Normally we don't like to impose ourselves on other people for too long - visitors are like fish, they go off after 3 days! But Colin and Cathy and family made us very welcome and we stayed for the whole 8 days with them, and had a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing time. Even though we weren't quite home in Australia, being with such good friends make it feel like coming home and being looked after. Being able to celebrate Australia Day at the Australian International School made it even more like being home.
It was also great to catch up with Andrew and Rebecca, who I know from my university days.
We all loved Singapore, especially the food - Asian food remains our favourite cuisine, although we love trying all new foods and have some great memories of good European food. The advantage of Melbourne is that if you like a particular type of food, you can almost guarantee that you can find either a restaurant or a stall at the market that sells it.
We can thoroughly recommend a walk around the reservoir where we saw monkeys in the wild and did a treetop walk, as well as Jurong Bird Park and the Night Safari. We saw a most unusual religious festival involving strange and painful looking body piercings (click on photo for a close-up), and went for a boat ride on a "bum boat", and of course did the inevitable shopping - Mp3 players were the popular purchases.
The kids loved the hotel-like feel of the condo where Colin and Cathy live, and Rob wants me to find a job in Singapore so that he can be house-husband and relax around the condo pool!
A great finale to a great holiday. Thanks again to Colin and Cathy and family.
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