We Sail Tonight For Singapore

Ah, to spend 24 hours in Singapore... a dream. After four and a half hours delayed into our trip, we boarded and were off. Once we landed in Singapore, we jumped into a cab that smelled like a wet suit and were off to the New 7th Storey Hotel. The New 7th Storey Hotel is neither new ("it hasn't been moved in over 50 years!" boasts the propaganda), nor is it 7 stories... it has 9 stories. But it is clean and they offer you a free pair of slippers to wear in the toilet/shower. And the host had a Glamour Shot done. That had to take some effort.

When we woke at 11, we found the river and lunch: Singaporean Chili Crab. We also found a few good brewpubs, much to my pleasant surprise. A hike up the nearby hill offered some great views and warnings to trespassers that they should put their arms up in the air while being shot. A quick drop by Raffles, an old colonialist hangout, and Chinatown, which has great Buddhist temples and places to buy bags of dried sea horses, and we're all set. Until dinner.

"After work" we met Dana's high school friend Pete. She had not spoken to him in many years, but one day she bumped into him across the street from our apartment in Sydney, and he was just moving from Sydney to Singapore. Pete showed us lots of good spots before we all tumbled back into his apartment at midnight. Our flight was at 3AM, so what better pick-me-up could we find than a Whatever!?

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