February 5. The food and touring blended today. So I'm not going to try to separate them this time.

We got an unexpected couple days off and I'm trying to make the most of it. I know Florian just wanted to pool it. Dominic probably just wants to sleep and kill his flu.

I decided that it's my best chance to see stuff. I feel a bit guilty about it because I know Eileen is living thru a blizzard right now.  I can only try to collect the experience and share it.

So this AM (Sat Feb 5) I bought a Singapore Ticket: Hop On Hop Off, Duck tour, Sentosa Island, River tour, Singapore Flyer and about 10 other things.

So naturally the next stop was for food. I found a whole new aisle at Carrefour (my local grocer) that had a Nice salad, Sardines and Baked Beans. I also stocked up on the Top Shell Snails.

Having made sure I wouldn't starve on any given evening I proceeded to the Duck Tour. It was a bit dry..They need to take some lessons from the Ducks in the Wisconsin Dells.

Then I took my "Free" bus to the flyer because it was included in the ticket price. On the way I decided to have lunch at O'Leary's. Let's just say that it was a "Dining Malfunction". Could be the worst attempt at a Philly Steak Sandwich (please note that I did not mention cheese). I'm surprised Philadelphia hasn't sued the restaurant for Defamation.

I have been told that I have to try the Pepper Crab, so this evening I took a cab to the East Coast Seafood Center, a collection of maybe 12 - 16 Seafood restaurants out on the East Coast Parkway. I couldn't get into Jumbo or Long Beach so I tried a place called  Nosignboard Here. The Crab was outstanding once I got it. But they brought NO utinsels and no napkins. Have you every tried crackng crab with chopsticks. Then it took an act of god to get a bill and pay it. In the end I told them they had 3 minutes to take my credit card or I was walking.

I decided to finish the night with the Night Safari at the zoo. It was FANTASTIC and dark. Indian Wolves, Tapirs, Elephants, Rhino's, Hippo's, Swamp Buffalo, many kinds of deer and wild pigs and even some wild cattle. Unfortunately, I was unable to get any pics because (after we started) they told us we couldn't use flash. I couldn't see well enought to disable the flash on my camera.

When I went to leave I found the taxi line to be about 80 deep and almost no Taxis. I chose bus 138 which connects with the MRT (Subway) at Ang Mo Kio. The bus ride was a half hour, the train ride another half hour and the walk from te station to the hotel another 20 minutes.

Busy day.