SINGAPORE & MORE

GETTING THERE
well, COTW is off on another adventure. this time Singapore en route to Auckland, NZ. so i'm here visiting my barrister pal, paul hofmeyr, from betty's bay fame a year ago where i spent new year's in cape town and the whole COTW (Citizen Of The World) got started. but now paul is living in singapore (not Nairobi) working for a UK law firm in shipping finance. and the Emirates flight to Auckland literally went thru singapore so i lucked out. 5 hour flight NBO to Dubai, then a 3 hour layover, then another flight 7 hours to singapore. one night in paul's flat, then 2 nights in the Fullerton Hotel. and use of the Fullerton Bay Hotel pool. very pimpy indeed. 

SINGAPORE

5 Things i Like About Singapore
1. great urban architecture
2. clean
3. roads are perfectly smooth
4. lots of places to eat
5. attractive women

5 Things i Don't Like About Singapore
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so, for a cityphile like me, getting to a modern urban setting has been just the ticket. the infrastructure, the highways, the metro, the architecture, the fashion, the asian men's haircuts, the vibe, the fast food chains (guilty of Burger King & McDonalds!), the exotic foods (little india, jumbo chili crab, lau passat satay city), lots of cool places to chill out and eat, overall a complete submersion into the first world. Singapore is the pride of Asia, ultra modern, ultra clean, ultra rich, ultra law and order, ultra safe, ultra likeable. a perfect tonic for this bush baby who grew up a city lad. really fun to be here. 

next stop is NZ. fly tomorrow. so better caption these pics and get it posted!

thanks for following! COTW back on the road, bringing you the world!

Auckland visit starts tuesday! xxoo ddm

JKIA airport Nairobi. an hour late in boarding. but Air Emirates is first class.

Huge wings. how do they stay on?? 

i got 2 exit rows...lots of leg room. very nice!

Dubai at night. 

the tail is so huge! 

love shooting airports. jetliners are still trippy when you think about it!

Boeing 777 at singapore Changi airport.

Elson picks me up in a Chrysler 300 sedan. very town car-esque!

and he was rocking the creative asian men's hair. so funny!

car ads!

the singapore answer to London's Eye.

the museum. a la sydney opera hall.

the atrium. more trippy architecture.

elson's spikey do.

cityscape.

lost in translation. but it looks positive. 1 thumb way up!

ahhhh...glass and steel

lobby underpass

burger king...i did 2 whopper value meals. after none for 15 months....ahhhh.

better angle on the Eye.

good old city stuff

part of the skyline

cool looking up!

paul's building...one raffles place.

more glass and steel

courtyard in the CBD...central business district

satays and beer at lau passat. very Blade Runner.

folks eating in the street!

the view from paul's flat! 

more skyline. a mini hong kong.

very cool architecture everywhere!

very long metro trains

my host paul hofmeyr...also a true COTW.

double decker bus...remnants of being an english colony!

more glass & stell

river view out of the fullerton hotel!

inside the Fullerton...quite posh!

not many merc's like this in africa.

Fullerton Hotel entrance. used to be the postal building in colonial times.

adjacent bridge.

lots of open floor plans. buildings are breathing.

Paul's building in the middle. 

Fullerton Hotel...columns on the right!

the iconic Marina Bay Club hotel...amazing!

Formula 1 races along here once a year!

more marina bay club...with a ship laying across the 55 high story towers.

lots of tropical rain this time of year!

hard to stop staring at this building!

another view...from fullerton bay hotel

sea lion and city scape!

not many fresh water fountains like this in kenya

one last view of marina bay club, huge pool on top.