We left Legoland and headed back to Singapore for a few days of continued R&R before we flew home to Australia.

Our two days in Singapore mostly involved eating and sauntering along the riverside.

Hamish and Rod have a bit of pool time and we do some (expensive) shopping.

It was an easy few days of complete down time. There was, though, a mix up with our room. We checked in to find a king bed (only) in our room. Rod ducks down to Reception to find out what is going on. He does not get very far; when he returns, he is still not sure if we are meant to share the one bed with Hamish, if there is a fold our bed to come, or if we need to swap rooms? Belinda heads back to sort it out. We get moved (eventually) to a larger room, with two beds. For a fee, of course.

Singapore is a beautiful city and we particularly enjoyed the laid-back atmosphere.

We were spoiled for choice for dinner, but settled on Vietnamese and Thai, by the river.

We just adore the ambience and start making plans to work for a year somewhere in Asia. Hamish and Belinda have absolutely fallen in love with the Thai dessert of mango and sticky rice and it would be great to recreate this at home.

We wandered into Chinatown and manage to find some souvenirs and a new book for Belinda (bookstores are thin on the ground).

On our final night we get Turkish ice cream; you get a cone and a show, as you have possibly seen via Facebook. We then take a river boat cruise, which heads to the port. Our timing is perfect and we are treated to the sound and light show emanating (mostly) from the Marina Bay Sands building. It is awesome.

Back on shore, Belinda and Hamish line up for a big finish on the giant swing ride, but the minimum age is 12 years, so they are sadly let down.

Our flight back to Melbourne is an easy 6 – 7 hours and we arrive after midnight to steady rain. There’s a bit of a scramble to get warm clothes out of our luggage whilst we are waiting for our bus to the hotel. Late the next morning, we drive back to Wangaratta and just like that, our trip is done and we’re home.