Relaxing Days in Singapore

The boys and I made it to Singapore very late Saturday night (or very early Sunday morning). I think it was 1:30 in the morning when we finally mae it up to our room here at the Shangri La Rasa Sentosa Resort.

Sunday morning we awoke to a glorious view of the South China Sea and plenty of sunshine. Since we were pretty much starving, we made our way to the breakfast buffet (included with our stay). Not quite the buffet that the New Sanno in Tokyo does on Sunday mornings, but pretty close. The fruit is heavenly- dragonfruit, starfruit, passionfruit. All of the tropical fruits that we just don't get, and never will get again, until we travel again to another exotic place. Going back to apples, oranges, and bananas will be tough for this family. We love our fruits, and the more exotic the better. Have I ever mentioned the golden kiwis that we can get in Japan in the summer. They are so different from green Kiwis- sweeter and much tastier.

Okay- back to Singapore. We pretty much explored the island yesterday. We started out at the beach, but little sprinkles and then heavier rain moved us to the pool area. We stayed at the pool for a while because the sunshine came back in full force. There are slides, play areas, and lots of places for me to sit and soak up the rays while the boys play. Once I did get in the water though, I didn't want to come out. At about 1:00, we were looking for some lunch and ended up at the pool bar area. I opted for a fresh fruit salad, and the boys had chicken and fries. We had just gotten our meals when the skies became very dark and the thunder and lightening began. A huge thunderstorm was in the works, and it decided to break loose right in the middle of our lunch (which was under a canopy, but still). Needless to say, they packed up our lunch and graciously walked us under an umbrella to the front of the resort where we went to get dry and take showers.

After we were dry again, it had cleared, and we were off to explore Sentosa Island. The bus system on the island is totally free and easy to use so we first stopped at an area to get some Ben and Jerry's ice cream and then hit the butterfly and insect world. The boys really wanted to do this, but it was fun because we saw bugs and insects that we have never seen before, Asia certainly is a different part of the world. Makes us kind of feel like the United States is not that exciting when it comes to bugs, reptiles, insects, butterflies, etc. I have never seen so many different species of beetles in my life.

Our next stop was Dolphin Lagoon where we got to see the famous pink dolphins, or indopacific humbbacked dolphins. We watched a half hour show where the dolphins performed. This is the only place in world to see these dolphins, so it was quite impressive to see. Patrick wanted to go get into the water with them, pet them, and touch them, but it was an extra 15 dollars and I wasn't into riding a bus back to the resort with a kid who was drenched and uncomfortable.

Dinner was back at the hotel, where we had another lavish buffet. We definitely won't go hungry here in Singapore.

For now, breakfast in waiting downstairs, and we have sunshine to soak in, and possibly a venture into Singapore.