We arrived in Singapore with Chris resolving to take a separate flight in future on any long flight we happen to be on. I know I should be able to cope with five hours, but it seems I really don’t like flying… so there it is. Add that to being in a strange country, and a hotel room without windows, it was no wonder that a quick trip to the pub was in order and after a  vodka and orange or two I was starting to enjoy myself.

The hotel itself is pretty luxe (www.thescarlethotel.com) and fortunately close to public transport. We managed to figure out the rail system and bought ourselves an Ezlink (like Smartrider) to get around on train & bus. We hightailed it to the river to see what was going on NYE but it wasn’t particularly exciting. There was a beach party but… well, hell no! Back at the hotel we drifted up to the roof-top bar for cocktails but the set menu seemed a bit much so we went searching for a dim sum to tide us over. We are staying in Chinatown after all. We would have stayed up for the New Year’s Eve celebrations, but we couldn’t quite make it. They were having a good time in the lobby though – music and games throughout the night, or so it seemed – we slept right through it however. Maybe we’re just getting old 🙂