Singapore and the Sevens

Singapore is on the doorstep. From the condo balcony I can see it. There are frequent trips across the causeway mainly to go shopping or for events such as The IRB Singapore Sevens. This was a two day tournament, 9 of us went for finals day. It was eventually won by Fiji, who thrashed England 40 - 19, much to the discussed of the sizable Ex-pat community that were watching.


Other events have been ??????? leaving do, this ended with me spending the next day in bed and the loo in equal measures. It started off in an area of the island called Holland Village. Here we drank far too much beer, then a B52, followed by rum and coke. We then moved on to Insomnia night club at Chimes. Here it was load bands and Gin and Tonic. I know, it's my own fault, but it was a night to remember.


The food in Singapore is as varied as it is in Malaysia. There are plenty of hawkers stalls serving good food that is dirt cheap. You can have a good size lunch with a drink for S$5, about 2 pounds. All the shopping malls, and there are lots, have hawkers stalls in the basement, there is a great choice, Indian, Chinese, Korean, and some that I don't think I will be trying. I have walked past to look at exactly what the soup looks like, and frankly I don't know. All I can say is the bits I saw, I did not recognize from Tesco...

There is still plenty to see in Singapore, I have walked past the Raffles Hotel, but I have always had shorts on, so they will not let me in.