Just as in Brisbane, school holidays were over for Charlotte and Natasha, so they went back to school today, while the sleepy head Powers took their time getting up. After breakfast we went into Orchard Rd with Gibbo to do a bit of shopping - Em and Alice very happy to find Top Shop! We had lunch at another market area, a bit different as it was attached to a shopping centre. Food was still great and we all found something delicious to eat. Geraldine left us to go and get her girls from school and to get them to swimming lessons so we did a bit more shopping before finding our way to China Town to have a look around. It was full of beautiful lanterns and street stalls - fun to wander through but it got very hot. The weather is quite amazing here - really humid and hot, but not unbearable. We only had one downpour of rain (at the zoo), that was over quite quickly - Gibbo said the bigger problem has been lightning, and we experienced the whistle-blowing at the zoo which meant lightning was coming and the kids had to get out of the water area and under cover.
Em was pleased with her Chinatown purchase - she'd seen a decorative embroidered bag in Italy for 65 euros and got it in Singapore for $45 Singapore - bargain!
We left Chinatown with much difficulty in a taxi - change of shift was happening - which meant for half an hour we had taxis pull up, ask us where we wanted to go, then tell us they couldn't take us. Geraldine said she's never worked out when change of shift is because it seems to go for hours (whenever they don't want to take you somewhere!).
The kids had another refreshing and much welcome swim at Gibbo's before dinner and farewells - off to the airport again! Thank you Gibbo and girls for a lovely stay - the perfect way to end our trip.
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