As you may have seen on the news, Sydney was covered by a cloud of red dust yesterday!! While we were very glad to have flown out the day before ...... on the other hand, I would have had some wonderful photos ...... however, pop over to Just like Martha to see Lee's photos!!
Singapore is hot and sticky - but as always ... fantastic!! It's four years since we were last here, and we have been amazed at the changes. Previously, we had stayed in an apartment in the Ascott, (where I also had two stays of six weeks, when there was political unrest in Indonesia). When Malcolm tried to book an apartment there for this trip, he was unable to do so - and now we know why .....
There should have been a 30-storey building obscuring the view of the Hyatt - the entire thing has been demolished!! I felt quite sad that it is all gone, as I have many happy memories of staying there ..... A lot of the older malls have been demolished, or have been stripped back to a bare concrete shell, ready for redevelopment - Singapore is definitely not a city to rest on its laurels!! One of the newst malls is ION - this is just a small part of it ....
However, some of the wonderful old buildings on Orchard Road have defied the march of progress ....
The city is in the grip of Grand Prix fever - last night we were going to go along to see Lewis Hamilton, but decided against it - and having seen photos of the crowds at the event in today's paper, we're glad we didn't go!! One of the hotels has a novel way of displaying a racing car ...
Yes .... it's made entirely from bread!!!
We went to the cinema this evening, to see The Time Traveller's Wife - yes, I cried at the end!! Then we went to my MOST favourite place to eat in Singapore - Crossroads Cafe, at the Marriott Hotel. It is the most wonderful place to sit and people watch, while eating superb food ... we had lobster thermidor ..... yum, yum and a bit more yum!!!
Well, it's getting to the end of a long day, so it's time to say goodnight!!
ps - have just discovered that yesterday's post has gone awol - I had a bit of a problem with the Internet connection, so I hope this one reaches you!!!!