Delicious Singapore

Proud to say we are officially done cycling through the largest continent of Asia!  We got into Singapore and it sure felt great to be back.  Cycled to the southernmost point of continental Asia and declared it at that spot, the end of our Asian leg. 

We did not do very much cycling after that as we had the bikes at the shop for servicing.   However, when we did cycle we were absolutely rocked by the rain.  It came down like crazy and we were drenched from head to toe.  Brought back some good memories though. 

These past couple of days in Singapore have been superb.  Met up with friends, ate a lot of delicious hawker food, downed ice kachangs, drank bandungs and engulfed many kaya buns.  Just good times all around.

I am sad to leave as I do not know next when I will return.  Who knows what the future will hold.  That said, I am quite excited about cycling in the next country on this trip… Australia.  Trevor certainly is looking forward to the scorching heat.  Me, not so much.  

  

Oh and in other random news, I finally uploaded some more videos to Youtube.  A lot actually.  Again, if you do have a look they are just raw footage of me rambling in the countries we have traversed through and they are a one shot deal so nothing spectacular.  Sound quality can be crap at times.  I would eventually like to put something together when this is all said and done.

At Sentosa Island which officially marks the end of Asia!

Had a big hawker session out with Samantha and Su-N.  Big thanks to them for treating me and Trevor to this feast.  Pretty neat spot there as it had this 60’s theme going on.   

One of my personal favourite skylines in the world… Singapore by night.

Ever since I left Singapore in 2008 there have been so many developments going on.  The city just keeps on evolving and the skyline changing.  The latest addition I had never seen was the Gardens by the Bay.  Very cool to see lit up at night. 

The Merlion by night.

Another hawker session!  This time at Chomp Chomp with Lovyshia who kindly treated us to some delicious hawker food.  It was very kind of her.  If you don’t know, that manly pink drink I am about to chug down is bandung, one of my personal favourites.  If you don’t have them in your area don’t stress, don’t stress.  Just make them yourself much like I did whilst in London.  Rose syrup, evaporated milk and some water is your friend.  Go wild. 

Spent a fun day at Universal Studios with Samantha and Jerlyn.  Good times.  Later checked out the new Oceanarium and then went for an all-you-can-eat session at this Korean BBQ place.  In that one sitting, I think we now have enough protein in us for the next leg and some.  Thanks to Max for treating us to that delicious feast. 

My quest to hunt down my favourite ice kachang with kaya didn’t quite pan out.  They used to have them at Lau Pa Sat but they no longer make it unfortunately.  However, I was introduced to a new tasty dessert: snow ice.  And yes, they were delicious.  Flavoured ice is always good in hot climes. 

We spent a few nights camping in Singapore at Pasir Ris and they were quite pleasant.  I was somewhat surprised to see so many others camping overnight.  Didn’t know it was a big thing here. 

Had some stress packing our bicycles this time round.  We got a couple of free boxes from this bike shop but they were a bit small.  As such we packed them to the max but still had to check-in a bag.  Flying budget they of course ding you quite hard if you do not prepay your excess baggage so I was a bit stressed out.  Luckily the flight attendant was super kind and let us check-in our bags at no charge.  The kindness never ends here in Singapore.   

It doesn’t take much to put a smile on my face.  An ice kachang…

… some kaya toast and bandung and I am a happy.  Thanks yet again to Samantha who sent me packing with this delicious breakfast much like she did in 2008 just before we set off on our bicycle trip to Tokyo.  I salute you!