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I lived in a Yellow Submarine!

I had shared with you on my blog a few months back that I had booked the Yellow Submarine room at the Wanderlust hotel in Singapore. I enjoyed it so much and it was probably one of the most unique hotels I've ever stayed in - if not the most unique.  What a lovely comfortable bed!!   The bed was also central control - TV, lights - everything was controlled from the bed.    The bathroom had it's own glass "pod" and so did the toilet.   I had read in the reviews on Trip Advisor that some people thought there wasn't enough room but my suitcase fit into the clothes cupboard and bits and pieces fitted along the thin counter under the windows.  To complete the room -  a wonderfully huge claw footed tub which I thoroughly enjoyed one evening.  Shower was closest to the bed rather than the toilet which I found a bit odd.  As you can tell I had been happily lounging on my bed. Everything yellow!!!  I am glad I chose to stay at the end of my tri

Some memorable meals from around the world!!!

Gumbo and shrimp poboy - New Orleans  Momos  - Kathmandu, Nepal Fish cakes and salad - St Johns, Newfoundland My first whole lobster -(sorry!)  Baddeck, Nova Scotia Pecan pie - Austin, Texas Pepper crab - Kep, Cambodia Singapore Sling, Raffles Hotel Singapore Fruit plate - Kep Fish amok - Battambang, Cambodia Khmer vegetable curry in a coconut - Cambodia Vegetable curry Cappucino and Chocolate torte - Germany Bratwurst, warm potato salad and buns - Germany Traditional Xmas dinner - Duck, red cabbage and dumplings - Germany Coffee mousse - Costa Rica Enjoying the best coffee - Costa Rica Mango lassi - India Tray of appetizers - Jordan Bratwurst and bun - Salzburg, Austria Crawfish pie and sweet potato mash - Kentucky Pizza and salad together- Pizza Express - London Kebob with fixings  - London Vegetable korma - London Fish and chips - London One of the be

A day (okay 3/4 of a day) at the zoo

I looked forward to my day at the Singapore Zoo with great anticipation.  I had been there in 1990 and had absolutely loved it.  For some insane reason I had decided to forgo having Breakfast with the Orangutans which back then was a bit more personal than it is today....okay I don't think it was ever quite "hey mate, can you pass the eggs please" but it was not the huge tourist attraction it is today...I think you actually got to sit close to them...thought I could be wrong and the pictures were just a hoax... So I booked my breakfast for Saturday the 19th of January...giving myself a day to adjust to the new time zone.  With having the booked breakfast I had transport. I say this as normally I never would have booked a package to the zoo and either would have used public transit or gone by taxi even though it is quite a distance out of the central area. (I did this last time and I took public transit back - I stayed longer than the alloted two and a half hours despite