Singapore, December 8

Last day in Singapore and another good one! Miklos came to the hotel before noon and we took a cab to the Gardens by the Bay. This time we not only wandered around and went on the bridge between the super trees but went into the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest Dome. These are two huge structures (domes...) with beautiful displays of their namesakes (with a few Christmas trees and decorations thrown in for good measure). Was most enjoyable.

Then lunch at a very good (expensive!) Italian place. And then to the top of the Sands hotel - the visibility was not great but good enough and we could admire the skyline again as well as the sky-high swimming pool and the Gardens from high above. This was capped off by pastries and coffee in the hotel lobby.


We returned to the center of town by cab and went to the Penakaran Museum. This is dedicated to the  Penakaran which are basically many of the locals here and they celebrate their mixed heritage. The museum was rather childish but very earnest and well meaning and was a good opportunity for quite a few jokes.

Finally we went to a barbecue a faculty in the center here was hosting. She lives in a typical complex which seems quite luxurious. The party was outside but it was amazing to see that not only does the complex have a huge swimming pool, but some of the ground-level apartments have their own pools! And Avi broke the week long spell of not playing with a baby!

And then it was time to say goodbye, go back to the hotel and sleep for a few hours. Now we are getting ready to board and start the long track home. עייפים אך מרוצים (tired but happy for our international fans - but it sounds better in Hebrew!)

Photos at: https://picasaweb.google.com/115788154995936631095/Singapore2012December8?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJ3MjLGjiLa7OQ


Final word: Everything was on time, and time passed quickly. We were home around 2:30pm (22 hours after waking up in Singapore), met Yuval for coffee at 5 and then went to a holiday party. No more shorts and sandals for a while.