Day 1. Welcome back to Tales from our Pocket! We are traveling again! It's 2022 and we are SO excited that more
of the world is opening up and making it easier for us to travel. We have wanted to come to Asia for *years*,
and, we are finally here!! Our first stop is Singapore, and we are here
for about a week, and we cannot wait to see what this city has to offer. We're staying not too far from Chinatown. Since this is our first day, we expect a little
bit of jet lag to hit us like a brick wall this afternoon, so we thought, let's go explore
Chinatown, not too far from our hotel, and it has a lot to offer. Let's get going. For our first stop, we had to come and see
one of the most iconic hotels and buildings in all of Singapore. And it looks just as unexpected in person
as it does on our television screens. It looks like it's a cruise ship on top of
a building. I don't know how they did that, and I can't
decide whether I want to pay $20 for a drink so I can experience the top of it. It looks amazing - it's so cool. It's raining out so we took a quick break
in one of the hawker centers. Lau Pa Sat is where we are and they have a
great selection of international foods. It's kind of early though, so we decided to
just have some beverages. I got this. This is a coconut, yes, a coconut. You can buy a whole coconut and really you
just drink the water inside. It's really refreshing. My love for a certain Portuguese pastry is
well documented. Guess what we just found here in Singapore?! It looks like the same thing! Is it as good as my pastel da natas? It's called an egg tart. Let's find out. It's not the same. It's egg and custard filled, and much gooey-er
than the ones that we had in Portugal. The outside is more of a shortbread than a
crispy pastry. How funny is it to find something that looks
so similar to what we ate all over Portugal? I love it. It's an easy decision to visit Thian Hock
Keng Temple because it's free! Dating back to 1840, ocean-going immigrants
would stop here to pray for, or say thanks for, calm waters and a safe journey. The temple is actually rare because multiple deities
are worshipped at it - many are Taoist, but there are also Buddhist, Confucious, and Ancestral
Worship deities present here. Today the unique temple is a peaceful escape
from the busy streets of Singapore and is still used for worship. Alright, so we got some of the chicken rice. We've been told that this is one of THE dishes
you have to try when you come to a hawker center, and this is from a place that Anthony
Bourdain recommends, as well as the people who gave us their table. Let's dig in! It looks delicious - it's kind of white, but
it smells really good. Hmmm. That is super gingery. They got so much flavor into it, and it's
not dry at all. It's delicious - it lives up to its reputation. I am not sure that Bill's going to get any
of this. This is lime juice and passion fruit juice. Lunch was great. We are now going to learn about - hopefully
learn about - a little bit of Singaporian history. We're going to the City Gallery. They have a little bit of history about how
Singapore came to be, and we're hoping to learn a little more about the green space,
which is everywhere. We see greenery going down hotels, we see
greenery going down apartment buildings, it's beautiful. Hopefully we'll find a little bit more about
it. Not only was the Singapore City Gallery free,
but it had super strong air conditioning, which frankly we needed on our first day of
extreme Singapore heat! The museum was modern with interactive displays
that actually worked! We learned so much about how Singapore became
a city within a garden…in fact, Singapore today has 80% of its population able to walk
to a park, and their goal is to increase that to 100% by the year 2030. The City Gallery was really interesting. We just finished there. It was more about the city planning, which
I thought was really interesting. It was a little bit less about the history,
but it really puts into perspective the challenges that Singapore has as a nation which is a
city with a somewhat limited land mass. They've got to put all kinds of things in
here that cities don't normally have to deal with. It was a fascinating way to learn a lot more
about the history of Singapore from a planning perspective [we're staying right there!],
and I'm really glad that we did it early on in our visit to Singapore - but it did take
us an hour and a half and we hardly finished, and we really haven't seen that much of Chinatown
during our "Chinatown" day yet, so off we go. Let's go! Look, eating my second pastel da nata of the
day is not what I expected in Singapore, yet here we are! We ran out of steam, got some dinner at the
hawker center right nearby in Chinatown, and pretty much we called it quits. Changing 11 time zones is really hard. Have you done it before? If so, you can appreciate what we're going
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Good morning, welcome to another day in Singapore! Yesterday we went to a Chinese temple [not,
not this one], or Chinatown, not this one, a couple different ones, and today we are
going to the Muslim Quarter and Little India. At least that's the plan. The skies are looking pretty dark so we think
we might be in for some thunderstorms. Let's go! We better get going. It's raining, so we're going to take a little
break. Just kidding! We're in the Kampong Glam area, which is sort
of known to be a Muslim district. We wanted to stop here before we went to Little
India and then we REALLY got stopped by the rain. But it's a great opportunity to do some people
watching and have a coffee! Well, we just finished lunch; we're trying
to wait out the rain, and now it's rainy and sunny all at the same time. Pretty sprinkly, it's not raining heavily,
so we're a bit stuck, but it's ok. We have umbrellas, we have rain gear. Wimpy rain gear, let's say. We're going to keep exploring though - we
have hardly hit the surface of what this area has, because we just got totally rained out. This is a different perspective on the mosque,
just sort of across the street. You can see that there's barriers behind me,
too. We happen to be here during Ramadan, so they're
setting up for some festivities related to that. Just again, really glad we were able to come
here. It is a landmark of this particular area of
Singapore, and now that we've been here, we're able to see the distinctive gold dome in person,
it's just easy to see why. It's stunning. Really refreshing. Well, we made it to Little India, and it started
raining again. Seems to be the story of the day - I'm sensing
a theme here. We just wrapped up in Little India, and in
the couple of markets we went into, there was a ton of people. Honestly, that's the most people we've seen
in one place at one time since the start of the pandemic, so - it looked really neat! We'll just have to come back someday when
we're more comfortable with being in those levels of crowds. Yep. So until then, we're going to go back to the
hotel and recharge a bit and then head somewhere fun for dinner! We came back to a hawker center that looked
pretty interesting, intending to eat from some of the international stalls that we found
there. Instead we found this outdoor satay market
that looked amazing, so we chose one of the places and here's what we've done! I need you to try this so I know if it's spicy. Oh, this looks spicy. It's spicy! So spicy that you just laugh? And cry. It's really good. It tastes like peanut and cumin and fire. I don't do well with spicy food. It's really good though. So we're going to see how I do with the spicy
food. You saw Heather's reaction - pretty pathetic,
honestly. We've got water ready to go. It's fighting words, but it's the truth. So here's the beef - we're going to try this
with the peanut sauce. It's really flavorful, a fun mix of salty
and sweet, and it's spicy - just a little bit spicy, even though it knocked Heather's
head off, very good. So Heather says some of the sauces here are
pretty spicy. I've got a little bit of the beef satay left,
and whatever this really dark red sauce is, with all these peppers floating in it. It's the hot one, she says. Here goes. It's pretty hot, but it's not - I'll survive. I think I'll be alright. I might not. Pretty sure this one's chicken. Oh, that's delicious. Super tender. The spice hits you at the end. But it's delicious. I can't even describe what the spices are,
other than the spicy part, but it's really good. Super tender. Just falls off the chopstick? What is this? Falls off the satay stick. It's really good. Now we're going to try the chicken with the
green sauce. I think Heather said this was somewhere in
the middle on the spiciness scale. This one hits you a little bit faster but
it's still very good. Also, I'll survive. Well, that satay was the perfect way to end
a day that was hampered by a little bit of rain. I guess better luck next time? We still made the most of what we were able
to see today, and hopefully tomorrow will be a little bit less rainy. See you next time! Don't forget to like and subscribe. Day 3 Good morning from Singapore! We decided to take a break from the city parts
of Singapore and instead visit one of Singapore's most famous sites: Singapore's Botanic Gardens. This is an award winning garden, and it's
an UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it's one of the most visited, no, actually THE most
visited Botanic garden in the entire world...so our expectations are pretty high for what
we're going to see today. Let's go check it out. Only 3 gardens in the world are designated
as UNESCO World Heritage sites. Apparently being called a city within a
garden wasn’t enough for Singapore - they also have gardens within a garden! There are many themed gardens within the Singapore
Botanic Gardens, and together they are home to more than 10,000 species of flowering plants and trees. Wow, good job! Ohhh, good job! Boy, I wish that Smell-Tube was a thing. It smells so amazing here! The flowers... These here smell amazing, they're called White
Butterfly Ginger. It reminds us very much of Hawaii. And of course Jasmine always smells amazing! ...and even the leaves smell amazing. We don't know what it is but we keep catching
the scent of like light coffee mixed with rum and caramel and it could be wishful thinking
on my part, I don't know. But that smells really good, Jasmine everywhere,
just a really nice floral scent pretty much everywhere you go. It is sort of intoxicating. I haven't been on one of these since I was
a kid! Neither have I. This is a sundial I can read. It says it's time for lunch! Well, we are taking a break for lunch. These gardens are huge! I would guess we've seen like 10-15% of it
so far. It's so impressive - it's beautiful, all the
flowers, and occasional wildlife. Oh my god. It's really amazing in a city that prides
itself on having tons of green space, which is already impressive, they've also set this
aside and it's 1.7 kilometers long by I'm not sure, but it is massive. And it's beautiful. Sort of tall - oh my gosh, it feels like plastic! It's like corrugated plastic. Wow, look at that - it's like an army! Heather's calling this the camouflage palm. This is just the edge of the Foliage Garden. They're beautiful but I can't really smell
them. We actually decided not to go into, I think
it's called the VIP Orchid Garden. It's another 15 Singapore Dollars - actually
so far this has been free, so it's actually a cheap day. There were plenty of orchids outside that
were just beautiful, so we just didn't feel the need, I guess. Oh it's a piano! Oh, it's Chopin. In 2009, it was here at Symphony Lake where 163 couples were wed within 24 hours. That set a Guinness World Record for the most
couples married within 24 hours at the same location, but unfortunately that record was
beat in 2013 and is held now in Yemen. Let's just take a moment to think about this
place. We're in the middle of one of the most populous
cities on the planet and you'd have no idea! You're in this tranquil, peaceful space full
of greenery everywhere. What a treasure for the Singaporeans to have
this available - and it's completely free to enter. We are currently in the Healing Garden, and
pretty much anything that ails you, there's something here that can cure it. Like this plant! Which will help heal broken bones, and treat
gonorrhea and hemorrhoids. This here is a type of Jasmine, which, among
other things, can help cure flatulence. Strangely enough, there's a toxic section
to the Healing Garden. I think that's a little bit inconsistent but
I guess they had to put it somewhere. I wanted to take advantage of this beautiful
background to share with you how we got here. We took a bus from our hotel to the Singapore
Botanic Gardens and we're taking the MRT (train) back. It is SO easy to take public transport here! All you need is a wireless credit card, you
know, with the little wifi sign on it, and you just swipe that as you get in and then
swipe it again as you get out. And it's only like a dollar or 2 to go anywhere. It's so easy!! Honestly, public transportation should be
this easy everywhere we go. Apparently there are nut trees here. That could really explain that coffee caramel
rum smell that we have smelled everywhere. Wow, I can't believe that this is all free. It's amazing. And there's even a children's area. It was closed when we got there so we're not
able to show it to you, but it looks amazing. If you've got kids, bring them here. Having spent all day here, and I really do
mean ALL day, I have to say - this is a fantastic place to spend the day if you're in Singapore
and you want a little bit of a break from the cityscape. Everything we've done today has been completely
free - which is just sort of amazing. I absolutely love that this is just available
to everybody, no matter what your status is in Singapore. It's incredible. Day 4. Good morning! We are starting at the monastery that you
see behind us. Kong Meng - wait, what was the name of it? Kong Meng, Kong, You have the name - Oh, I
have the name, ok. We are at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See. Ok, I have to read that - it has 6 words that
are part of it. I'm sure we did not say any of it right, but
that is our starting point for the day today. We're not sure how much filming we'll be able
to do, so fingers cross that we can show you what it looks like because we're really excited
about this experience. Let's go take a look. Alright, let's go. By the way, masks are required for this entire
visit, so if we are able to shoot, this is what we'll look like. KMSPKS dates back just over 100 years, to
1921, and it was the first traditional Chinese monastery to be built in Singapore. What started as just a few buildings continued
to expand over time and even includes a Buddhist college that was established recently in 2006. The complex is positively massive in size,
taking up approximately 75,000 square meters, which is equal to around 11 American soccer
fields, but some of you might know that sport as football. ;-) It turns out that we are here on a special day of prayer, so not only were we fed lunch
- which actually was really affordable - but there are tons of people here and there's
lots of offerings going on, and it just feels like a really unusually special atmosphere. We are just really fortunate to be here on
today of all days. Our visit coincided with the annual Qingming
festival, so the temple complex was much busier than we expected. Qingming is a day set aside for honoring family
members by cleaning memorial and burial sites, burning incense, and putting up food offerings. This is a tradition that dates back at least
2500 years. Although our visit coincided with the Qingming
festival, temple volunteers were happy to explain what was going on and never gave us
the feeling that we were intruding on their special day. We just finished visiting the largest Buddhist
monastery in Singapore and what did you think? It was a beautiful and enormous place. There's a lot going on today - it was a festival
that we sort of just stumbled onto. They're honoring their ancestors by offering
up food and we saw that on the numerous tables that were honestly all over the monastery. They were everywhere. We tried to be respectful and take some video
without getting in anyone's way. It was really special for us to be able to
visit on this day. I'm really glad that we made the trip out. Orchid breeding and micro-propagation. Shaking helps to confuse the tissue. Shake it, shake it, shake it. Welcome back to Tales from our Pocket! Today
we are finally spending some money. So far in Singapore, we've been enjoying the wealth
of options that Singapore has that are free. Today, that changes. We are in the bay...
We are in the bay? We're in the bay. I'm not in the bay. I'm not in the water. We are at
Gardens by the Bay. This is one of the most iconic areas of Singapore with architecture that
you recognize, even if you haven't been here, and we are doing it all. We're going into the Cloud Forest.
We are going into Floral Fantasy. We are going into the Flower Dome, and we are even going to the top of
one of those trees that you see behind me. They're called SuperTrees and we'll tell you all about
them later. We have a huge day ahead of us! So much to do, we better get going. By the way, masks are
required every time we go inside, so this might be the only time that you see our smiling faces.
We'll be smiling behind our masks though, be assured. Wow, it's huge! It is also really chilly. I was
not expecting it to be quite this chilly. It's very air conditioned. If you come, you might want
to bring another layer. It smells amazing in here! Back home, these are annuals. Well, we just finished flower dome you can see it
behind us. Those flowers were amazing! It was so much fun to photograph the flowers, and i guess
video them, depending on what device we were carrying. So far, I'm really impressed; it was really
neat. Bill, what'd you think of the flower dome? It was fantastic. I think there's nothing like it, at
least that I've seen in all our travels, and it's it's just really unique. Everything's temperature
controlled in there so it's very comfortable. Just, everything's very well done, lots of fun
sculptures and lots of beautiful flowers, Oh! We happened to arrive at the very end of their Sakura
display - Japanese cherry blossoms - which is kind of amazing! A lot of them were past their peak, you
know, it's the end of it, but it was neat to be able to come in and just see the very end of that. That
was probably my favorite part. We've canceled Japan plans like three times in the past two years, so it
was neat to be able to experience a little bit of Japan through here in Singapore. We bought a bundle
package that's how we're able to do absolutely everything and we are on our way to grab some
lunch. Our bundle included a $14 credit to a couple of restaurants around here, and one of them
is satay, and we enjoyed that so much the other evening, that's our choice. Keep hoping for some
otters to be crossing my path, but nothing. Fake news. Well, what'd you think of lunch, Bill? The satay was
really good. I felt the meat cuts were a little bit better than the place that we went to. The meat was
so tender. Yeah. The sauces though, I think Heather liked a little bit better this time - it wasn't so
spicy. It tastes like peanut, and cumin, and fire. and I like the other ones, because they were spicy.
We are off now to the Cloud Forest, I believe it's called. Really excited about this one. I have no
idea what the climate's gonna be like in it. I was so surprised by how chilly I was in the first one.
Anyhow, we're excited to go walk them on the clouds. This is so impressive! I bet you can't even hear
me; the waterfalls are so loud! It's so cool! Also, it's not as cool as the last one we went to,
but it's a little bit cold. Flowers look so sad. They're trying to grow. Happy flower. Whereas the
flower dome was emulating springtime all the time, this dome, the cloud forest dome, is emulating
mountains and the forest that we find in the mountains. It's sort of a tropical feeling in here,
a cool tropical feeling, and you never know what you're gonna find. Bill's back there filming every
single dragon we go by. We've seen like eight of them so far, so I'm sorry about the dragon montage
that you're probably experiencing right now. I've never seen orchids trained like this
before, on a trellis to climb. It's so cool. There was a sign on the way in that said that
the next misting - misting - takes place at 2 p.m, which is in about 15 minutes. We don't really know
what that means - misting. What's getting misted? Am I wearing the right shoes for this? Questions. My hand for dimensions. Wow. Oh, we're at the back of the waterfall. Don't worry, we're inside, it's not raining. Don't give us a copyright strike! It's Jurassic Park! We are going to check out those a little
bit later; those are called the SuperTrees, and we're actually going to go up inside one. Well, we finished up at Cloud Forest, and I
think that we were both pretty impressed. My favorite was the Orchid Garden area. There was
this curtain of orchids that just came down next to you. I've never seen orchids trained in
that way, and it was just beautiful. My favorite part was just the waterfall. It is very tall.
Apparently at one point it was the tallest [indoor] one in the world, but that title went to the
Changi Airport's waterfall in the Jewel, I think it's called. We'll see that later. So, if
you look online and you're trying to figure out which of the domes you should go to when you visit
Gardens by the Bay, most commonly you'll see people recommended to go visit the Cloud Forest, the one
we just did. And so far, we'd agree, but we've only seen two. We have one left to go before we go up
to the SuperTree and enjoy a sunset, except it's thundering out, so we'll have to see how that works
out for us. One more to go - we'll go see whether we recommend Floral Fantasy over Cloud Forest. It is
a high bar. All day we've sort of been able to see the cruise ship hotel thing off in the distance,
and it is just really quite the landmark. It's very impressive. Time for a midday beverage snack.
Bill went out on a limb and got something that we've never heard of - 100 plus. It's an original
isotonic drink. I have no idea what that means, so i looked that up and it sounds a little like kind
of a low sugar Gatorade. Let's give it a try. Oh, it's really tasty, it's like, um it's
like a citrus flavor. In the US, we have something called Fresca, and it tastes a
lot like that, just a little bit less sugary. Heather's going to try it. It's
delicious! It's really good, big fan. Final dome garden! Oh, it's so pretty!!! Holy cats, it's beautiful. Well, we just finished up our third flower dome of
the day. That was Floral Fantasy. That was pretty ethereal - is that the word? Ethereal? I think that's
a good way to describe it. Yeah, there's some nice soft relaxing music playing. Yeah, basically it
was a bunch of flower arrangements - lots of things hanging from the ceiling and from all over the
place, really. What was really interesting about that one is that it was a mix of dried flowers and
live plants, so I thought that really added to the atmosphere, but I have to go with the internet
on the recommendation. If you can only go to one, I would say that the Cloud Forest is the way
to go. We have one more activity to do here in Gardens by the Bay today, and I'm
thinking it might get rained out, and lightning and thundered out. We are supposed to be going to
the SuperTrees that you can see right back there. I'm thinking we might have to come back. We're going to go walk over now and find out. If you are trying to decide which
one to go to, Floral Fantasy is by far the most Instagrammy of them. If that's your
thing, then that's the one you want to go to. They had this butterfly flower thing that had squares
telling me where to stand, they had all of these benches set up with props they had. I mean, it was
totally like, what more could an Instagrammer want? Really, we don't do a ton on Instagram, but it still was fun to do different poses and stuff. So just a heads up! Well the thunder lightning
and rain persisted while we had our dinner, so we rescheduled our SuperTree visit to a few nights
from now. For those who are curious, we walked about seven miles today and we'll be coming
back to visit the SuperTree that you can see growing out of my head. We'll just add
it onto this video, so keep on watching! And we're back! Here are the Super Trees! We are
back at the Super Tree Grove, and we are about to go up i think the tallest one. Now you might be
wondering why are they called SuperTrees, also why is Heather swatting at her face? There
are gnats out. It is dusk. We are hoping that we timed this perfectly to catch the sunset and
the light show from the top of the SuperTree. If we timed it right, it's going to be
amazing. Now you might be wondering, why are they called SuperTrees? They are called
SuperTrees because some of them harvest solar energy, they collect rain water, and of course
they grow plants because this is Singapore. We'll go up them and tell you
some more about them from the top. Oh, that's so cool!! Well, we are at the top of the SuperTree. This
is the tallest one. It's about 16 stories tall. It's amazing, and when they say that there are
360 views from up here, they're not kidding. Definitely the best view that we've had of
Singapore and the perfect time at sunset. We don't think we'll be able to see the
light show up here, so we'll try it a couple levels down, and if that doesn't work we'll
have to go all the way down to the bottom. But gosh, perfect timing, perfect timing. We are
just waiting for the light show to begin. I'm so excited we came down from the top of the SuperTree and now we're camped out on the street with like hundreds of our new closest friends. I'm
so excited to watch this and it's free. You don't even have to visit any of the gardens or
the SuperTree or anything. All you have to do is come by here at the time of the show. I know
at least one is 7:45, which is like in a minute. Enjoy the show. Thank you, and we look forward to
seeing you again at the Gardens. We're going to the zoo today!
We're going to the zoo today. Stop it Singapore, shared
umbrellas? Are you kidding me? How many Zoos are we going to today? Too many, I
think! Welcome back to another day in Singapore! We are going to three zoos. Ok, at least we're
going to try - let me explain. They have a park hopper pass and we thought, what better way
to experience multiple parks in Singapore than by getting the park hopper pass
and spending a few hours in each one? So this begins our taste of Singapore Zoos.
Let's go get started! Finally found the otters that allegedly keep crossing the road. He's so
cute! We're starting with the River Wonders Park. There's a tank of fish here that just
have colossally enormous fish and they're easily as massive as the
scuba diver there. Here's one, some kind of catfish. One of the reasons we
wanted to come to this particular park, the River Wonders Park, is they have a panda bear. Not only that, they've had a birth recently of a baby panda. I've never seen a baby or a panda at
all, for that matter, so that'd be really exciting. But we actually have a lot to do today so we're
going to quickly go through this park, and then we're going to move on to the main Singapore
Zoo, and then the Night Safari for this evening. River Wonder Zoo is a relatively new zoo
for Singapore. It opened under the name River Safari only 10 years ago. 2 of the
main attractions in this water themed zoo are the fun water rides and
also the incredible giant pandas. The enclosure for the giant pandas
is built to emulate the natural 4 seasons of the panda's native habitat.
The zoo has a small bamboo forest that's 8,000 square meters and is grown exclusively
for feeding the growing panda family. That was really neat! We've never seen pandas
before and now we've seen not one but two! Both the mom and dad were out of their
cages and eating and they were active, and I'm so glad we went and saw them before
lunch, because when we went back afterwards, one was sleeping and one had hidden away in her
kennel. The baby was not out to be seen today. Yeah, baby's shy. It's okay, but now we've
seen them! I'm so excited - they're so cute. Much bigger than we thought. Yeah, they were
kind of roly-poly and when they ate, they would roll around on their back and eat.
Just looked like they were really enjoying themselves. I love it when they recline and
eat, they remind me of Homer Simpson on a sofa. Oh my god. [laughter] And that's why the boat's wet on the inside. The boat is an extra five Singapore dollars
when you come to the River Wonder Zoo. It's pretty cool though so far. If you
buy the combo ticket, it's included. See any monkeys? They're huge! Well, they let us ride it a second time. One
of the benefits of coming here on a weekday in what we think is off season. We got here on
a Thursday in early April, so we got to go on the River Ride once, and we tried to film a bunch
of things, and then a second time where we just went with our eyes and enjoyed it for ourselves.
It was really neat; we got done the second time, and they're like, "do you want to go again?" Ok, wow. They were serious. We get that you're slow. Anyhow, we have about an hour to see what's
left, so we have a little bit of ground to make up. While Singapore Zoo is consistently
rated one of the best zoos in the world, both it and River Wonders shared some unique
features. Both had animal habitats that were generally larger than other zoos, plus a number
of them in both parks are sort of this open free-range type of habitat where we, the visitors - yes, us!
- can enter and walk among the animals. This was fun and occasionally a bit startling
when we visited the monkey enclosure. Ok, Ok. So Heather says the Golden Lion Headed
Tamarin is the cutest monkey here. It's probably not a monkey technically. The face
was so human-like. It was also kind of creepy. Well, we just finished up park number one. We spent
about 3 hours there - it was River Wonders. It's mostly aquatic things.
There's some really unique fish that we've never seen before. I've definitely
never seen manatees in captivity, for example. Plus we got to see the pandas! We got to see the pandas,
so that was a real highlight. Also the monkey interactive area - oh yeah, the monkey
forest! - was a real highlight. So now we are off to zoo number two and that is the Singapore Zoo. All
right, let's go! And we are at the next park. Hey Bill, what are you doing? I'm looking for macaque. All three zoos we visited dedicate a portion
of their ticket sales to regional conservation efforts like habitat preservation, reducing
wildlife trade, and protecting endangered species. They currently have around 50
projects that they're supporting. Oh my god, that was loud. I thought there was a fight going on. I
think there was! So one of the things we've learned today is that we could watch
primates just about all day long. That was a lot of fun and as an
added bonus, none of them threw poop at us! If you decide to come here, what we did is we
bought a multi-park ticket which is 108 Singapore dollars, and it gets you into all 3 of the zoo
parks that are right here, where are where we are today, and also there is a bird park which we plan
to go see later in the week. It's 4 parks for 108 dollars, so it's a real value. For the record, I wanted to include the warthogs
but Heather said, "Only cute animals on our vlog!" Apparently we are to keep an eye out for green
vines on the ground. They're not vines; they wiggle. They're snakes. I'm not a fan of
snakes - it's been well documented. Oh, it landed on you! It did? Yeah.
Is it still there? No, it's gone. It's a butterfly garden, which I've never gone to one,
and I sort of always wanted to go to and now I regret things. It turns out that they are a great
idea until they come flying at your face. Oh god. If you do come here, there is a lot to do. I think we
probably spent a little bit too much time on the River side, and there's actually more to see on the
Singapore Zoo side. It's a little after five o'clock right now, they shut at six,
so we're trying to hurry up and finish our lap. Oh god. Don't peck me. Don't peck me. We're surrounded! Excuse us. Apparently, this is a pigeon. I'm
shocked - prettiest pigeon I've ever seen. That was really fun! The butterfly
aviary? I'm not sure what you'd call it? Butterfly garden. The Butterfly Garden, Heather got out of there
pretty quickly, but I was recording some things.
[Oh, I want to go in the kid's thing!] I was recording some things, and there was one
butterfly in particular that probably landed on me half a dozen times, which was kind of fun for me -
not so much for Heather. This place has a ton to do for kids. I mean, zoos are always great for kids, but
they've got some dedicated activities. They've got this huge rope course, which Heather's probably
just recorded a bunch of b-roll about. How much fun does this look?? Looks like there's an extra fee
to go in this, a rope course. Oh my gosh, it looks amazing. It's a good thing we're out of time
or I'd have to talk Bill into doing this with me. Anyway, looks like a lot of fun. I got Chow Ying Yong, which they also called
Chow Fu, and that's the size of my head. Also, why does Singapore not give out napkins? I have
to eat these shrimp with my fingers, and why?? I'll try some of the noodle first. Oh my gosh, the sauce is so, so good. It
was described online as an egg gravy, and it tastes sort of like Egg Foo Young. It is
delicious. It is so good. Oh, I can't wait to dig in, but I'm going to need a napkin. Sorry, Singapore. It's so good. What's, what's the matter? Help! Dinner is messy, but delicious! We are at the Night Safari, and we got
here and we thought we were getting on a shuttle to go to the other side of the park, and
instead we ended up being on a tram that went all the way around the park. We got to see a
bunch of the animals in their evening habitat. Now because all of this is at night, and our
camera is something that fits in our pocket, then our quality of our videos might not be what you're
used to - but please enjoy what we have been able to take. There were elephants and lions and tigers,
and actually bears, oh my. It was kind of a moonlit evening and it was really neat to see them. They're
a little bit friskier at night, so this is really a unique park, and we're really excited to be here.
As soon as we got done with the tram taking us all the way around the park, we were able to get
into the show that happened right afterwards. powerful free hands and tails - just like that. Now, despite their size they are actually
excellent at both long jumps and high jumps and Xiaomi will be showing us her hunting
skill, leaping and pouncing, to catch a bird. All right, eyes on the target, oh wow! Small Claw Otters are the
smallest species of otter in the entire world! Into the bin! I think we understand why Baby has three bottles
and Bubbles only has one! We saw some owls and we saw just how dexterous raccoons are, and we saw
the cutest little white thing that looked like a dog with giant ears. Anyhow they showed us a lot of
the different animals in the evening. We've really been amazed by our time here. Well, we just finished
up walking the trails here at the Night Safari, and this is such a unique zoo, I think out of
the three zoos, this one was probably my favorite because it offers something that we've not
experienced anywhere that we've gone. If you're looking for the most unique zoo, come to the Night
Safari. If you're looking for one that's really good for a rainy day, we would recommend the River
Wonders. That one had a lot of covered space so you could easily go there when it's raining -maybe not
a downpour - but still a great one to visit if it's raining. The Singapore Zoo is the one to go to if
you want an all-day affair. It's massive. I feel like on that one we saw most, but not all, of it and
we definitely didn't make it to any of the shows. I hope you en1oyed the video! Hit the subscribe
and like button below, because we have more coming about the animals here in Singapore.
I am so smart, S-M-R-T. I am smart, S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T. Welcome back to another day in Singapore! We're at Jurong Bird Park today. Jurong Bird Park is the largest bird park in Asia. Now, we don't know
how many bird parks there are in Asia, but it's the biggest. This Bird Park is home to more than
20 percent of endangered birds around the world, so I'm really excited for the opportunity
to see some birds that we probably can't see anywhere else. I know you didn't know
that, did you? I did not know that. I'm like the Cliff Clavin of bird facts. So we have a
lot to see today; we better go get started. Zoos can be a little bit of a controversial
topic for visiting them. People feel bad that the animals are in the cages, and I get it. We're
animal lovers ourselves. The four parks that we've visited while we're here in Singapore are also
Singapore's designated Wildlife Rescue Centers, which means that they take in wildlife that's
been found injured on the side of the road or in people's backyards or in the parks, and
they rehabilitate them and release those animals back to their native lands. When you visit a park
like this, you're enabling the local community to support the local wildlife. Seems appropriate that
a zoo known for conservation is also trying to minimize the amount of plastic used.
Now just because we're at a bird park doesn't mean that all the birds have to
be able to fly - we've got penguins here! There is a bird in here that looks like it's
three or four feet tall. It is easily one of the biggest birds we've ever seen and it eats
baby crocodiles, among a bunch of other small animals, and it's just standing in the back
so still that it looks like it's a statue. It is really unique. Also its beak looks like
it's maybe about a foot long and it weighs its head down. We don't KNOW that it weighs its
head down, but that's what it looks like. One of the things all these national parks and
zoos that we've been to today and yesterday have in common is, they have these areas you're able
to walk into. This one has birds. Yesterday we were able to see some monkeys, butterflies, and
wallabies. That's a lot of fun. All the zoos that we've been at have had an endangerment sort of thermometer where you can see how endangered the animals are. This eagle that we're
looking at right now is critically endangered. I don't know what you want me to
do; Smart choice. This is Bok Chor Me, and it's vegetarian style with "no chicken". It looks really good. More noodles, I know I
had noodles last night, but they're so good. I'm super curious about the "no chicken". Like,
does "no chicken" taste like chicken? So many things taste like chicken. Ok, let's see. Oh, it is really good. Wait till you see what Bill's having for lunch. What are you having, Bill? It's a very traditional Singapore dish. It's called schnitzel. It's a "no chicken" schnitzel
with fries and an apple and some other stuff, green salad. Looks really good. Bill's also having his new favorite beverage again. 100 plus. All right, give it a try Bill. All right, so here it goes.
Looks really good, it's nice and flaky and juicy. Does it taste like chicken? Yeah. Really? Yes. The worker told me to put the last of my noodles into my soup, so I could try it both
ways. You can eat this dish either dry or wet. Wet, meaning with a broth, so I'm
going to try the end with broth. Oh, I really like that, plus this restaurant
actually gave us napkins, yay! The place that we ate at for lunch is called The Social Kitchen, and
it's one of a few locations in Singapore. It's a small chain that started during the pandemic,
which is amazing. Their goal is to be the largest provider of jobs - kitchen jobs - for disabled
individuals and their caretakers, so if you eat here, not only are you enjoying a delicious vegetarian lunch [not all are vegetarian] but you're also supporting some really great people. If you happen to
see one of these locations we would really recommend it. It's nice to have a break
from all the delicious meat in Singapore. thank you very much If you come here, you've got to go
to the High Flyers Show. We just went to that and it's fantastic.
You see all these birds on here? There were more birds in the
production than you see on this poster! They were flying all over the place and
colorful and it just looked like utter chaos. This is actually all planned. It's pretty amazing. Check it out. Also the place that we're standing in right now smells like this weird mix of nuts and coffee and caramel and rum. We smelled it at the Botanic Gardens as well, and I have to know what this is. If you're from the area or if you know what it is, please, PLEASE comment below so that
we know. Much like the butterfly garden, this is an open area with birds in it, which means the chances of us getting pooped down are like 100%. Let's go! They are SO loud! That's ALL birds. There are 23 different kinds of birds
all in this giant space that we're in. So far, we haven't been pooped on! Apparently that area was called the Lory
Loft. It was by far the favorite thing that I've done at the bird sanctuary so far. You
might notice that I'm putting my jewelry back on. That is because there are some birds in there who will come and peck the jewelry if it's shiny, so I didn't want to take any chances, so we took them all off. Those birds were beautiful and their songs that they sang were also beautiful, but incredibly loud! We filmed a thing or two in there with voice, and I'm not even sure you
can hear me, because the birds were that loud! It was amazing! It was really cool. If you come to
this park, make sure you do not miss the Lory Loft. Are you trying to cross? You want to be with your friends? Oh god, this one's coming for my toes. oh my gosh! [nervous laughter] It's a shaggy bird! They're tonguing. Why are they doing that? They love hanging by their beak! What the...? The Waterfall Aviary is by far the
largest of the ones that we've been to. I mean, there's a whole waterfall
inside of it, for crying out loud. The whole Waterfall Aviary is a giant cage.
Total Jurassic Park vibes, except birds. Well, the waterfall aviary is about two hectares,
says Bill. It's massive. It's very big. It really is, and it feels so tranquil in here, unlike the
other ones that we were at - but the birds aren't as interesting, I think. I think I really prefer
the ones that are so colorful. They're so unlike the birds we have back home that I
prefer the first one that we went in so far. But again, this one is so tranquil and serene
and the birds are very tame, too. They're not really scared of coming within a couple feet
of you. It's pretty amazing, that's for sure. Something in here has the coffee smell. Do you recognize it? Actually it's more nutty than coffee. If you see the plant in this area, it's really strong - please let me know. Drink it, little guy! It doesn't have eyes yet! This
is at the Breeding and Research Center, and as you can see, they are feeding
some little baby birds. These are Sun Conures. The birds are so young, they don't
have feathers really yet, or eyes. It must be a newborn. So our first bird park - the only one we've been to - what do you think? One thumbs up, one thumb up? That was pretty neat. It was really
interesting. Maybe because we've never been to one before? For me, the best part
was actually all the areas where you could interact with the birds. Some of the birds
were very tame and would come up to you, and others, you know, you had to look for a little bit. Yeah, the bird kennels (?) were really interesting. I think they called them aviaries, right? It was kind of neat that this was included with our ParkHopper Pass, so we got to go to all four parks. If you haven't seen that video, click the link! Well, that's a wrap - see you next time! Don't forget to subscribe! Here's where all the babies come from! Aren't these storks? No. Dammit! Welcome to another day in Singapore! It's
actually our last day and we are at a place called Haw Par Villa, and it's a little
bit different. Let's show you what we mean. Okay, you know, it's really hard
to see from that little spin tour, but trust me this is something that you are not
going to want to miss, and we couldn't miss it either! We're excited to do this on our last
day, plus it is free, and to be honest we have overspent our budget the past few days doing
some of the amazing things that Singapore has to offer - so we had to come here, check it out.
Stay tuned, I think this is going to be a really interesting episode. But before we get into all
that, let's back up to what we did earlier today. We actually started at the National Museum of
Singapore, where we quickly learned that we couldn't video anything. What a bummer! We
enjoyed learning about Singapore's history almost as much as we enjoyed the museum's
air conditioning. After a quick hotel stop, we went to a hawker center close to Haw Par Villa,
in search of one last chicken rice lunch. It's got a huge lineup of people, so we're hoping this
is going to be good. Yeah, it's good, and our meals for lunch came with
soup as well, and the rice is delicious. It's, I think, more fragrant than the other ones we've
had. It's a bit more garlicky, it's super sticky, absolutely delicious. These two meals together
were $7.50 Singapore, and how much was the juice? $3.20. and it's like a passionate orange mango
slushie, and it's so refreshing. It is so weird to eat room temperature chicken though. You
know, in America that is completely verboten, but here it's just the normal way of doing
chicken rice and it's delicious. Haw Par Villa is one of the most unique places we've ever been.
While it's described today as an Asian theme park, it actually began as a sibling outpouring of
love from one brother to the other in 1935. This is where Haw Par Villa originally stood, they
destroyed it after looting had pretty much already destroyed it in world war ii, but you can see here
the outline of it, all along the walkways. It was very oval in shape. I don't know that there
was an amphitheater in the middle of it though. Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par were brothers doing
business together as owners of Tiger Balm, a famous and incredibly popular healing
ointment. Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Nice kitty, kitty, kitty. The gardens reflect Boon Haw's
interest in Chinese philosophy and folklore, and today they've grown to contain over 1,000
statues and 150 dioramas. The statues seemed to be pretty popular for posing with, so we played
along. Bill said he wouldn't wear the outfit! Come on, turtle, you can do it! I guess we didn't need to go to
the zoo - the birds are right here. ...and this "zoo" has dragons! Now, you may not have known this but, the Gateway to Hell is here! This is
the exact entrance to hello! Oh nope, this is the exit! Just Kidding!
This is the exact entrance to hell. We're not going in. It turns out that going
to Hell is expensive - who knew? 18 Singapore dollars, and since we are only doing the free
part of Haw Par Villa, we are not going to that, plus we're kind of afraid that if we get
into Hell, they won't let us back out. We've really been enjoying our Singapore
experience. Do we really want to do that to it? That's the question. Just be aware that they're
closed Monday and Tuesday, because apparently if work is Hell, you need a break. A lot of these displays are extremely elaborate. I feel like it would be easy to say
these are strange and so different, and really, they are. But each of these scenes
also tells a story from Chinese folklore, and each of them is well signed with a description
of what's going on in that scene, and so even though it's so different I also
just really respect they're keeping their folklore alive. I think it's really cool.
I don't think that guy's going to make it. These displays all tell different stories
of virtues and vices. You know the [saying] about a bear, and how you don't need to be the
fastest if you're running away from a bear; you need to just not be the slowest. Well,
here you have two friends who met a bear. One of them ran away immediately without
checking on his friend. His friend played dead and escaped the bear, and
the bear chased the other friend. Don't forget your friends.
Don't leave them behind. Who else remembers the flying monkeys from Wizard
of Oz and possibly being terrified of them? Well, here's some more. They don't fly though.
Maybe they're good monkeys? This one starts off all cute, with this elephant (who I love),
and then things take a turn for the strange. This is the backside of that same cave.
I have no idea what's going on here. Inside this little museum is a thing
of popsicles. 1 for $3, 2 for $5, and this is how you pay. Somehow I feel like
that wouldn't work very well in the U.S. Okay, so Bill says that this would work in the
U.S., but the places that he's talking about are rural roads, not in the middle of a giant city
like Singapore, like New York City, like Chicago, like Minneapolis. That would not work. Honey
they have durian - you can try some more! We've got durian ice cream here. It smells
horrible, as predicted. Hoping it tastes better than it smells. It is a little bit better than it smells. I think it's sold out. We are done exploring Haw Par Villa. This was
an interesting experience. I've got to say, I probably say this a lot, there's nothing
like it. There really isn't. Super unique. We were planning on going hiking but there is a
lot of rain that's moving in, so we're heading back to our hotel. We have hit Singapore really
hard and we decided we deserve to take like an hour off, plus our hotel gave us a voucher for
a free adult beverage and those are not cheap in Singapore, so we need to make sure we make use
of that before we go. We still have more in store for you. We are going to somewhere that we are
really excited about for dinner. We are doing a splurge this evening. After a week of eating
at hawker stalls and theme parks, we thought it was time to spend a little bit of money on
dinner, and again we're really excited about it. We are standing just outside the entrance to a
restaurant we're really excited about. It's called Artichoke, and if you have seen Somebody
Feeds Phil, in his Singapore episode, this is where he ate and it looked
amazing. It's a middle eastern restaurant, so when we were able to get reservations, we
made them. So this is called Somebody Feed Bill. Somebody Feed Bill - we're about to.
The hummus looks stupendously amazing. This is the hummus. This is the hummus, this looks
like pesto almost here. This is baba ghanoush, and this is filled peppers
- vegetarian filled peppers. Best baba ghanoush that we've
ever had. The eggplant is either charcoal grilled or smoked. It has a beautiful
smoky flavor; it's absolutely delicious. It's amazing. I don't normally like
baba ghanoush. This is fantastic. The hummus has green onions, pomegranate, some
other kind of dried berry, pistachio, the green part that looks like a pesto is actually something
that's kind of spicy - don't know what it is. It's really, really good. All
right, for the first course, we think the baba ghanoush edges out the hummus
because it's so unique with its smoky flavor. Oh, the peppers were good too. The
baba ghanoush is where it's at. These are all the mains. This is
a fried fish, this is chicken, these are french fries, salad with falafels, and
this is roasted cauliflower, and it looks amazing. Look, we're not proud of this. This was a
lot of food, and Bill doesn't like beets. My favorite was still the baba ghanoush, which we
would not let them take away in case we still had room for them. We don't. We don't have room. Great
sadness. Dessert is a rosewater milk pudding, which is beautiful. Look at this. It tastes like roses. You don't
think that roses have a taste, but they taste exactly how they
smell. It's the weirdest thing. Wow. And we're back from our dinner. We ran out of
light outside so we are filming in our hotel room while we're packing. Well, one of us is packing.
One of us is dropping things, more to the point. Dinner was delicious. We found out about
Artichoke from a tv show that's on Netflix called Somebody Feed Phil, and it is an
incredible show that, if you've never heard of if you have access to Netflix, you have to watch.
You have to. Honestly, stop watching this video right now and go to Netflix and watch Somebody
Feed Phil. It is wholesome. It is uplifting. It's not just about food, it's about connecting
with people and cultures, and it's amazing. You can come back and thank us later. If you want to
try the least authentic middle eastern restaurant in Singapore - their words, not mine - the least
authentic middle eastern restaurant in Singapore, tucked away around a corner from a busy road, head
to Artichoke. Bill's mad we didn't go to hell because
he had a lot of hell jokes saved up. Dammit! Oh, now he's in hell for longer! Greetings from Singapore! That's right, we are
back in Singapore - only for 17 hours. Last you saw us, we were in Yogyakarta. From there,
we flew to Bali, where honestly we took two whole days off. Different language, different
culture - just a couple hundred miles away. We did not film and we just relaxed and enjoyed a
little bit of Bali before our starting our super, super, super, super (I hope I said
super enough) long journey home. I'm starting this video from one of the
smallest hotel rooms we have ever had. We'll show you it a little bit later. For now,
we are really excited to check out The Jewel, attached to the Changi Airport. We have heard
wonderful things about Changi Airport and The Jewel, and it is supposed to be amazing,
so we are going to make the most of our 17 hours by not sleeping a whole lot, but filming
a whole lot. We better get started! Are you ready Bill? But it's still just an airport,
right? Our first stop is going to be the iconic waterfall in the middle. We've
managed to avoid seeing it so far, so I'm so excited to see it! All right, we
can see just the top of it so far - it's big. Wow, there you go. I think it's the largest indoor
waterfall in the world right here in front of us, at basically a mall attached to an airport
- pretty cool. What is equally impressive to the really tall waterfall is the amount of greenery
surrounding it. Singapore has managed to shove a garden inside the mall, and it's beautiful
and so unexpected. Everybody talks about the waterfall that's right here, but nobody told me
about all the green that is surrounded by. We should have known better because - Singapore. It's
beautiful! It smells so good, too - like really fresh and airy and green and it smells as nice
as it looks. I hope by the time this airs, somebody has told us what that coffee
nutty caramelly nutty smell is that we've been smelling all over Singapore. I
smell it right here! Here's what I'm by. I hope somebody's already told me
what it [is]. Oh man, I love it. To be honest, this kind of reminds me of a black
hole - not that I've seen one of those in person. Also, there's no drone use in here. I don't
honestly know how anyone would do that, but I guess someone tried it and that's
probably why there's the the sign up. What is this? There's a bunch of bamboo and
I think panda bears? Oh they're so cute! Oh, it reminds me the ones we saw at the zoo.
They're so cute. These ones are fake. They don't have actual pandas in the mall,
just to be clear. The bamboo, however, is real. Warning, some riders may get wet. These caution signs look
like bananas. Oh, Singapore. Did you guys know they sometimes
stop it? It's not running right now. It's just misty. I mean, the mist is pretty.
It doesn't really show up on camera well, because the background is
white, but it's really pretty. But why did it stop the waterfall? Wait - it's
starting again. I just needed to ask about it. In addition to the giant waterfall, there's
a kind of sinkhole at the very bottom. Just a ton of water flowing into that. The great
thing about Changi and the Jewel here is you can just stop by here on a layover and there's lots
of things to see, lots of stuff to do, and you can just visit on a relatively short layover
- so you see people here with their luggage being pulled around - because you can, because
you can. You can visit this on a layover. So one of the really interesting things about the Jewel
is we're actually in the public area. You don't need an airplane ticket to get into this area or
anything, so anyone can come off the street and enjoy the Jewel or go visit the mall. However, if
you are on a short connection, you can actually see the Jewel by taking a tram between terminals
2 and 3, and you can see that right here. That's just a great part of the design. If you are here
on a layover and you got a bunch of bags, you may not want to haul them around, especially up
here, so there's actually bag storage available. I think it's 5 Singapore dollars. We're not sure
how big the lockers are, but it is available. Well, so far we actually haven't seen any like
fast food type places or fast food counters, so we actually did a sit-down dinner. So you might
be thinking well, okay you've got an airport which has a mall and it's got a big waterfall in it, but
hey it's just a mall or it's just an airport. Well you haven't seen it all yet. Up here in level 5
is all the fun stuff. It's pretty dark out now, so we're going to do the Canopy Park at the
top. We just bought our tickets for that so we're going to see what Foggy Bowls are
and what other things are included with the Canopy Park. It was only 5 singapore dollars
to get in, so we had to see what they had. As you're walking through this lovely forest at
night, the trees will all sense your presence and then the light turns on and it changes
colors depending on what's going on, who's walking by, and it also plays a song or a
tone based on the color - so it's pretty cool. We are at a little lookout that is right when you
come out of the Mirror Maze. It's not something that we did, but you can get to it if you do
the Canopy Park. It's a beautiful overlook with the waterfall behind you and you're looking
down on it. It's similar to the Canopy Bridge, but included with the Canopy Park entrance, so I
think this is a pretty awesome place. look at it! All the colors of the water at
night are jewel toned. Yes they are. From up here, you can see really
far down into the wormhole, which occasionally looks like
lava if it's red and orange. Included in your ticket are the Discovery
Slides, which are for kids and adults, and honestly not the best place to watch
the light show from, because you're actually a little bit too high - which means you've
got to go down the slides for a better view. Hey Bill, what do you think of your slide?
The slide was great, but it was one of those "I don't fit situations." I think this
is probably going to be an "I don't fit." Okay, I made it, just. The curves were too tight
and my feet kept skipping on the bottom of the slide. To be fair, my feet also stuck to the
bottom. I would maybe consider trying to do it without shoes, if they'd let me. That's the
way to go - without shoes, if they let you. I don't know. They just announced that there
is a sound and light show at eight o'clock and it's just a few minutes before eight, so we are
hurrying back to our perch overlooking everything, and hopefully it's cool. I love
the light shows that are in like Las Vegas at the Bellagio. We've seen other
places. My expectations are high. We'll see Changi Airport. And in case you forgot we
were at an airport, there's the control tower. You know, that was not bad. I don't know
what I expected, but that was reputable. My only complaint is that it only lasted like
seven minutes, maybe not even seven minutes. That was really cool though. The water sometimes
looked like it was going up and sideways, and I saw a beating heart, I swear at one point.
I liked it. It's pretty amazing what they can do with a waterfall, some lights, and a little bit
of music. Not bad, we're impressed. By the way if you are here at night, make sure you check the
schedule, because that light show only happens like two or three times a night, and you want to
make sure that you're in a good place to watch it. I would say the perch up here at the Canopy Park,
that we had all to ourselves, is the perfect spot. This whole area really reminds us both of a lot
of the Marina Bay attractions which we've been to, and if you haven't seen those videos yet click the
link up here. Oh, I blend in with the background. Well, that Canopy Park is pretty impressive for 5
singapore dollars. That's an easy recommendation if you have a little bit of extra time. I'd
definitely come through here and do some of the extra things that are up on top, get
a different view down into the waterfall, and the people below you. Thumbs up. Well
we found all the fast food in the basement. Of course it's in the basement. We should
have known that. What are we, rookies? Geez. This is where we should have had
dinner. Okay, is this a yay or a nay? So, this is some place inside the
black hole here, but they've got a protective plastic sheath on here, so
nobody gets wet. It's weird. Wild stuff. Well, it's about 9:30 and we are starting to
drag. We got up this morning at five o'clock. I can't believe how busy this still is at 9:30!
I don't know if this is just transit passengers or if this is Singaporeans who are out,
but this mall is hopping at 9:30. Wow! Well, we said we would do a room tour and this
is it. This is with a really wide angle camera. I would say that this room is maybe 10 feet by
10 feet. It basically is a bed with not that much floor space. For some reason, the bed,
you can't put your bags all the way under it, which is kind of weird. Also kind of weird is that
you can have purple as a color for your lights, but no other color. There must be something about
that being conducive to sleep. You have some nice shelves for storage. This lifts up and is a table,
and over here we have a chair that goes with it. I should be able to figure this out.
Barely enough room to sit in the thing, but anyway, the only chair is a fold up chair. This is a very efficient bathroom with a shower
back there, and all the essentials, and that is our little hotel room. A quick tip. If you do want
to stay at the Yotel Air, don't book through them. Book through a third-party booking service.
This is one where you can save a lot of money by not booking directly through them, and that's
what we did. It's nice to have an actual bed to lay our heads for the night, instead of a
bench at the airport, which is something that we did indeed consider. If you are passing through
Singapore, it'd be a shame not to visit the place. You should really make time. If you can make a
little bit longer layover, my guess is [maybe not 17 hours though! It really is a long time],
if normally you have a two or three hour layover, figure out a way to make it seven. This is such
an interesting blend of spaces, really. There are people that I can see behind Bill that are toting
around all their luggage, doing their shopping, looking at The Jewel waterfall behind us. I
don't know whether it's a mall, or whether it's an airport, or shopping within an airport, and
I don't know that it needs definition, honestly. What it is, is a really unique space that,
if you're transiting through Singapore, I hope you have enough time to visit. Normally
we don't want things going kaboom in airports.
