When we landed I was ever so grateful. Baggage arrived
despite self labelling , trolleys are free for use unlike the USA and off we
went.
My memories of taxis is they were dirt cheap and I planned
to utilise them for sight seeing. FORGET it they now have meters , rates,
standard charges etc etc . net result S$24 to get to the Hotel where the
receptionist informed me rooms are not available until two o’clock and they
require a S$300 deposit for any supplrementals I might use. I could pay S$100
and have the room now. Sue did one of her deep intake of breaths th.ngs. There
is a complimentary room available where you can shower and change or do
anything else you need after a long day but as our toiletries were somewhere in
our cases which were by now in the middle of a sea of cases that was no go.
We stooged about until 12 when they took pity on us and let
us in to the room. Bliss a shower and a change of clothes. How do you get in
such a state sat in a aeroplane ?
Outside we stooged some more only to be accosted by an
Australian couple trying to get us to go to Gardens by the bay you get there on
the 106 (a bus) . I am always struck how British Singapore is. All the signs ,
announcements , buses are british. Everybody speaks English and unlike spain is
delighted to talk and help a beleaguered Englishmen . fabulous place. Don’t get
me wrong. Its not about Empire or the
little Britain , thing. Its about attitude and the Singaporean just that to me
at least Singapore doesn’t resent the past , it embrace it as a part of a long
history , rolls it all up into being Singaporean , and gets on with the future.
The roads have names like race track Road, Buffalo Drive , Kitchener Street,
Changi of course
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