#28. Safe and Sound in Singapore

Our flight out of Bangkok was to Singapore on Scoot Airlines.  We 'scooted' away without much trouble.  The twins did very well for their first flight, 

Safety first for Luke's flight debut

and we arrived in a couple of hours without a fuss.  We felt extremely fortunate to be met at the airport by Chris' friend who lives in Singapore.  Mark had previously stopped by our place in Bangkok on a work trip a few weeks earlier right after the twins were born.  We were thankful for being picked up at midnight at the airport and a transport to our hotel.  This was an amazing bonus for us given the challenging week we had faced.

Our flights back to Chicago were booked to leave early Sunday morning, so we ended up with a day to unwind in Singapore.  If you've been reading this blog, you probably know that unwind doesn't mean hanging out in our hotel room for this family.  We did sleep in late, but we packed everybody up and headed out to see some landscape.  Since we only had a few hours, we decided to jump on public transport

These carrier bassinets have a lot of mileage

and headed to the Singapore Flyer, a 540 ft tall Ferris Wheel, for fantastic views of the city.

Had to lay on the ground to get this shot!

The ride took about 30 minutes or so.

All aboard!!

View across the Singapore River on the way up

One of the more interesting buildings...its actually 3 different
hotel buildings with a 'surfboard' like observation deck on top

                                   

Another view where you can see the 'three' separate buildings

Looking out at the Gardens By the Bay towards the ocean

Nothing like a feed 500 feet above ground

A look across Marina Bay and the Singapore skyline

Clare's not impressed...

...neither is Luke

After our trip around the Flyer, we took a quick 'feed break'

This was a Popeye's/Coffee Shop combo...we weren't actually at Popeye's in Singapore

Luke loves to power nap

and then made our way back towards our hotel area.  Aside from Singapore's amazing skyline, it is a beautiful city with a lot of green space amongst the cityscape.

Typical walking view in Singapore

 We walked through a really nice park in central Singapore, called Istana Park.

Welcome to the jungle

Me and what I learned is called the 'Festival Arch'

Next, we walked a few blocks of the famous Singapore shopping street, called Orchard Road.

Mall after mall after mall after mall

We aren't the shopping types, so we found a little open-air bar to relax and have a drink.

That didn't take long!

Luke's first bar

We finished our day in Singapore having dinner with Chris' friend and his wife.  It was a nice day to collect ourselves before what would be a long day of flying back home to Chicago.