13 Days in Sinagpore
My time in Singapore was a complete 180 from backpacking; I went from dirty hostels with no air-condition to a fancy hotel with a king size bed covered in soft, white, linens.
Mr. Jesse Crawford, a friend home back home, currently works between Singapore and Winnipeg as an engineer. Jesse graciously welcomed me into his space as a guest for my 13 day stay. The hotel that Jesse lives in has a beautiful out door pool, great gym facility, free breakfast, free happy hour and all the regular luxuries of a fancy hotel.
The first night that I arrived in Singapore was a Saturday evening. Jesse and I took in the free happy hour and then headed downtown to Clark Quay for dinner and drinks. Singapore is an absolutely stunning city at night. It reminds me a lot of Hong Kong but smaller, cleaner and more expensive. The following two days I didn’t even bother to leave the hotel. I simple spent my time soaking up the sun by the pool, working out and reading in the white linen bed. Here is brief snap shot of how my 13 days in Sing were spent...
Explored Singapore with Dorothy on the Duck & Hippo hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Great way to see all the sites of Singapore and learn some local history.
Read two novels
Had my first class of real red wine since leaving Canada - gotta love free happy hour.
Went grocery shopping and found brown bread!!! I spent two hours wandering the grocery store looking at all the yummy foods I hadn't seen in so long and learning about ones I'd never seen.
Used Jesse's kitchen (first time the poor thing had been used) and made pan fried pizzas. Super tasty.
Spent an afternoon on the beach out front the hotel.
Booked a flight to India.
Went to a local pub for music on a Friday evening with Jesse and one of his co-workers.
Got lost on the MTR (I mean MRT ;) numerous times, until I eventually learnt my way around Singapore.
Tried Dim Sum for the first time.
Got a tattoo!
Walked through what feels like 100 malls. Singapore is a huge shopping mall connected by MRT stations and overhead walks ways all air conditioned. I despise shopping but if you loathe it Singapore is your city.
Found a used book store/new book store for more nourishment for my mind, as well as, used travel guides.
Enjoyed numerous free breakfasts and awesome coffee on the 17th floor of the hotel watching the sun rise over Singapore.
Laughed an enormous amount at Jesse's outrageous sense of humor. The guy has a comment or come-back for absolutely everything. He definitely kept a smile on my face.
Sewed more than I ever have...long story.
Explored Little India and Chinatown. Every big city in Asia has em....
Took a weekend trip to Tioman Island in Malaysia with Jesse for cheap beers and ocean water. We met a lot of great people there especially Emma and Tori.
Harassed Jesse daily about the ferris wheel. For the record Tori and Emma we never made it on due to induling in too much free happy hour
Went to the Singapore Zoo for the night safari with Tori.
Found Bikram Yoga Habourfront Singapore studio and took a couple of classes. Amazing studio and felt so good to be back on the mat. Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures of the studio but the link is above. Painted on the wall in the yoga room is "It's not hot, You're hot!". One of my favorite Bikram says. The studio is a beautiful space with really friendly staff and students.
Tried pepper crab and chill crab with Jesse's colleagues. Yum! Yum!
Huge thanks to Jesse for allowing me to invade his personal space for two weeks. It was really great to catch up with you after four years. Enjoy the rest of your time in Singapore; don't eat too many ritz crackers and make sure you go on the ferris wheel! xoxo
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| Gym @ Grand Mercue Roxy Singapore |
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| Grocery shopping for first time in months |
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| I love Singapore :) |
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| Harbourfront in Singapore |
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| Dorothy and I on the hop-on, hop-off tour |
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| My favourite building in Singapore |
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| Ferries Wheel :) Larger then the London Eye |
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| Beach on Tioman Island, Malaysia |
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| New Friends! Myself, Jesse, Tori, & Emma
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