My birthday in Singapore

Waking up in Singapore for my birthday - what a treat! Can hardly believe we have a day of MAGIC in store... Off we set on the hop on hop off bus for the guided bus tour! When we arrived at the marina we hopped off and went on the Singapore flyer! 

How awesome to have 360degree views all around Singapore! And I really do seem to have gotten over my fear of heights to a degree! A gelato down by the water then back on the bus for the rest of the tour and back to the hotel to get ready for the big night out!!! 

A taxi ride across town and we arrived at 1-altitude! Wow! Up the elevator 61 flights, then transfer into another lift for one more flight and we arrived on the triangular glass edged roof of 1 Raffles Place! 360 degree views from ever so much higher than the flyer!  We were greeted by our host Raymond who made us feel like royalty from the moment we stepped onto the rooftop! He took heaps of photos of us and seated us at a table in the middle over looking the harbour!!! He recommended starters for us and bought us a beer and a long island iced tea! Then when he found out it was my birthday he really started the princess treatment! He bought over a birthday cake and the staff gathered round and sang along with the band then they asked everyone to clap... and the band dedicated a song to me! Very emotional.... As the sun set over Singapore the lights and colours changed.... Pure MAGIC! Watching the laser light display over the marina was amazing. Music, laughter, warm breeze, stunning views, what more we ask for. We had possibly the most amazing night of our lives! Gorgeous dinner and many yummy cocktails later... That sure is a birthday I will remember for ever... 

Day 11 - Rome to Singapore

Down to the dining room for a last breakfast in Rome and it was great to catch up with a few of the crew again! At 8am Flavio took Robert, Arnick, Grant and I to the airport. We ably negotiated check in, security, passport control, the train to the gate, duty free shopping and even caught up with Irene and Bill again just before we departed! 

Onto the flight with grandiose plans of sleeping all the way.... Not a chance.... Sleep eludes me! Movie watching, blogging and eating broke the trip up and at 11.30 pm as we flew over Delhi at 12,000 metres I was shocked to receive a stunning birthday cake and 2 glasses of champagne! WOW what a surprise! The lovely hostess asked me who it was from.. I can only assume the wonderful Jenny  organised this as well! How overwhelming and how incredibly special! This was followed up nicely with a Singapore sling... Agh MAGIC... but one hour to go on a 12 and a half hour flight and sleep still eludes me! 

We arrive into Singapore at 5.30am and I am guessing we can't check into our hotel til 2pm so this could well be a very long day.... 

Well how wrong could I be? We got the shuttle to the hotel and arrived at 7.30am and they took be look at us and said we could check in then to get some sleep.... Bliss.... Three hours of slee then we were upgraded to a suite on the top floor... Very impressed with this service...

All settled into room then took courtesy coach into the heart of the city - a mere 15 minutes away -  and we had a wonderful walk around the mall and orchard road! Absolutely overwhlemed by the heat and the humidity... Back to the hotel for dinner and drinks... Day one in Singapore - awesome!