We have now arrived in Singapore, please keep your seatbelts fastened until the engines are turned off. Anyone found trying to import drugs will face mandatory execution...

Other than the scary announcement we were met with a clean and friendly Singapore.  We were also greeted with the worrying realisation that it was Christmas soon!  (lots of Christmas decorations in 30+ degrees)

It was a very modern metropolis with the usual designer shopping streets and American coffee houses.  We did however find some original street art including the below Transformers optical illusion.

We also found that birds are bigger in Singapore...

On a random stroll along the Riverside we found the 30th annual company dragon boat races, participants included companies based in the high rises around the area including BP, banks etc. 

Note the person at the front who keeps the rythmn by beating a drum.  Some teams seemed more serious than others with full Eastern European warm-ups before the events.

The harbour had lots of nice modern buildings including the below which was also commonly known as the hedgehogs!

The Marina Bay Sands resort and the science museum dominate the skyline.

Who´s idea was it to put a boat on top?

Pretty park behind the Marina Bay Sands...no that´s not the London Eye!

We then looked forward to the famous Singapore Night Safari.

Although the Tawny Frogmouth was only slightly amusing, it became a perfect term of insult between us.

Being at night the animals were more active and keen to find food.  The tiger was fortunate that his food was delivered from above!

SQUIRREL!  A flying squirrel in fact, this was the highlight of the safari although we didn´t see it actually fly.  The size in the picture is deceptive, these were actually huge (5 times the size of a normal squirrel).

Recycling Otter!  At the end there was a show including animals with their trainers with wolves, otters, snakes and hyenas.  The otters were trained to pick up and recycle bottles and cans in the correct bins, an art form many humans haven´t mastered.

We were only in Singapore for a couple of days before moving on to Sydney, but would go back for the food and animal entertainment.  Definately without drugs though!