Amazingly we slept in until 9.30am. Must be the jetlag. We were going to go for a River Boat Cruise but decided to go for a swim in the hotel pool instead. Then had lunch with the locals at the indian food court across the road which was about half the price of the food courts in the flasher more touristy places.
We wanted to see the light show at Gardens By the Bay which of course started after the sunset so we didn't want to arrive too early. Left the hotel at 3pm and walked to the Gardens via a very circuitous route because lots of the parks and roads still have barriers in place from the National Day Parade.
Visited both the green houses, one which was full of flowers called the Flower Dome and the second called Cloud Dome was full of mist and waterfalls. We had a break for dinner between the two domes and arrived back at the artificial forest just in time for the light show. The theme was waltzes and the trees lit up in time to the music a bit like a fireworks display. It lasted for about 15 minutes and was very, very enjoyable.
Given that we were so close to the Singapore Flyer we decided to have a night time ride. I have been on the Flyer during the day and it was really good doing it at night. It was totally different and very pretty. We decided to walk home and once again got caught behind barriers until Kate spotted a sign for an underpass which turned out to be an underground tunnel going all the way back to the shopping center just near our hotel. It got me wondering how many tunnels there are and where you find maps of them so that not just the locals know where they are. Very, very cool.
Late night. In bed by 11pm.
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