We took a HoHo to Suntec where we boarded the green line. Our plan was to take this all around, but when it got to Gardens By the Bay we could not resist getting off. We had 45 minutes till the next bus. We would just get a few pictures of the huge metal trees, the sign and the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.
Hah! A short walk up the path convinced us that we would have to spend some time here. 3 hours later we were waiting for another bus on a bench in front of Marina Bay Sands on the far side of the gardens. We had walked almost everywhere. This was despite Alice's knee protesting. She just insisted on doing everything just in case we never returned to Singapore.
Our next ride was on the blue line. This repeated some of the stops of other lines, but it added many new ones and gave us a new perspective. We enjoyed it. Again we got off the bus across from the hotel. This time we went straight to our room.
It was 3:45. Alice had noticed earlier that Prago offered a sunset dinner special from 5:00 to 6:00. We headed down at 5:00 and had a delightful dinner. We were almost the only ones there.
After dinner we used the escalator just outside to the lower level of Raffles City. We were on a mission to the Pandora store. Our practice is to buy a charm characteristic of the country. Singapore offered an enameled lotus blossom. We took it.
Under the escalator
Earlier we had been forwarded an email from JAL telling us we should print our boarding passes before arriving at the airport. We asked the Pandora clerk if she could help us do that. She happily tried, but we were missing a required password. Back at the hotel the concierge told us he could print them, if I forwarded the JAL email to him. I was not about to pay the $18 per day fee for the hotel's wifi, so it was off to Raffles City in search of free wifi. Found and sent I returned to the concierge. He printed the passes.
When we had entered the hotel lobby after dinner, we met the young lady who had checked us in. She asked how everything was and did we enjoy our breakfast. We told her all was fine and breakfast was super. In fact we were disappointed because we had a pick up at 5:30 the next morning and would miss breakfast. She told us she would have box breakfasts prepared for us. Was a 4:30 delivery OK? Sure. She bid us safe travels, good night. And please come back.
Upstairs we set our alarms for 3:45, called for a luggage pull at 5:00 and went to bed. It was 8:30.
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