Our bags are in Singapore ... so this must be home

Check out the pics of our neighbourhood. We are staying in a budget in the area called 'Little India'. Our taxi driver took a little time to find our hotel due to the number of one way streets, and at the time I was having visions of Lima. Less tired today ... and it's fine!

Started the day with a bit of a walk down Orchard Street ... and it is ... lots of shops. We discovered a really interesting food court. Sooo interesting. Watched them cooking for ages, before we ordered. My meal was served up on a section of banana leaf. Others were served on brown paper! Lamb, rice and a green vegetable called okra, I think. Not sure what Lex had.

Then we headed down to the river for a bum boat ride. If like me, you've ever wondered why they are called 'bum boats' ... check the photo of the guy's t-shirt. The question is on the front of the shirt ... answer on the back.

Next stop was Chinatown ... we had the booklet for the walking tour. WOW ... it's awesome. Left Lex with a beer while had a bit of a look around... We'd been told that beer would be expensive here ... so we were quite surprised to find a 'big' bottle for $6.50 ... Singapore dollars. Not so expensive ... but the Singapore Sling was!!!! I only had one.

Found Food Street, aptly named ... so we had dinner before the long walk home. BTW, this is currently Food Festival month here, and fried carrot cake ... is on the '10 must eat' foods ... so that's what I had. Interesting, tasty, but don't think I'll have it again. Carrot cake it is not!