I tried to get my SIM card slot open, but the safety pins were so weak they just kept bending and I didn't want to break the slot release either. Eventually gave up, but bought a SIM card from a different 7-eleven store, lucky I had read that you need your passport to buy one! The official Samsung shop wasn't open yet to help get by SIM card out.
Had to line up at the service desk at the train station to buy a tourist three day unlimited pass, it's not available from the machines. The people at the front were buying tickets on behalf of a group of like 50 people, took 20 minutes just to serve them, everyone waiting looked annoyed.
Finally got the train to Bayfront, forgot to turn on my phone to count the steps for the day so far. Walked over to Gardens By The Bay, had been here before but didn't go into the two paid observatories.
- Flower Dome - good diverse selection of plants from different continents, the Australia section was alright
- Cloud Forest - not as good, a bit like an indoor rain forest, but not as much to see
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| Flower Dome. |
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| Cloud Forest. |
Walked back over to the Sands, the shopping mall is just ridiculous, takes forever to walk from one end of the other, should have levels instead like every other shopping mall ever built. The food court was a bit crap, got tickets to the Sands Sky Park instead. I didn't have much expectation, but had walked so far just got it anyway. It was disappointing for whatever it cost, just had access to an observation deck, not even rooftop gardens or anything. Then had to walk most of the way back through the Sands again to get the train station. Probably would have been better to walk outside and over the bridge.
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| From the Sands sky park. |
I found a couple of those mobile phone kiosks in the next shopping mall, they all seemed puzzled by my question about the SIM card slot. So gave up again, got lunch instead.
Walked over to Singapore Flyer, I ran out of time on the previous visit. A big group of tourists in front thought they owned the place, trying to arrange their own private cabins and numbers to go in each, hate those tourists. The recorded audio playing during the trip was pointless, the wheel goes very slow so you have plenty of time to look around. It was surprising how many large apartment towers they have all the way to the east coast, all look identical, a bit depressing if you lived there.
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| From the Singapore Flyer. |
The Star Wars Run festival had just started near the F1 pit buildings, walked over to collect race pack for tomorrow. Got a tote bag, running shirt, some kind of picnic mat - different coloured stuff if you sign up for the light side (blue) or dark side (red). I got a medium t-shirt which fit alright but not great, not the first or last time I forgot about 'asian sizes'. Waited around a bit for some tribute band to play, started with the main theme song then didn't recognise the rest so didn't stay long.
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| Star Wars Run festival. |
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| Star Wars band, not sure what they do the rest of the year. |
Train back towards the hotel to Chinatown, got my SIM card slot open at the Samsung store! but they had none of the tools for sale. Had a quick rest at the hotel, legs were way too tired, not good race preparation. Got a bit of energy back, walked down to one of the Chinatown hawker centres. Didn't eat much, but also McDonald's had a veggie crunch burger on the way back!
Went to Clarke Quay to see if any boats were running, was 20-30 minutes wait so going to try again later.
Steps: 25,000 (4 hours)
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