exploring Singapore

We got up early and went for a walk up the hill in Canning Park, which is just behind the hotel.

Canning Park

from Canning Park

aerial roots

museum

Gardens on the Bay from Singapore Flyer

 

We then found an arcade below street opposite the hotel for tea and rice buns. Denise went back for breakfast while we found out about the hop on buses nearby.
Our first bus took us right out to the Botanic Gardens and through the diplomatic area. We got off at the Singapore Flyer which was also free on our stopover package and had an earlyish morning ride above the city. This was really good with views out to the ships lying at anchor, apartment blocks, Gardens on the Bay and where we had walked the previous night.
We checked out of our room at midday and left our luggage, returning to the buses to go to Chinatown for lunch, then on to Little India where we got off and walked along Serangoon road, taking the next bus back on the circuit to the Art Gallery by 4pm.
Despite having free entry, it took quite a while to sort our tickets then we had a rather rushed look at a colonial exhibition.
The airport bus picked us up at the hotel at 5 pm and we met Liz, Mike and Neil at the departure lounge a couple of hours later.
The flight to Kolkata was SilkAir, which is not as good as Singapore Airlines in the same timeslot on other days of the week.