Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Monday evening with a Singapore Sling

(Written Monday 4th Nov, 19.00)

I'm sitting at Esplanade Outdoor Theatre on The Bay and it feels like the perfect picture of a city at night. I wrote about this in the first blog, but it doesn't seem to get old! The Singapore Flyer, the Marina Bay Sands Hotel (which holds the swimming pool in the sky) and the towering financial district comprise the view.

I spent most of the day at Sentosa Resort World. It is a small island off the harbour, which houses a huge number of activities including Universal Studios. It was quite a magical place, and walking around the sweetshop, Candylicious, felt particularly like Christmas! 

(Written Tuesday 5th Nov, 10.00)

Last night we went to Raffle's hotel (named after Stamford Raffle who effectively founded Singapore) to have a Singapore Sling cocktail. Apparently it was invented at that hotel! The drink tasted good (primarily juice), the bar had an old-school American pub feel and the hotel was very classy! We also managed to fit in a nice concert at Esplanade theatre. It was in East meets West style, and included interesting renditions of Jennifer Lopez and Jay Sean tracks!

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