Matthew Harrup's RTW trip

Monday, January 20, 2003

Singapore

I've just had four days in Singapore, off to Hong Kong today. There's not a lot to see here, and its expensive, but the night safari was excellent and off course, drinking a singapore sling in the Raffles hotel.
For the night safari, there's a patch of rainforest left in Singapore that they've converted into an open zoo and filled with creatures that only come out at night. You can walk round the safe bits or catch a tram through the bits with fierce creatures in them.
Had a weird "steamboat" for dinner, a plate of raw meat and a pot of boiling water, it was like a do it yourself stirfry, except it was more a stir-boil. Never seen it before, but the locals were doing it so why not?