before being allowed into Singapore. Once through, we found our allocated bus, where we waited ‘til all the seats were filled. Time from arriving in the Cabaret lounge ‘til departing on our tour, almost exactly 1 hour. First stop was the second highest point in Singapore, approximately 300 metres, where we had a view over the city. Next stop Chinatown, I bought a new battery for my camera, $30, he started at $80 but I know I still paid too much, Izzy bought a Chinese jacket, which looks purty nice. The heat was stifling, so next stop, the Botanical gardens, Izzy stayed on the bus and I had a look around myself. The gardens are quite nice but not worthy of the hour and a quarter that we spent there, they were a nice 15 minute walk. More than a few people seemed happy when we were headed back to the ship, disappointing tour, not worth the time or cost.
The boxes to be shipped
Back at the cruise dock building, we checked out the location of the post office, before going back on board to label and close our two boxes for shipment. Fortunately Bill and Shell offered to help transport them to the post office, so it wasn’t too difficult to get them there. I filled in the necessary forms for each box and Izzy paid the fee, then they were gone, about 50 lbs of un-needed clothes and junk.
Bill, Shell, Izzy and me
Dress for dinner tonight was ‘smart casual’ or oriental, we opted for the latter and I got to wear my new Cambodian shirt, Izzy wore her new Chinese jacket. We had an early night as we have a long day tomorrow in Kuala Lumpur.
