After saying goodbye to the magnificent 7 it is time for us to go solo in Singapore so step one was to move from our hotel to our hostel as we are stingey Scots remember! Spent the day wandering the city seeing little India, Chinatown, Raffles, Clarke Quay, Orchard Road and its multitude of shopping centres. Only a few months ago we were in Central Asia shopping from little shacks, now high end shops are stacked next to each other. One of the shopping centres was stocked with Irn Bru which I have been looking out for since Uzbekistan.

In case anyone wants to give an early Christmas present we are open to the Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Casino which has recently opened in the bay. Costing £4 billion to build, the main atrium links 3 towers together which props up the Skypark on the roof which houses many top end restaurants and even a pool. Check out the link above for the pictures. Singapore Zoo is one of the best in the world so we spent a full day here with the animals. The Zoo is home to over 2,500 specimens from 315 species so it was amazing how quickly the day went! Managed to squeeze in an elephant show, rainforest antics and splash safari, in between Katie going snap happy with every animal that moved!

We are lucky enough to be here for the i-Light festival around Marina bay which is Asia’s first sustainable lights show. The scenery is spectacular without the lights but with various sculptures and exhibits lit up for a few nights made it even more stunning.

Singapore has been a great start to us “Going Solo” but prices have sky-rocketed for us from the days of Malaysia,Thailand etc so we heading back across the border today to Johor Bahru before flying over to Borneo for a couple of weeks.

P.S. We have created a new photo album for the 2nd stage of our travels on the signpost above (called “GoingSolo Photos”)