Singapore is a great stop off port for a few days on your way through Asia. It's very clean, very safe and is almost a little bit like a theme park. In fact that they do have a theme park being built with a casino on a place called Sentosa Island which is just off the mainland and can only be reached by cable car or boat. Singapore has the most shopping malls I have ever seen in such a small area - well over 80 and they are still building more! But it's fairly pricey, so if you love shopping then this is the place to come but make sure you have a very healthy bank balance. Have had a jam packed few days here seeing the main attractions which have included the Merlion, the symbol of Singapore which is a mythological half lion, half beast creature (?!) and the Singapore Flyer, their answer to the London Eye. I went on a night safari to see lions, tigers and rhinos and had a day on Sentosa Island being a big kid experiencing park rides, an aquarium, go-karting, and more. To add to my list of weird experiences, I also had some 'Fish Flexology' in a spa here - where small fishes use your feet as a buffet (see pic below). I was very cool about it - o.k., I squealed the place down when I first put my feet into the water! It was a really weird feeling and if I hadn't known the 'pumice stones' were alive I probably would have been fine. I was so pleased when other people got into the pool and took the heat off me as they were feasting away a bit too enthusiastically!!
A big shout out to Catherine and Mary who took me for a couple of great lunches. They run a private school here for highly functioning Asperger children and the work they do is inspiring, both frustrating and heartwarming for them and the parents at times and ultimately very rewarding. I'm in awe of what you do, girls!
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