Friday 1 August, Swiss National Day

Making the most of WiFi at our Singapore hotel. We had a good night's sleep and a late breakfast. Weather forecast rain. We hope to visit the Gardens of the Bay today. Pickup for the airport for our Emirates flight to Melbourne is at 20.00 and flight time 8 hours.

The new Gardens by the Bay are very imaginative

This morning we took a taxi to the Gardens by the Bay. We saw the whole park from the comfort of a little train before exploring some of the Heritage Gardens and taking the lift to the Sky Walk. We had lunch and a cold beer in the Majestic restaurant there, which served dim sum -very delicious.

In the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore

We also visited the nearby Asian Civilisations Museum, which had art and artefacts from China, Malaysia and India among others. Then back to the hotel to check out and relax in the lobby bar. We listened to the jazz singer.

Our driver to the airport was rather late, but then the flight was also late. We arrived in Melbourne at 8.30 am the next morning.