Our flight to Singapore was uneventful. I watched some movies, the best of which was Animal Kingdom about Melbourne's underworld. And really about how we are prisoners of the choices we make.
Singapore was a chance to relax, explore,and enjoy the local food. Day one was spent exploring the areas around our hotel, the Muslim quarter, the Singapore Art Gallery, and the parliment house area, all on foot. A delicious lunch in a Burmese restaurant in the city. Day one was topped off with a text message from JB indicating that Labor had secured an agreement which would allow it ot form a minority government.
Day two was planned as a walking day in some of Singapore's parks,but our plans were abandoned shortly after what ended up as a three hour torrential downpour began. Instead, we explored Little India, and made a short foray into the old chinese quarter, which was too touristic for our tastes, so we made a quick exit. After lunch in Little India - biryani curry, and in the face of continuing rain, we headed for the airport, where we could relax in the lounge.
The flight to London was not too bad considering its length. Twelve hours sure beats twenty. Boronia had secured good economy seats, with plenty of leg room, the main criterion for me. We arrived at five thirty am this morning, feeling a little bleary. First priority was our hotel to drop our bags. Check in is around noon.
Second was to walk through the city for a while until the Tate Modern opened at ten am. A couple of hours there, and we were ready for a siesta. Lunch in a local Italian trattoria. On the way back we passed William Bligh's house in Lambeth Road. My joints creaked, my buttocks are already stiff from walking a few hundred meters with the pack. My arthritic knees almost buckled. I felt a mutinous twinge against the tyrrany and oppression of the trek organiser, but suppressed it in the interests of harmony and survival. The potential tongue lashing at any sign of mutiny would be worse than any cat o'nine tail available to Bligh. Here's hoping she doesnt read this! We have another couple of days here before we fly to Montpelier on Saturday evening.
I am pressuring Boronia to work out how to post some photos for your enjoyment!
Posting is likely to be irregular!
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