Thank you so much to Mrs Ringham, Grandpa Steve, Nana, Cousin Lisa, Mrs Tenorio, Papa, and Ms Kent for leaving me messages on my first post.
This is our last day in Singapore. Today we are going to a place called Santosa Island, which is a little island off Singapore filled with shopping, restaurants, and attractions. Instead of taking a cab or Uber
today we walked to the subway/metro station.
Unlike in New York City the subways here are very clean. There is no eating or drinking allowed (in
fact chewing gum is illegal in the country).
And instead of everyone pushing to get on and off…there were markings on
the floor and you stood in a certain place to board the train and there was a
space for people to exit the train.

After that we were getting hungry. We walked to the shore and there were lot so
of little beach restaurants/bars. We stopped at Sand Bar for a tropical drink and crepes. We had a
lemon curd and pineapple one and another with yogurt and berries. Both had vanilla ice cream. YUM!
After that we went back to the monorail and back to the metro and we were off to the Gardens by the Bay. It is very big with lots of gardens and giant metal trees. There were also two HUGE glass domes. We bought tickets and the first one we went in was the Flower Dome. Besides lots of plants there were many literature themed areas, including Alice in Wonderland, Winnie the Pooh…and lots of dragons. My favorites were the dragons as they were carved from wood. There was also a cottage in the center surrounded with lots of flowers, including Great Grandma’s favorites hydrangeas in lots of colors. After we went to the second dome called the Cloud Forest Dome which was much larger and had a huge waterfall several stories tall. We got to see many cool trees and plants and took an elevator to the top and then walked a skywalk all the walk to the bottom through the misty cloud forest.
We were too tired to go out to dinner, so back at the hotel
we ordered room service and went to bed because we had an early flight to
Bangkok.

We divided up and climbed into vans for our 3 hour drive east to Kanchanaburi. Along
the way to stopped at the “Happy House”…what the guides told us to call the
bathroom. We also stopped at the JEATH Museum which was about the POWs, Prisoners of War, from WWII who built a bridge
over the River Kwai for the Japanese army.
After visiting the museum we drove to the restored bridge and walked
across it.

4 comments:
Good story, Alec. Glad that you are having a good time!
I, too, would have liked the dragons. I was born in the Chinese year if the dragon. The Luge sounded Fun!!
Alec: I liked your detailed description of the transportation and the indoor gardens. I tried to picture having a place to stand to board and exit---so polite. It's interesting that these countries where terrible wars were fought are now our friends and welcome tourists. Thanks for blogging!
Mrs Bedwell [friend of Grandpa and Grandma Jolly]
I enjoyed hearing about your trip, Alec. A literature-themed garden sounds like my dream!
Hugs to you all,
Ann Van De Water
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