$ingapore $ling, $hopping, and Bling.....

These things are pretty much what $ignapore is about, lots of people with money and spending money.  The $ingapore $ling was like $15 or $16 dollars so that didn't happen, I'll make one when I get home.
Arrival day was pretty good, we arrived in the afternoon for a change, not early am or late pm.  The airport is huge and terminal 3 or T3 called here is the new wing and it is gigantic.  Lots of space, new hotel, with shopping and movies on the depature area past immigration.  We asked information how to get to the hotel which she did and gave us lots of information on the area too with a smile.  As we walk we easily find our way to our last MRT stop, where our hotel " The Saff" short for Saffron( the spice) is.  We took about 10 minutes to leave the covered train station as it was downpouring and thundering/lightning pretty good. 2 blocks up and around the corner our cute orange hotel sits in the Chinatown area.  Little bit of India in Chinatown, made us laugh, but a very cute place.  We had no window which as we looked at hotels here many do not have them anyways, and this was no big deal since our room was quiet and new, and I better note we never slept better because it was so quiet and dark.
The first adventure out was to the local food market to eat dinner.   We had no idea what to eat, there was food stall after food stall, from chinese, Malay, indian to Thai and more....we chose some fruit drinks and some rice and basil chicken dish from a friendly looking Thai gentleman.  We are sometimes a little leary of vendor stalls but this was really good, cheep and no bad outcomes.  Back to the room to chill and get ready for some $ignapore exploring in the am.
We headed out on the MRT again to Sentosa Island, a huge tourist area but a must see here.  We took the Jewel Gondola across so we could get a good view of the city, it was a very nice view.  We got situated then headed to the Luge track for some fast fun (gravety go karts).  We bought the combo 3 turns pass, "once is never enough" is the slogan so......Ray like doubled my time for sure, I also saw the hugest rat I have ever seen, like a small cat eewwww....
It was very hot so we got some slushies and chilled in the shade for a bit, then continued on to the Aquarium for some A/C. It was so packed and it is not very big so kinda crazy, you can feed and pet manta rays, sharks and watch shows with seals and dolphins....which I cannot watch so we opted to leave at that point, wildlife in the wild is where everyone should really see them.  We took the free bus transport on the island to the Resort World area.  Big fancy hotels, artwork, restaruants, casino, sweets everywhere and Universal studios.  We ate, drank a way too expensive beer ($12), ate some samples of sweets, and did the look see only admission to Universal Studios, way too expensive of a day coming to an end.  And thank god, my body is hurting after all the walking and fun!
We went to Little India the next day after sleeping in too much, which was ok, felt a little like what we might think India might be.  Lots of people, dirty and stalls lining the streets, kinda not our thing, so we went to Orchard Road which did not alleviate that feeling at all..holy crowds...Saturday afternoon...befor Christmas...befor the big marathon on Sunday.  We did find some food and walked through the mall after mall after mall after mall after mall.  If you like high fashion you will find every designer here, I thought it was cool, Ray not so much.  After hours of walking wewent back to the hotel to rest up for more walking. From the Fullerton Hotel to the Harbour, saw the oldest bridge in Singapore, oldest hotel, the Sands Hotel ( looks like a  modern boat), let's just say there was lots of sites along the walk, it was a nice walk again very busy with tourists.  After that more mall down at the harbour then home. Ouch....my feet!
 Next day in the late afternoon out to Orchard Road to eat then off to the Night Zoo, which opens late in the day and you view nocturnal animals and see some shows with some local little guys.  We walked the zoo, saw the show and took the tram around the  ground then made the long trek back to the hotel as we leave the next day for Malaysia.
Noon checkout and the longest day ever we are landed saftley in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Checked in at 1am.