Hello Singapore.......

Here we are again!  Singapore is really starting to feel like a second home with this being the second visit this year. Our six hour flight from Cairns yesterday was delayed by almost an hour as there was some problem with the baggage that was loaded, unloaded and then re-loaded.
Onboard our Silkair flight we were feed some very decent food washed down with bubbles before I closed my eyes for a nanny nap.  Philip on the other hand had bought another Lee Child book in duty free and read half of it on this flight!

Our arrival into Changi Airport is now familiar and took us very little time to pass through customs and immigration before finding a cab to bring us to the Fairmont Singapore.

View from our room at Fairmont Singapore

I had pre-purchased tickets for the tallest building in Singapore at Raffles Place, where they have a rooftop bar called 1-Altitude and it is on the 62nd floor.  The spectacular views are 360 degrees and in my opinion are better than Marina Bay Sands but the ambience at Marina Bay is far superior.  1-Altitude is a bit tired.

Views from 1-Altitude...

We had two drinks included in our admission price so once we had finished them we went  down to the Clarke Quay area to look for something to eat.  There are dozens of restaurants lining the banks of Clarke Quay and the owners all stand outside their restaurant inviting you to come and sample "the best food in Singapore".  It's difficult to chose a restaurant as most of the menus are identical but we found a place where we feasted in Spring Rolls, Soft Shell Crab, Pineapple Fried Rice and Peking Duck all washed down with Tiger Beer for Philip and Singapore Sling for me.  The food was okay but nothing to rave about.

We were both starting to fade by this time.  We had to move our watches forward two hours so even though our watches said it was 10pm when we finally arrived back at our hotel, it was indeed midnight.
Tomorrow we board Regent Seven Seas Voyager.