Sunbathing, Bumboats and Ku De Ta

Singapore skyscrapers

A lazy morning of sunbathing by the pool before we take a bumboat cruise to the Marina Bay area. The bumboat has an English commentary picking out the places we can see from the Singapore River. It drops us at  the bayfront area where we can stroll to the Marina Bay Hotel, but only by walking through the shopping centre filled with every high fashion brand you could name, Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, La Perla, the list goes on.



Marina Bay Sands Hotel with Sky Park on top

In the foyer of the hotel we head for the lift to the 57th floor, however we have no key card, luckily for us a burly security guard from the bar gets in, uses his card to take us to the bar. The Ku De Ta bar is amazing panoramic views of Singapore, the city, the port and the bay gardens. We stand open mouthed watching the view as it slowly turns to night and all the lights in the sky rise buildings come on. The lazer and light show entertains us while we sip a drink, before we leave we take a last look at at the amazing 360 degree view and retrace our steps back to the bumboat in near silence.


View from Ku De Ta bar (57th floor)

Bumboats on the Singapore river

        The bumboat drops us at Clarke Quay, feeling rather hungry and the need to experience an authentic Chinese we walk to china town. The streets are heaving with people, the chinese market is in full swing and there are excited chinese children everywhere. The traditional sechuan restaurant is an oasis of calm in comparison. Dave fancies a "steamboat" meal but we haven't a clue what to do with the large steaming wok that could be heading for the centre of our table very soon. I'm ashamed to say we bottle it and opt for what we know fried rice, beef with ginger and beef with green peppers that turn out to be chillies!!! I'm sure we missed out on a treat as all the other Chinese diners were enthusiastically tucking into their steamboats. What a great way to mark the end of our last full day in Singapore.