{"id":2790,"date":"2015-02-25T14:57:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T07:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2015-02-25T15:12:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T08:12:40","slug":"singapore-day-2-22215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=2790","title":{"rendered":"Singapore, Day Two,  2\/22\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was really full. After breakfast, we went out and caught the \u201cHop On Hop Off\u201d bus, checking out the sights. At the central sightseeing hub we switched over to the \u201cDuck Boat\u201d, for a tour of the Marina Bay area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2774\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2406-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2406\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2406-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2406-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2406-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2405.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2773\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2405-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2405\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2405-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2405-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2405-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2786\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2449.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2786\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2786 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2449-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2449\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2449-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2449-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2449-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the government subsidized housing. 85% of Singapore residents live in government housing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2797\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2479.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2797\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2797 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2479-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2479\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2479-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2479-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2479-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the private housing for the upper 15%.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2796\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2465-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2465\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2465-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2465-765x1024.jpg 765w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2465-624x835.jpg 624w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2465.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2781\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2433.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2781\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2781 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2433-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2433\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2433-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2433-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2433-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our &#8220;Duck Boat&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2775\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2412-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2412\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2412-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2412-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2412-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2429.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2780\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2429-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2429\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2429-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2429-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2429-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2779\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2421-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2421\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2421-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2421-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2421-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2778\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2420-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2420\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2420-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2420-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2420-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2777\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2418-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2418\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2418-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2418-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2418-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2776\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2414-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2414\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2414-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2414-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2414-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the \u201cDuck Boat\u201d tour, we boarded another \u201cHop On Hop Off\u201d bus for a different section of their tour. They took us through Little India, and Chinatown. We eventually got off at the Marina Bay Sands and walked through their mall area. Singapore is a really modern \u201cwestern\u201d city. It was one of the easiest cities to maneuver around we\u2019ve visited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2782\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2440-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2440\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2440-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2440-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2440-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2785\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2445-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2445\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2445-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2445-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2445-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2444.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2784\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2444-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2444\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2444-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2444-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2444-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2442.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2783\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2442-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2442\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2442-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2442-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2442-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2788\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2461-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2461\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2461-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2461-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2461-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2787\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2458-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2458\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2458-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2458-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2458-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2789\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2470.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2789\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2789 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2470-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2470\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2470-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2470-765x1024.jpg 765w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2470-624x835.jpg 624w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2470.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the Marina Bay Sands Shoppes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We went back to the hotel, changed into our traveling clothes, and made the trip to the airport. Our flight was packed with everyone heading home at the end of the Chinese New Year. Immigration was such a breeze tonight. There were only two people in line in front of us. After we had our luggage, we went to the taxi area. Everyone who wasn\u2019t at immigration was in line for a taxi. It was like a holiday line for a ride at Disneyland. We found a guy scrounging for passengers, offered him 200rmb, and voila, we were home in a flash. I think we would\u2019ve still been in line for a taxi at the airport when we walked into our apartment at 11:45. We started the unpacking process, but it didn\u2019t long before we both crashed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was really full. After breakfast, we went out and caught the \u201cHop On Hop Off\u201d bus, checking out the sights. At the central sightseeing hub we switched over to the \u201cDuck Boat\u201d, for a tour of the Marina Bay &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=2790\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2790"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2798,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}