A bit of a crap day in Singapore

I think we have topped Mt Fuji for the worst day so far.  We're currently damp and miserable in a doctor's surgery, in the world's worst shopping centre, waiting to get Loz's disgusting foot growth seen to.  It's probably just a blister, however, it looks more gross than any blister we've ever seen, and it's pussing everywhere.  (We're suffering so you have to... pictures to follow). 

We started the day all good intentioned, and were going to head to the nature reserve, Bukit Timah, but we were held up for various reasons, and didn't set off until about half 1.  Luckily, according to the guy in the hostel, only a half hour bus ride.  We got off the bus at about 3pm!  Half an hour my bottom. 

(ooooh it's number 8 in the queue, Loz is No.10... we're convinced the coughing child next to us who refuses to put his hand over his mouth has swine flu.)

When we got off the bus, it was raining torrentially - emergency poncho time!  We trekked off looking like a condom variety pack, and halfway there we met a woman who told us we'd be stupid to do the nature reserve in this weather as it was dangerous.  There are lots of muddy slopes, which become very slippery.( Srip srip.)  We headed to the visitor centre anyway, (other people were dressed as condoms too, so we felt better).  At this point Loz's plaster fell off her foot, and revealed  a new level of gross.

(oooh she's just gone in)

So we headed to the nearby shopping centre (which is a collection of employment agencies, dodgy massage parlours, and maid hiring services...in one of the maid hire places, there seem to be about 20 filipino girls in yellow t-shirts, all sat in silence in rows presumably just waiting to be hired.  You'd think they'd call them...).  I decided to pop to an internet cafe I'd seen outside - turns out it wasn't an internet cafe at all, it was an internet gaming centre.  The guy said I could use the internet, but the keyboard would have no letters on... I decided not to bother, and headed back just in time to get drenched, and am now freezing and damp in the aircon.  Hurrah.  It's our 1 month travel anniversary today - we were gonna celebrate and everything...

(Los has apparently been bitten, had an alergic reaction to it, and now it's infected.  Triple whammy!  She's just getting some (hopefully inexpensive) cream, and then we can go back and sulk in the room for the rest of the day. 

Skip on a day, and I'm certainly feeling a little better.  Loz's cream was quite expensive, and blew the budget, so we thought we might as well go the whole hog (no pun intended) and went out for a lovely dinner on the river last night to try and salvage the day.  We were both shattered so we had a bit of a lazy day today, as we're moving again tomorrow.

Before all that lot, we did have a nice day in Singapore.  I quite like it, and I can see the attraction to move here.  It's clean, and the nightlife looks great it's hotter than the UK, and it's English speaking.  We went on a cruise down the river, which was nice, but I think in doing that we saw most of what we wanted to see.  I don't think as a tourist there's a huge amount to do that's particularly unique to Singapore - that's the impression we've been left with anyway.  It's kind of more just being here.  There's some good shopping - both malls, and market shopping, and it's quite pretty, but it's not hitting the favourite list so far I don't think.  We've got a couple of lovely room mates... we were beginning to think China was sending unfriendly people round after us to spite us because we didn't like Beijing... but we now have a Japanese and a German girl as well who are both really nice!

I can't wait for Bangkok tomorrow!