Sleep & Sentosa

We've spent a total of forty-two hours in Singapore and slept for about twenty-four of them.

Jet lag.

Aside from that though we've used our time here to visit Sentosa Island.

We left our crack-den-esque hostel yesterday afternoon, walked down the road past all the Asian street food vendors and jumped on a tube which took us to the Harbour Front. The journey was less than twenty minutes long but when we stepped off the train it felt as though we'd crossed an entire continent - there was a massive shopping centre the size of Westfield filled with Topshops and MACs and even a Candyland for Hana. Sentosa was just across the bridge and is home to a Universal Studios, two man-made beaches and a water park. It was like we'd gone from Chinatown to Orlando via the London tube system. Super strange but also pretty cool, and kind of sums up Singapore as a country - a massive mash-up of different cultures.

When we arrived at the Waterfront though there was no question it was Asia; bright blue sea, palm trees and happy people posing with two fingers making a peace sign. 

We walked right to the very edge which is  as far South as you can go without leaving Continental Asia (or swimming). On the way back we stopped for a pizza, not because we're crazy un-cultured but because it was the cheapest thing on the menu and Sentosa is crazy expensive. Even sharing it took us down by ten dollars each!

To make up for our American Dream day we visited the Newton Food Centre for dinner and ate from the stalls there. Only three dollars this time and for the best plate of duck noodles I've ever tasted.

We booked flights to Bali yesterday so heading to the airport now!