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Day 29 – 31 (Monday to Wednesday)

Well being awake since 2am was not a good start to the day. Starting to see what jet lag is all about. After breakfast we finished our blog and then headed to the pool for a few hours. I think we picked the wrong spot. Way to much sun. Will pick a different spot next time. Lovely area. We headed to a near by shopping centre for some lunch and a stretch. Back to the room to relax until later and then we went out about 4.30pm. We walked not far from the hotel and over this amazing curly designed bridge called the Helix and under the freeway to the Gardens by the Bay. Slowly walked a bit through it and went up the these man made super trees with plants on the outside to look like a rainforest. They had a skyway walk way up the top of the 2 biggest one. Great view and one of them is set up as revolving restaurant. Came down and walked to the dragonfly lake. To big statues of Dragonflies sitting in the lake. 

 Over the road was a new hotel Marina Bay Sands with a big garden up the top..we can see this quite well from our room. Underneath is this very huge shopping mall filled with every expensive brand you could come up with. Down lower there is a lake that you can have gondola rides around on. As they come around to turn around there is a funnel above them which is clear and comes out through a spout. You can see that is a whirlpool. You look at it for ages. Had dinner in the food court. Right in the middle is an ice skating rink. Walked around a bit more while trying to find out how to get back out to the road or water front. Finally got out but on the wrong side to where we wanted to be!! Only a 10 min walk back to the hotel. Time for a shower since we both look like puddles. Tried to watch a program on our computer but we fell asleep.

Tuesday

I (Sharon) woke up at 4.20am. Read for prob about 2 hours and then fell back asleep. Evan snoring the whole time. I feel worse today than I did Yesterday. Not sure we will be doing much until later. After breakfast went on the computer to check messages and then back to the room. Watched a bit more of Eureka. Evan went out and got some drinks and lunch and we watched a bit more of the show. I went to sleep for a few hours and then we went out to walk to Orchid road. We pretty much followed the river most of the way. Went into a lot of shopping centre's. But I think the best one is the Marina Bay one near our Hotel with the boat ride in it and the skating rink.

We had dinner at a french crepe place and then for dessert had Italian Ice cream. Time to walk back to the hotel. Stopped at a Londonish pub for Evan to refresh himself with a beer.

Stopped to have a look at the Merlion and to take some pictures of the surrounding area. Bought some drinks and headed back to the hotel. We walked about 5 hours. It wasn’t the distance or the time that got me but the humidity. I was done in!!

Mind you we didn’t go to sleep until after 2am. I still cant get into a routine with my sleeping...not sure what time I woke up but read for awhile and then back to sleep to wake up around 8.30am.

Wednesday.

Oh its going to be a hard day today!! Must stay awake. It will be a pool day and then to finish packing before being picked up at 4.20pm to go to the airport.

We leave Singapore at 6.20pm. Arrive in Perth at 12.30am tomorrow ( Thursday) morning.

We have loved every minute of this amazing holiday. After nearly 5 weeks of seeing, hearing and absorbing the most amazing wildlife, tundra, Icebergs, scenery and memories its time to come home and start saving for the next one!!

Thank you to all of you who have followed our journey. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Evan and Sharon