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| Mad Family Portrait |
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| Glenn in Union Lane Melbourne |
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| A Shower of Autumn Leaves Melbourne |
Having spent a week catching up with family, friends and footy in Melbourne we are now in steamy (or as Tilly puts it 'boiling') Singapore. Arriving at midnight was fabulous. We flew through customs (we were the only ones there!) and made our way out to the car that was waiting for us with a 'Glenn Sheers and fam' sign. Once outside Taashi said "it smells just like Rarotonga" - the heat and the frangipani - and she was right. We've been staying in Singapore with Glenn's brother Barrie and his family in a lovely 3 storey house surrounded by fragrant tropical flowers for 3 full days now and they have been full days. From here we have explored the Botanic Gardens on foot and come across squirrels, lizards, butterflies, bugs and a bright green Bamboo Snake chilling out on a thorny bush (apparently one of the most venomous snakes in Singapore).
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| The ACTUAL Bamboo Snake we came across |
Yesterday was a comedy of errors and lots of fun. From running through torrential downpours with only a sun hat for protection, to jumping on a train and Glenn, Tilly and Poppa missing it and the doors closing in their faces, to the panic on Tilly's face and the horror in her eyes when she saw us disappearing, to the massive hug when they caught up with us again (from this point on Tilly became the train nazi making sure we were all together getting on and off the trains - great practise for Europe's train networks), to being given the wrong directions by the lady behind the glass at the train station and having to u turn to reach our bus depot and on and on it went. It was a scream - Poppa almost let out a scream at one point when the automatic ticket gates closed abruptly on his privates. We explored the largest bird park in the world (Jurong Bird Park) dodging thunder and lightning and more torrential rain and made our way home without getting lost! It was a hoot and we laughed our way through the days calamaties and had a ball. I think the girls have especially enjoyed the trips to the Singapore Polo Club and the British Club where they have been able to cool off in the pool!
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| Running through the Singapore Rain |
A little Singapore supermarket trivia for all the Aussies and Kiwi's out there - a punnet of strawberries will set you back NZ$19 and a bottle of Oyster Bay Red Wine is NZ$60 - so enjoy your wine and strawberries tonight and think of us drinking tap water and nibbling on rice crackers!
