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All of a sudden, it was decided that Britta and Gary should stop making piles of money, and come to Singapore (etc) for a couple of weeks R & R. As it turned out, Gary's camera packed up on him and he had to use mine for much of the time - I've tried to keep the piccies from both cameras "in synch" - may not have achieved it all of the time... Anyway... Gary had never flown, nor been out of the UK - so.... was he worried??
We had a meal indoors and then after a swim - fairly early to bed....... 19 September, 2006 A relaxed day.....but because of jet-lag etc.... up early....
To Parkway Parade (via Haig Road) to get stocked up with some provisions...
Then... back for a swim....
and then.... its getting towards sundowners-time....
That was dinner - now let's go off to Raffles Hotel -Long Bar for post-prandials...
20 September, 2006 Well....... what to do....?? The kiddie-winks had gone a bit exotic at the supermarket - so first up was breakfast.....
It doesn't take us more than a couple of hours - where to spend the next couple of hours..... we're off to Orchard Road....
We're off to..
More... walking...
And then, further down Orchard Road - we found Fuji-man who told Gary that his camera was on its last legs and it was time to buy.... whatever..
We now need to cut across town to get to Clarke Quay to get on
a river-trip
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..........NOT a bit of
it!!!!!!!!!!!
Brittsy was keeping cool, in both aperture settings (we'll be doing a
lot of this)
Horror of horrors - Gary's
just found out they don't serve drinks on the 13 hour flight...
Calm down-time..... they
don't serve non-alcoholic drinks.... phew!! So close down the camera - and get
on that flight....
Well..... that wasn't
sooooo bad!! Here they are, intrepid couple..... 17:15 Singapore time - BA11 has
arrived at Changi airport... get ready to sweat!!
What about a piccie out of
the back, back-bedroom window - early-morning Singapore.
And another out the side
back-bedroom window. Around this time "haze" was expected for the city - farmers
burning-off in Sumatra and Borneo - doesn't look much like its arrived yet - but
over the following 2-4 weeks it got bad!!
From our lounge - the
pool... 
and Brittsy...
Janet went off to work - and we had to fend for ourselves.....
He's not going to be of
any use in the kitchen!!
on a clear day you can see
Indonesia 
...where
shall we go...??
...don't you just hate
overcrowded pools??
last of the light... 
wait for Janet....
and its time for
dinner.... off to Chijmes...
now which way was it...??
Here we are...
That camera is about to expire......shame....
....Dragon fruit!
then, it was .... all sit
round and work out what to do today - and for the next 13 or 14....
I had all the brochures!! And then Brittsy or Gary started
"inventorying" the apartment....
Must be Gary..
I'm trying to describe the
layout of the place - but I detect she's not taking a blind bit of notice - not
unreasonable when you consider that Orchard Road is basically straight - with
shopping malls on either side..... I was not to be deterred.....
Tang's Dept Store..
Oi!! You been followin'
us??
What?? Me sir?? No sir!!
And stand a little further to your left...
Leave the piccie-taking to the artist....
some water first...
then a side-step into
Emerald Hill...
Mr Fuji-man's shop....
(Yes I know it doesn't look like he does Fuji!!!)
its not
very far...
Do take note of "your
culture" on the way!!
Here we are... now where
do we get the boat from??.... 
Somewhere near here..
Sorted - and off we go....
downriver first - towards Boat Quay, City and Merlion
This is Clarke Quay
Fullerton Hotel with the
statue of kids jumping in the water (dead centre of piccie)
Clifford Pier - soon to be
"developed"!!
This is for Janet.... the
DHL Balloon.... is UP!!
Parliament Building.
another Govt. Bldg
and now we're going
up-river from where we joined the cruise..
OK - that's the end of the
river-boat cruise - here we are back on Clarke Quay - outside what used to be an
elegant Chinese Restaurant - but which is now part of the "IndoChine" group
(more about them in a couple of weeks....)