We arrived in Singapore Monday night about 10pm local time and we were met by a driver at the airport and taken straight to our hotel.

Tuesday morning after breakfast we went for a walk along Orchard Road. We have been to Singapore a few times now and each time we come here it is different. There are always new buildings springing up around the place.

We did a tour this afternoon and were taken to Raffles Landing Place and then we went to Raffles Hotel Tiffin Room for high tea. We also went up to the famous long bar in Raffles where they have bowls of peanuts and you throw the peanut shells on the floor in some strange tradition.

We were talking to another couple from our tour and they told us they were originally from England and we soon discovered that this lady’s cousin went to school with Colin in Cobham. He went on to become the Lord Mayor of Lincoln.

We also went on a bumboat ride of the Singapore River for a different perspective of Clarke Quay and Boat Quay and the Merlion.

Our tour wrapped up with a short visit to the Selangor Pewter shop.