Singapore

Since we got in so late I wasn't up until 10:30. Mel brought me some food as I had missed breakfast. We decided to do a low key day. The woman at the front desk said it was about a 15 minute walk to the Singapore Botanical Gardens which also housed the National Orchid Garden. I had wanted to go there the last two times we were in Singapore but had run out of time. The temperature that day was 94, "feels like" 106! It was very hot and humid. After walking for about 45 minutes, we finally arrived. Not sure how she had thought it could be done in 15 minutes unless you jogged. The gardens were beautiful, the Orchid Gardens even more so. It cost SD$5 to see the orchids, SD$1 for seniors. I asked for 2 seniors, she asked for ID. I guess they have a lot of visitors claiming to be over 60! We wandered the gardens for a while then headed back to the hotel. We stopped at a few stores along the way. In all we were walking in that heat for about 4 hours. 

 We had a nice dinner in the concierge lounge at the Marriott. It was cold in there so I had taken my sweater. I put it on and attached to a string on the inside was my Fitbit! I was so happy that it was not lost after all. It must have attached itself to my sweater when I took it off on the plane after arriving in Singapore. 

We headed out again. This time we took the subway to Bugis Street. There is a nice street market there. The subway system is very efficient and easy to use which made traveling around the city fairly easy. There was really nothing that we wanted to buy. We did get a couple of things for the little grandkids. We were back in the hotel by 9, hoping to get a good night's sleep.