Singapore

Arrived in Singapore at 5.50am, promptly through Customs and into a taxi and arrived at hotel at around 6.30am well before the city had awoken.

We hoped that like an earlier trip we would have access immediately to our room but the checkin receptionist was adamant that room wouldn’t be available until 3pm, so the challenge was what to do for 8.5 hours while absolutely dead tired as sleep didn’t come to either of us on the flight so by this time we had been awake for 30 hours.

Spent some time in the hotel foyer and as the sun came up we went for a walk to the Muslim area where there were some delightfully decorated shops and restaurants 

We then thought we would find the salon where Sherry got her hair trimmed on a previous trip but rather than find it we got horribly lost and as we tried to work out where we were the heavens opened. We were under the canopy of a multi storey building sheltering when a taxi dropped off someone so we took that taxi back to the hotel- as Sherry said it was the best fiver spent during the holiday!

Stayed in the foyer until the rain had almost passed and then walked across to the Raffles City mall for lunch (geez Singapore seems to be expensive) and then with bearings realigned found the salon to make an appointment and as they had capacity Sherry had her trim on the spot.

Back to the hotel to see if the room was now available (by now 1.30) and were pleased that we had been upgraded to a premium room and could have immediate access.

After unpacking I had a lie down while Sherry went back to Raffles City and later we went for an early evening meal so we could hit the bed before the sun set!

Kms driven 5423 (estimate before trip 5200)

Kms walked to date 727.0

Spent on Diesel €340.53 (estimate before trip €479)

Highest price paid for diesel €1.84/L Matera

Lowest price paid for diesel €1.479/L Freiburg

Spent on tolls €118.40 (estimate before trip €103.00)