DAY THREE IN SINGAPORE

In the morning we went with David to MacRitchie Reservoir Park, a favourite place for Singaporeans.  It is situated in a large area of parks and lakes that includes the Singapore Zoo.  We joined many others walking by the large lake

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The MacRitchie Reservoir

Quite a large fish

We took the bus both ways, the transportation system is excellent, one plastic card can be used on all forms of transport.  When we got off the bus we walked through one of the many large expensive looking malls on Orchard Road.

This 1950's AJS motorbike caught the eye as it was the exact same type of motorbike that my brother Don had many years ago and I had travelled quite a few miles as a pillion passenger.

For lunch we used some Groupon coupons for a meal in the Arab quarter in Bugis.  Over the alley were three young gentleman smoking (who knows what) using Hookahs.

 

In the afternoon we took a boat ride to one of the many islands that sit offshore Singapore.  This was to St. John's Island.

As we left we saw a cruise ship leaving from a nearby dock and it was the Celebrity Century.  This ship had just completed a round the world farewell cruise and it had been sold to a Chinese company, who were going to run cruises in South East Asia.  This was the same ship we had travelled in on our Alaska cruise some four years earlier.  It had been renamed SkySea Golden Era and was now owned by Ctrip which is a mainland China-focused travel agency based in Shanghai.

Celebrity Century

St. John's Island

Scenes on St. John's Island.  It was very hot we remember.

That evening we went to a Chinese restaurant serving Peking Duck, a famed delicacy which we had enjoyed on our trip to Beijing.  The duck is carved with great ceremony at the table side and then taken away to return on thin pancakes.

It was very good indeed. 

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