Our first day in Singapore started with a half day tour of the city, taking in the National Orchid Garden, Thian Hock Temple, Little India and Merlion Park. The temperature is hot and humid at the moment even though we had a few showers throughout the day. The orchid garden was truly spectacular and as a special reminder of this beautiful place (the orchid is the national flower of Singapore) we bought a RISIS gold covered orchid (only available here in Singapore). There are hundreds of different hybrids here, many of which have been named after celebrities and VIPs. The pure white “Princess Diana” orchid was particularly stunning. This afternoon we went to the famous Raffles Hotel for afternoon tea and gorged ourselves on sandwiches, cakes and some more traditional Singaporean delicacies. A harpist entertained us throughout with popular tunes and songs from the musicals. Raffles Hotel also contains its own mall of specialist shops and in one of them- Elliott & Carmen- Saboohi purchased the most beautiful pearl necklace especially for my birthday. Once I had tried it on she insisted that I left the shop while she squeezed them down to the price that she felt was reasonable –poor things didn’t stand a chance. To finish the evening we sat in the outside bar in Raffles Hotel and enjoyed a very strong and tasty Singapore Sling. A great first day.
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Sounds fab - as does your birthday gift. I presume the neckless was wrapped in the shirt from the poor saleperson's back.
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