We got up early again this morning and after breakfast we finally managed to sort out some anti-malaria tablets in a nearby chemist. I'm glad we did leave it until now because they're so much cheaper than they are in the UK! With that off of our minds (I tell a lie, we weren't really that bothered - we just thought it was something we should probably arrange), we caught the MRT up to the Golden City Complex where we booked a coach ticket for tomorrow. Now, I thought we were going to Singapore and then straight into Thailand - but we're actually stopping in Malaysia which is a wicked bonus! So, we arranged to stop in Kuala Lumpur for two days... yippee!This afternoon we caught the MRT down to Harbourside, where there is a huge shopping centre, but also the Sentosa Express, which is a little train that takes you over the water to a little island called... Sentosa - it's Singapore's beach resort.
We spent the rest of the afternoon chilling out on the beach before going into Café Del Mar for some drinks. I had a nice cold Carlsberg and Nikki had a Singapore Sling. We then sat for about an hour listening to the music and watching the world go by. When we'd finished relaxing, we caught a chair lift to the top of this huge hill and rode on the luge back down. The luge is like a little go-kart or sledge (but with handles to steer) and was great fun. Before leaving the island we saw a snake charmer with an albino python, which Nikki made me hold. Fair play to her - because when i'd finished, she held it too.
When we got back to the shopping centre, Nikki found something else she wanted in River Island - so I rushed straight over to Marks & Spencer and bought more Percy Pig sweets (ha ha). This evening, we booked some accommodation for Kuala Lumpur and then went down into Chinatown for some food. It was brilliant - the streets were packed with people and we bought some food off of one of the street vendor stalls - it was easily as good as anything we've eaten in a restaurant. On the way back, Nikki bought herself 12 mini Chinese cakes and I had an ice-cream sandwich - yes, a block of vanilla ice-cream in between a slice of bread, as recommended by Nikki's friend Marc. It was gorgeous!
Ice-cream sandwiches... i'm gonna miss Singapore!
2 comments:
Really enjoying reading your updates, Ben - you hair is getting outrageously long!!! I see you've made freinds with the local wild-life....When you get to Kuala Lumpa make sure you take the tour up the twin tower to the bridge walk that connects the 2 towers midway up. The view are spectacular - and it's free!!!
Luv Beaver
..and make sure to wake up very early to get the free ticket to the twin towers as people will lined up from early morning !
Great blog, and funny, can't believe i say this, thanks for the bali info's !
Cheers !
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