Day 3-5: Singapore City

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Getting There
Welcome to Singapore

I didn't sleep so well on our second night, so I was rarring to go when it was time to get up. We decided to head for the Treetop walk, something I read about that was close by. Aunt rode the bus with us and walked us up to the start point. It was beautiful and deserted. A great combination! 

We hiked until we reached the cable car station that goes to Sentosa Island. We boarded the cars (SO MUCH FUN), and headed for Sentosa.

 

Sentosa houses several amusement parks, including Universal Studios and a water park, but they also have an aquarium. We enjoyed mosying through and looking at the wildlife:

We had lunch at a delicious Mexican place. I wasn't sure what to expect from an Asian Mexican food restaurant, but they pretty much nailed it with these fish tacos (I ordered a burrito, which was good, but I had plate envy).

We ended the evening by meeting friends for dinner. This particular boy had been a boy in our youth group, and now he is working with YounngLife in Singapore. We loved connecting with him and his sweet family at scenic Clarke Quay!

 

The next day, Aunt and Uncle introduced me to my new favorite thing...PRATA!

 

It's this delicious Indian bread stuffed with whatever you want (egg and cheese and "hot dog" and cheese, in this case) and dipped in this delicious fish sauce. It was INCREDIBLE. I mean it - one of my favorite foods the whole trip!

 

From there, we took the MRT to Chinatown, where we bought a ton of stuff! I got some bracelets and some cute things for my classroom, and of course we got gifts for the kids.

 

After all that walking and shopping, we were tired, so we hit up the movie theater and saw he new pirates movie.

 

You can't tell from here, but they had SWEET popcorn! It was delish!

Our last full day in Singapore began (at my insistence) the same way as the previous day:

 

More prata!

 

Today was devoted to visiting the Urban Renewal Authority. It's a museum dedicated to the development of the city, past, present, and future. Aunt and Uncle had never been, and we were happy to join them!

It was such a cool place and it's such a neat city! They have a 50-year-plan that is revisited every five years. Amazing.

And, since we were so close, we went back though Chinatown to grab a few more things and get some pics:

 

 

It was so much fun! We then spent some time down by the bay. This is the part of Singapore we'd be staying in after we returned from Telunas, so we didn't do much, other than walk around and get some pictures:

 

This is the famous Merlion, the symbol of Singapore. 

 

And right across from it is the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Holy Moly!

That's a pool on top of that building, people!

After all this adventure, we were off to get a good night sleep before our trip to Telunas!