Singapore
Our final day

The weather forecast for our final day was for heavy rain and thunderstorms but thankfully, a light rain shower at lunch time was all that we saw of that. It was however, much more humid, making it a sweaty climb up the hill to Fort Canning.

As we walked up the steep path I saw a brown snake ‘fly’ through the air as it leapt from a tree and landed on another further down the slope. It was our first sight of any wildlife on the whole trip. We hadn't even seen a cat or a dog up to that point, only a few Minor Birds flying  along the river. I also spotted a lizard among the lush greenery on the hill but there were other surprises too. A white lighthouse stood at one end of the hill, which seemed rather odd since we couldn't see any water for trees and tall buildings. Of course, it was built in the 1850s when local boats filled the river at Boat Quay and nothing stood between the lighthouse and the open sea. Now, a new electric light stands atop the Fullerton Hotel further down river and is still used today for navigation. A few other buildings remain of the British Fort that was once a stronghold in Singapore but we left them behind and took the steep steps back down to street level.

The Merlion 

We meandered for the rest of the day; lunch here, a Singapore Sling there, dinner elsewhere and walked the final time back to our hotel, ready to set off to Oz the next day.

Singapore was meant as a quick stop-over to help with jetlag and take in some sights, but it has been much more than that. We have enjoyed it immensely, finding it a holiday destination in its own right and a super place to visit. Who knows, we may even be back one day.