Singapore Sling - July 3

We had a one day lay over in Singapore, and had a full day to go and explore the city. Turns out it's really not a very exciting place, but we made the best of it and decided to explore 'little India'. It's kind of like a Chinatown. We arrived via the subway and went and looked at all the shops. It was incredible as we walked along and passed all the produce stands, the first had large reed baskets overflowing with dried red chili peppers, so potent that the back of my throat started to burn, quickly followed by mountains of fragrant basil, followed by waves of fragrance from tropical fruit stands, and flower stands, so many marigolds that you could smell them from 20 feet away! It was the most fun our noses have had this entire trip! Here is a picture of Sean in one of the food stalls

The Indian food that we get in Seattle is typically from Northern India, we found a small vegetarian Southern Indian restaurant and jumped into trying many new things like dosa, which is kind of like a gigantic tortilla chip that you can try with different sauces, a paneer dish, and then a mixed sample platter.

We then took the train back to Clarke's Quay, which is a big shopping mall. There is alot of shopping available in Singapore, but their taste are decidly very Asian, so many of the styles weren't things we were interested in, but alas, they had a Starbucks, and we enjoyed nice iced teas to try and beat the muggy heat.

From there we walked back to Chinatown, and then onto our hotel where we grabbed our bags and headed to the airport.

The events at the airport will be abrievated into me saying two things: 1) We experienced the first major hick-up of our trip, and 2) Hell will have to freeze over before I ever get on a United plane again.

Thus ends our trip to Asia.