Exploring Singapore

Finally crawled out of bed at 11 this morning.. I heart jetlag.. missed the included breakfast with my hostel bed, oh well.

Met a nice girl from Perth at my hostel, we went for a wander to find lunch and have a look-see in Chinatown, and parted ways here. I spent a little more time in Chinatown, exploring the shops and finding out how to get my mobile phone hooked up, had a bubble tea, etc. Was generally less than impressed with Chinatown as a whole, turns out I missed a whole bunch.. more on that later.

My next stop was Clarke Quay, a collection of shops and restaurants along the Singapore River, quite nice, although very quiet (apparently livens up at dinner). Took a 45-minute river cruise, which wasn't all that informative or exciting, but saw some interesting things along the way.

Next stop Little India, loads of crazy shops and restaurants, spent some time sat down here just taking it all in, had an interesting yet tasty dinner (consisted of an enourmous super-flat pancakey thing with three dipping sauces), wandered the streets some more before heading back.

I decided to get off at the Chinatown station, seeing as I was familiar with how to walk back from there, and came out of the subway station right into the middle of a rather large night market, rivalled only by Hong Kong's night market. Every possible thing you can imagine, including suit-makers trying to pull me in.. already have plans for that in Vietnam. I enjoyed a nice Kiwi slushee juicey thingy, was super tasty, stopping at the mobile phone place to get hooked up before making my way back to the hostel. Met another nice Aussie, from Melbourne, had a short chat before she went off to bed.

The jetlag/super-extra-tiredness factor played havoc with my emotions towards the end of the day and I wound up having a wee cry on the phone with a loved one.. feel better now. Sometimes you just have to have a wee cry. Off to bed with me..