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| One of many can-recycling slot machines found along Orchard Road. | Giant aquarium at the lower level of Wisma Atria, one of many shopping malls along Orchard Road. | You'd have to take a whiff of an actual Durian to know why these signs appear at the entrances to hotels, subways, and the like. | Too many subway rides. |
We've switched hotels to be closer to the action - moving to the Marriott on Orchard Road. It's a little bit of a hassle to switch hotels for one day but well worth it. We have two of the most beautiful rooms we've ever stayed in -decorated with Chinese furniture and featuring state-of-the-art electrical service in the rooms. Outside, a waterfall cascades over the marble block entryway. A truly luxurious hotel and we'd recommend it highly; price was reasonable, too.
We're able to get a table at the Hard Rock Cafe, and the kids add to their Hard Rock tee-shirt collection. By now it looks as if they're employees of the place...
In the evening, we venture out looking for Raffles Hotel, a famous local landmark, and we find it eventually. We head to Chinatown for dinner and find a variety of interesting small places. Settling on one outdoor restaurant, we have a most unusual dinner - good food, although small portions. John really wants to order a steamed fish, and so he does. A few minutes later, the waitress brings a small plastic bucket to our table. "Is this one OK?" she asks. I turn to look at what she has and it jumps up! The steamed fish, in its yet-unsteamed state! So we all have a good laugh ... until the bill comes and we find the steamed fish cost approximately 36 US dollars! Yikes!! Well, it was an experience, right?