WAKING UP IN A NEW CITY IS ALWAYS FUN AND CONFUSING. WHERE’S THE RESTAURANT? WHERE’S THE COFFEE? MORNING STUFF. WE WERE STILL GROGGY FROM THE FLIGHT. AFTER BREAKFAST I NEEDED TO GET SOME LOCAL CURRENCY. I INQUIRED AT THE DESK AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A CASH MACHINE ON ORCHARD ROAD. SO OFF I WENT ON AN ADVENTURE!
THAT AFTERNOON WE DECIDED TO TAKE A BOAT RIDE ON THE RIVER. FIRST WE HAD TO NAVIGATE THE SUBWAYS. DURING OUR PREVIOUS VISIT WE FOUND THE SUBWAYS CLEAN AND EASY TO USE. THIS ENCOUNTER WAS THE SAME. WE TOOK THE RED LINE AND TRANSFERRED TO THE PURPLE LINE. WE GOT ON A ‘BUMBOAT’. I NEVER DECIPHERED THE MEANING OF BUMBOAT. AT ONE TIME THEY FERRIED GOODS AND WORKERS AROUND THE ISLAND.
ANOTHER SUBWAY RIDE TOOK US TO MARINA BAY SANDS HOTEL AND CASINO. THIS IS THE ENORMOUS THREE 42 STORY PILLARS WITH A CONNECTING STRUCTURE AT THE TOP THAT RESEMBLES A BOAT. IT’S ACTUALLY AN INFINITY POOL WITH A VIEW. ADJACENT TO THE HOTEL COMPLEX IS THE GARDENS BY THE BAY. THIS MANMADE ATTRACTION CONSISTS OF INDIVIDUAL LARGE DOMES FOR DESERT GROWTH AND A DOME FOR HUMID GROWTH. EVERY TWO HOURS MAN MADE MIST KEEPS EVERYTHING HAPPY.

SUBWAY IS CLEAN AND EFFICIENT 
INFINITY POOL AT THE TOP. GREAT VIEW 
GARDENS BY THE BAY 
GARDENS BY THE BAY WATERFALL