Up at 6:45 (yep, even though we went to bed at 1:15). We got ready and went to
breakfast. It was a wonderful buffet with all kinds off good food. We then
grabbed a cab and went to Tree Top Walk. It was in the McRitchie Reservoir. We
got dropped off at the starting point. We were greeted by some monkeys. Most
of them were carrying babies. They were so cute. We started the hike. It was
on a path through the very thick forest. We walked for 7.2km round trip. The
paths were dirt, rock, stones, up hill, down hill, steps, and boardwalk. Once
at the top we were on a 1.5km suspension bridge that went through the middle of
the forest. We made our way back down. It was hot and humid. We were all
sweating horribly. Todd was carrying the back pack too which made him hotter.
He literally rung out sweat from his shirt it was so wet. GROSS! My tank top
was soaked only in certain places. Todd and Cameron kept calling it boob sweat
because it was wet basically everywhere but around my boobs. It was pretty
embarrassing but there was nothing I could do about it.
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Not even close to the top and you can see our
sweat beginning to appear. |
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| On the suspended bridge. |
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| It was very thick with trees. |
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| More steps. |
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| The view. |
We jumped in a
cab and the cabbie took us to Little India. The cabbie was quite entertaining.
At one point he told us if we bought him a drink he would tell a story. Funny
thing is we still got the story without buying a drink. It kind of sounded like
he had already been drinking or maybe he was just a little crazy. We got out of
the cab and Todd said "man, the seat is soaked now from me sitting on it". We
looked back at the cab and the guy spotted the wetness (they were leather seats
at least). He got out and looked in the back. He then got back in. We started
walking because I was afraid he was going to come after us. I told you we were
sweaty. We hit 7-Eleven first for water and pop. Into the shops. Todd got
himself a new watch. We then walked around outside Little India. All kinds of
shops and restaurants. We found Banana Leaf Apollo which is where Andrew
Zimmern went on Bizarre Foods. We just HAD to get fish head soup. We also got
two different kinds of chicken dishes and two kinds of bread. Overall it was
ok. The boys thought it was awesome. I wish you could have heard them eating
the soup. They were in heaven. Todd even got crazy and ate the eyeball.
GROSS! He said there was a nut or something hard in the middle.
Again...GROSS! Cameron wanted to eat the other eye but it was missing. And, in
Indian restaurants you eat on giant leaves and use your hands. It kind of
grossed me out watching others. And, they only eat with one hand. And, it isn't the hand that they wipe their bottom with.
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| Little India. |
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| Pretty funky building. |
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| We found the restaurant we wanted to try. |
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Posing with their fish head soup.
Notice the big leaf to eat on. |
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| Looks delicious doesn't it? Look at the teeth. |
We then went into another market that
had all kinds of restaurants in a food court sort of looking thing. The smell
was a little icky but not as bad as I had thought. Overall Little India was
quite enjoyable. We went to another 7-eleven to get drinks to take back to the
room. Jumped in a cab and went back to the hotel. The boys jumped in the pool
to "shower" and cool off. The pool area was really nice. I didn't get in only
because we were heading back out to check out Orchard Road. I didn't want to
have to get ready again. Back up to the room. Boys changed and we went
exploring.
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| Ready to check out Orchard Street. |
We walked up one side of Orchard Street and back down the
other. There were huge malls everywhere and most were connected to several other
malls. It's so confusing when trying to find a specific store. We found a Toys
R Us store. Cameron found a NERF gun but decided not to get it. We went into a
fish spa...the place where fish chew on your feet...but it was $30 for 30
minutes. We decided 30 minutes was way too long. We continued down the street.
We found the Pandora store. I wanted to get a Buddha charm for my bracelet.
It was a bit more expensive than the one I could get at home but we figured
this way it could be my Asia souvenir. He's really cute. We also hit the
Harley Store and Lego Store. Cameron got a couple cars to build. He was happy.
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| Toys R Us. |
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| Signs do not lie. |
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| We thought this guy was neat. |
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| This sign grabbed our attention. |
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| Hey, Sexy Lady. |
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I got myself a charm from Singapore...
Buddha. My Asia souvenir. |
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| Found a Lego store so we had to buy something. |
We went to dinner next. We decided to go to Black Angus. I had the
double prime burger with bacon and cheese. Delicious. Cameron had a different
burger and Todd had prime rib sandwich. That place was well worth the trip. As
we were sitting there it started to rain. It rained for about 15 minutes and
that was it. We weren't even finished eating before it quit. Perfect timing.
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| On our way to dinner. Our hotel is in the background. |
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| Cameron with his delicious smoothie. |
After dinner we went back to the hotel. We decided to try out the pool
for awhile. It was nice. We hung out there for about a half an hour and then
went back to the room. Cameron showered and started building his Lego's. Todd
and I ran to the lounge for a little bit. He had very specific rules in order
to stay in the room. He thinks he is cool when we let him stay. The lounge was
packed. They do not let kids under 12 in and now we understood why. Too many
people will access to the lounge. Not enough room for everyone and
kids.
Back to the room, a little tv, and off to bed. We were all tired
from the lack of sleep and from all the hiking and walking.
