Visiting Hannah and Greg, part 4: Back to Singapore

A short plane ride, and we were in Singapore once again. First things first, that evening, Greg and I had some zombies over due for some slaying.

Our next fun adventure booked in Singapore was a Segway tour on Sentosa Island, which is like a big theme park, tourist trap/attraction, activity place, thingy-ma-jigga-wha.

All surprised we can balance without holding the handle bars

It took just a few minutes, after watching a safety video, to get used to riding these over-priced contraptions.

She-Heather and her Segway

The moment Greg mounted his Segway he turned into a two-year-old, dashing and swerving, going off course and getting out of line. At one point we raced, and I think I won by a hair. 

Greg acting out his terrible 2s

Our tour lasted about 30 minutes, taking us by beautiful vegetation and a sandy beach. 

Cruisin' and taking in the sights

After the tour we also got to do a "Fun-Run" thing on an off-road course. It was kinda neat.....Greg blazed through it! 

A little about Singapore: Singapore is a southeast Asia city/state located off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula only 137 kilometers north of the equator. It is highly urbanized, though almost half of this small country is still covered with greenery. 

I used to think that the US was the most developed, most urbanized, progressed country. No longer. SIngapore has us beat. Clean is the word. The streets were clean, the sidewalks, buildings. It seemed there were no potholes, no cruddy roads, no "wrong side of the tracks." Greg and Hannah can amend these statements if needed, but everything was well kept and in good shape. 

The boat atop these three towers comprise a hotel, casino, restaurants and possibly more

Singapore is a very expensive city. I'm fairly sure it is far more expensive to rent there than in New York or LA. In the very crowded grocery store I noticed $10 boxes of cereal.  The Singaporean government seems to have all the money it needs to do what needs to be done. There are all kinds of fines and taxes. For instance, just for the ability to have a car, one must purchase a Certificate of Entitlement (COE). Now, the exchange rate is about one US dollar = .8 Sing dollars. Now, a COE costs somewhere above 30k Sing dollars. You do the math.

I liked this building's look

By the river

 From our first day there, Hannah and Greg told us about the chili crab at Jumbos. Our last night, we went for it! And oh my gosh! I could have gone swimming in that bowl of chili sauce the crab was served in.

Very happy with my noodles

 The food was served family style. So we just ate and ate and 8.

It was my first time eating crab, but it surely won't be the last

Second best meal during the trip. And that's saying something. See part 2 for my favorite meal.

 Our final event was to take a ride on the Singapore Flyer, the world's largest observation wheel. Much more than a ferris wheel, the flyer has large pods that can each hold about 28 people at a time.

Beautiful night views of the city

 It takes 30 minutes to go around once. And some of the cars are dining cars, each times around starts a new course.

Beautiful views of Heather and Hannah

Our girls

Hannah and Greg, we had so much fun visiting you. Thanks so much for sharing your home and putting up with us. We love just hanging out and playing games with you. The best part was not any of the things we did or great places we went, the best part was simply spending time with you. Keep having fun and loving life. We can't wait to see you next time.