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Andrena's Blog
No 3
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Monday, 03 May 2010 05:49:20 PM
9th September 2009
Hi Everyone
I am still behind with blog but doing my best to bring you up to date with more
speed as to where I am now!
This is what I wrote from 8th September up until 17th
September 2009
When I set off
on my trip to Singapore would you believe I sat on the plane next to a lovely
couple from Bristol! They told me to go and see Singapore’s pink dolphins! I
promised them I would!
I arrived in
Singapore on 9.9.9, 30 minutes before Jeff how good was that? It was great to
reconnect and see him again! So many mixed feelings and emotions sad to have
left England leaving everyone behind, but happy to start a new adventure with
Jeff wherever that takes me!
After settling
in at the hotel, we set off to explore Singapore, what a beautiful place, I
loved it and new it would be a fantastic place to discover. We had 6 quality
days getting to know each other, enjoying all the sights that were on offer! If
any of you have the chance to travel to Australia I would definitely recommend a
stop-over here for a day or two. One of the first things to hit you when you
land is the humidity! It was 34 degrees like walking into a sauna.
One of our
first trips was to go the Botanical gardens what a beautiful place that was, we
spent a whole day there wandering round and taking lots of photos. I was in awe
of the beautiful scenery and
colours, the Orchid garden was stunning but even better was a Ginger garden and
the smell was divine. There were so many different gardens each beautiful in
their own right!
The next day we went to Singapore Zoo what an amazing place that was; everything
so spacious and colourful. Amongst the many things I saw and the most exciting
for me were the white tigers they were so beautiful to see close up. The
elephants were a joy to watch and I sat for ages just watching them, it was
amazing to see a crocodile so close and so big!! The many species of birds were
stunning again many colours and shapes (beats Bristol Zoo any day)! It was a
different world. Even though I am not a lover of animals in captivity, I do
like to go and acknowledge them, giving thanks for what they do for human kind,
how else would you get to see them so close?
The next day
with excitement we set off for Santosa Island to connect with the six pink
dolphins that lived there. They wanted two volunteers to get into the water
with them; Jeff was the first and also had his first dolphin kiss, competition
already! (Picture will be added). Whilst on the island we set off over a long
suspended rope bridge, before you crossed it, the sign read – “it was the
southernmost point of Asia continent” This was something that I never ever
expected to see or cross in my lifetime!
One evening we
took a visit to Chinatown and Little India wow what amazing colouful places they
were. Little India was the place that really stood out for me as the streets
were decorated, colourful and packed, with not much room to move between people,
they were all on push bikes or in cars that were beeping everywhere the place
was alive and buzzing, just like parts of India I imagine? Then we had a look
at Chinatown what a contrast, there was no comparison!
The next day we
hopped on a tour bus and that was great way to have a look at Singapore. Then
it was time to say goodbye to Singapore and Hello to Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Thursday 15th September I wrote …..
Just to let you know I have arrived safe and sound in Australia, never
envisioned I would be writing to you all from down under!!! We arrived here in
Australia on Tuesday morning to be greeted by beautiful sunshine and a cloudless
sky, as you would imagine! I stood outside the airport looking around, I really
felt like an Alien who had just landed on a different planet, it was a strange
feeling, all sorts of worries were going through my mind, most of all how was I
going to get on here? What else had the universe in store for me? We arrived
at Jeff’s home with a lovely welcome from his mum Noeline and his dog Cosmo. We
had breakfast with plenty to talk about! Jet lag had caught up with me, I slept
on and off for the next few! I woke in the morning to be greeted by some very,
very strange bird sounds, I listened for ages they all seemed very noisy, and I
think it was the welcoming committee.
Well that’s it for now, thank you all once again for all your lovely well wishes
etc.
Love and Dolphin hugs
Andrena xx |
