Singapore

Most of the cruise passengers disembarked here and TSH and Diva felt good about staying on. They decided to take an independent day, so a trip on the metro took them to their pre-booked visit to Gardens by the Bay. This is an excellent new attraction consisting of gardens and water features. Many of the gardens are within huge glass air-conditioned domes, an additional attraction in steamy Singapore. There are huge fish in the aquarium.

The port is not pretty – there are too many industrial bits with containers and cranes. But the city as a whole seems clean, bright and well maintained.

Notes about the Singapore metro:

1.      The escalators go faster than those in the UK. Presumably for throughput. If they go, say, 10% faster, they can carry 10% more people.

2.      The hanging loops for balance for standing passengers seem very low, especially to TSH. Because the average person there is shorter. (But they still have high stairs to get into temples).

3.      There is a sign on some trains saying what you are not allowed to do. No smoking, no eating, no drinking, no explosives, no durian (a local fruit that is said to taste like heaven and smell like hell).

The filet mignon was the best steak for a very long time.