In brief: the airplane flight over was horrible for various reasons, but I arrived in one piece on Sunday and was whisked away from the airport by my gracious local tour guide, friend and client Dan to the opulent Scarlet Hotel in Chinatown and then to dinner. Since then, we've mixed sightseeing with amazing amounts of delicious and varied food, and shopping. I'll write a blog post of just the food alone in the coming days.
My first impressions of Singapore are quite different than I expected. The city is more Western and wealthy than I think most Americans would realize. A number of ex-pat Caucasians, Indians, Chinese and other Asians mix in with the local population to make this a truly international, cosmopolitan and beautiful city!
(Stock photo above, to be replaced by one I take)
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