Singapore - day 102

We got up very early and took a taxi to the airport in the north of Phuket. After checking-in, we got all our money back from Air Asia for the flight that had been cancelled due to the Bangkok airport situation on the 1st of december. From Phuket we flew to Singapore with Air Asia, an asian low cost airline. From the plane we had a nice view over the Thai islands and at the end over the Singapore bay. We were picked up and brought to our hostel (this turned out to be a big rip-off! the pick-up service was A LOT more expensive than a regular taxi). We were staying in a bed and breakfast place in a penthouse in some tall building. The view over Singapore was quite nice. Not long after getting there, a friend of Nat's father came to pick us up and show us around the city. He drove us to Faber Park from where we had a nice overview of the city; then he took us to the old Parliament buildings, the cricket pitch, Clarke Quay, the CBD, Chinatown, Arab Street, Little India, etc. He taught us a lot about the city! He dropped us off at Orchard Street where we went shopping without buying anything. Orchard Street is a concentration of very expensive shopping malls and hotels like the Marriott. Everything was decorated for Christmas: lots of Christmas trees and lights everywhere. For dinner we went to a place called Newton Circus, which is basically a food court where they have all kinds of food. Nat's father's friend joined us and ordered a whole bunch of typical dishes, including some prawns, beef and chicken satay, a peppered crab, duck-noodle soup, carrot cake (like an omelet with prawns in it) and more. Most of it was really good. After dinner we were dropped off at the B&B.

Weather: warm and cloudy, a bit of rain in the evening