Kachers Singapore Adventures: 3 Fun Filled Singapore Days

Fred was out of town and the girls were off from school for 2 days, so we needed some activities.

The Navy occasionally offers bus rides to various activities going on in Singapore and one just happened to be the evening of the girls first day off. I signed us up to join other Navy families on a ride to the Singapore Expo center where they were having a huge Indian Sale and Expo. The girls and I spent 2 hours walking along the stalls looking at beautiful material for Saris and checking out all sorts of other good deals. We even found some items we plan to give out at Christmas. The girls also enjoyed Indian food delights of flat breads and curry to dip it in. The evening ended with an ice cream from Burger King- vanilla ice cream with coffee sauce (actually turned out to be coffee in the bottom of the cup with vanilla ice cream on top- not as great as expected. Enjoy a few photos of our Indian Shopping Expo.

The next evening we went to the Singapore Formula 1 practice races. I remember as a child my dad bringing my brother and I to car races. They were always so much fun. I loved the loud engines and the tires squealing. I had seen images of Formula 1 races done throughout Asia and they are full of lights as the cars drive through the city streets at night. Formula 1 was something I was excited for.

We headed downtown with a few other families going and got spots to watch the upcoming practice runs. Practice runs, I quickly realized, are not quite the same as the race. Cars are whizzing by at 200 mph but they are not clumped up jockeying each other out of position. Instead just a few come by at a time. This got a little old quickly and there weren't the crazy Asian light displays I had seen on T.V. or movie. The high rise buildings were lit up and the city looked pretty, but not crazy.

The girls got bored quickly and we headed into a nearby Starbuck for a late dinner- to them this was the highlight of the evening.

The last of our fun filled 3 days involved a day trip to Chinatown. The Chinese are celebrating their Harvest Moon Festival so Chinatown was all decked out with lanterns to celebrate.

We've eaten a few times at this outdoor eatery, Chinatown Seafood Company. They have wonderful food including Chili Crab that we all love, but costs $40 for a serving to share. This time we opted for the noodle or fried rice dishes. Jen mentioned this is like a Vienna Inn type of place; laid back, a little sweaty, crowded, fun, and good food. They also happen to have the cheapest beer in town AND the second best milk shakes (second to the Coronado Coffee shop), too bad it's an hour train ride away instead of a 5 minute drive.

Chinatown stores all seem to sell the same basic items it's just a matter of if you are paying 5 for $10, or 4 for $10. They must order thousands of the various items that the stores have all decided to sell. This fan assortment was a good photo spot.

We all love the lantern and getting a picture of them hanging above was fun. The girls had brought a new friend from school on our adventure. She is also new to Singapore, moved here from CA and will probably be here the same amount of time as us. It's great they have met someone they are comfortable calling and inviting to join us on outings.