If I was to identify a theme for this blog posting it would have to be ‘late’. This ‘posting’ is overdue and the material is itself a little dated but then that fits in with the theme!
Since our visas were ‘taking a little longer’ than we had expected we had to make a couple of visa related trips to Singapore, one in October and one in November. We hadn’t visited Singapore before so it was a good opportunity to see the city.
As it happened our first trip coincided with Singapore’s Formula 1 weekend – well almost. When we arrived the famous drivers had moved on and their high performance machines were being transported to the next venue. The only visible remains of the race were the advertising, some flags and an impressive array of post race posters. I’d love to say that the photos I took were of the actual race but since we were too late all I got was pictures of the posters.
Since our visas were ‘taking a little longer’ than we had expected we had to make a couple of visa related trips to Singapore, one in October and one in November. We hadn’t visited Singapore before so it was a good opportunity to see the city.
As it happened our first trip coincided with Singapore’s Formula 1 weekend – well almost. When we arrived the famous drivers had moved on and their high performance machines were being transported to the next venue. The only visible remains of the race were the advertising, some flags and an impressive array of post race posters. I’d love to say that the photos I took were of the actual race but since we were too late all I got was pictures of the posters.
At the beginning of November we had to return to the Lion City. This time Mr Obama arrived slightly ahead of us to meet with the leaders of many Asian countries in the region. Once again we didn’t make it in time for the official photo shoot and had to make do with the newspaper coverage! At least he shook hands with our Prime Minister from Thailand.
We weren’t disappointed by our two brief trips to Singapore though, as we received all the necessary paperwork and were able to see around some of the well known sights of the city as well.
A few of Singapore's famous sights - perhaps the best known is the Raffles Hotel. Especially pretty at night is the water front area. The area around the Merlion was still decorated for the F1 race.
Even if you don't get to see the F1 cars, there are plenty of other interesting cars around the streets. It's obvious what some of these are but do you know them all? No prizes!
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