Day 3: Thieving Trishaws and Thailand

Brett: Ok...I have to get something off my chest straight up. Trishaw drivers near the Raffles hotel are THIEVING BASTARDS! We just came to the realisation that the flight from Singapore to Phuket was actually cheaper than the 10 minutes this guy took to ride us from the Raffles to the Double Helix Bridge - $80SGD! The taxi we took back to the hotel was $3.40SGD! Caught us hook, line and sinker. Jaz: Correction - caught Brett hook line and sinker because he insisted I get in the trishaw whilst the driver was dodging my questions about how much for this service. Then when it came down to payment I told the driver it was not worth the $40 each he was demanding and I would only give him $20 which I did. Brett then proceded to get all of his money out in front of the driver (you could just see his eyes light up), argue for a bit, then fold and hand over another $50. Lesson learnt: always establish a set price before obtaining a good or service.

Brett: Ok..the rest of the day was pretty good apart from that.

We slept in a little as we were checking out of the Naumi Hotel at 12.00pm, had breakfast, packed up and check out. After getting ROBBED by Mr Trishaw, we wandered across to Marina Bay - the amazing piece of engineering that the Singaporian Architects behind the project must have got in a small room with kilos of weed and Tim Tams and had a brainstorming session something like..." Wai..Wai..Wai...Wai...Wait maaaaannn....pfffttt....lets...ahh...lets put a ship...yeah a ship on top of a tower...no..even better...2 towers! bahaha...fuck it...WHY NOT 3!" And what a bloody good job they did making it as well.

We eventually got the SGD together to pay the $40SGD to get to the top...wow...what a view! This whole place is spectacular! We went up during the day, but I could just imagine the views at sunset.

After we followed the Audio Tour around the lookout, I suspected we ventured into the 'Hotel Guest Only' area. I think there were a few people allowed to check out the pool area, but we didn't see any one on audio tour. I would be pretty confident to say that the infinity pool at the top of the Marina Sands has the best view of Singapore skyline anywhere in town.

We made our way through the 'Shopping Malls' at Marina Sands...I'm not sure how you can call buying a Rolex for $145,000 shopping... Looking in the windows of these shops sweating our asses off, unshaved, hats and running shoes on with a backpack on my back, I was surprised they didn't offer us to sit down and try any on for size!

Back to the hotel after this for a quick swim and a shower before heading to Changi Airport to board our flight to Phuket. Where I'm currently writing this blog in our room at the Diamond Cliff while Jaz wanders around trying to figure out which switch is for which light... Jaz: Correction #2: whilst Jaz busily and meticulously unpacks and finds a neat and tidy little place for everything like the wonderful girlfriend she is.

Too tired to write anything further. Goodnight!