We've made it down under! We're currently sat in our room (hiding from the
rain of all things!) at Cottesloe beach, Perth. Haven't seen much of the area yet, after only arriving last night and suffering from severe jetlag!Singapore was very different to our expectations. Far from being a little Asian city thriving with eastern culture our general impression was of a great affluence giving rise to great extravagance. It wasn't until we got the metro to Chinatown and "little India" that we saw anything other than high-rise hote
ls/banks (our 20 storey hotel was smaller than average) and massive glass-fronted shopping-malls. Still, nothing was more impressive than the marina bay sands development, a hotel/shopping complex featuring designer stores, an ice-rink and an indoor river (complete with waterfall and rowing boats), flanked by the 'skypark' topped hotel towers 
and the floating Louis Vuitton glass pyramid. From here we went on to Raffles hotel, part of the old British influence and home of the long bar where the original Singapore Sling was created. The building was grand, cocktails brilliant but fish and chips disappointingly sweet!Whirlwind tour of Singapore over, hopefully the Perth weather will improve as the beach here looks gorgeous. Hope all's well in the northern hemisphere, Leah and Mat x
Hello Mat and Leah :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you have arrived safely! Only 12 weeks until we fly to Perth ourselves!! You should have held on just a little longer ;)
Sounds like you are having fun!! Loving your blog, very nice to keep track of you :)
Love Lauren xxxxxx