More Singapore Fun

There is always plenty for us to do in Singapore - rain or shine.  After our walk with the dinosaurs on Saturday, we decided to pursue a less...dangerous event and went, once again, to Wild Wild Wet.  Our daughter is still not yet tall enough to enjoy the faster rides alone, but she really enjoys the fast inner tube ride and some of the smaller slides built for kids her age.  They even have an ankle-deep pool for toddlers that our son could enjoy.

On Monday, my wife had an ultra-sound appointment and other routine baby appointments, so I stayed at the hotel with the kids.  When the appointment was over, my wife took our daughter to Rapunzel (called "Tangled" in the US) while my son and I looked for a Wi-Fi location in Singapore.  Finally ended up at a Starbucks....of course.  Singapore is a wealthy city-state and it is all on display at Christmas time in the city.  We counted over 30 gigantic Christmas trees.

 

Tuesday we returned to Universal Studios.  The two main attractions (Madagascar and the main roller coaster) are still not operating nearly a year after opening.  The paucity of rides means that it is truly not yet worth the price of admission....unless you are too small for the big rides anyway.  Our kids had more fun meeting the characters, making new friends, styling their hair, and just playing in the water fountains.  Our son developed his own paparazzi following.

 

 

 




Wednesday was a day of shopping while we waited for our passport renewal so we could leave early Thursday morning.  The only odd event of the day was our cab ride from dinner to the hotel.  We ended up with a cabbie who claimed to be a former executive of a high profile Singaporean company who gave it all up to protect his soul and found a new calling as a proselytizing Christan cab driver.  He prayed for us.  Very odd man.

The only thing further I'll share is that, despite its five star rating and the quality of the staff, especially the concierge, I would not recommend staying at The Goodwood Park Hotel.  The walls are very thin - we woke up to someone drying their hair - and the television options when you are winding down for the evening are non-existent unless all you want is international news or sports - they have 4 channels of each of those.  I think it will very soon become a wedding's only location.  There were four wedding parties in the six days we stayed there.

We'll probably head back to Singapore in March to select our new housing arrangements for when we have our new arrival in July.  We'll be living there again for about ten weeks around the birth.  Looking forward to it!