Singapore
It turns out that DaNang is a mere 2.5 hours by air from Singapore. So what the heck. Off to the land of quirky laws, $20 beer and fantastic looking man-made park areas. My cousin and his wife proved to be wonderful hosts (as we expected). We visited the Marina Bay Sands hotel bar – way up on the 57 th floor which provided a wonderful view of the city. Our visit was at night and of course we indulged in Singapore Slings (invented at the Raffles Long Bar here in the city). From this windy perch we were able to get terrific views of the Gardens by the Bay area, a man made park with futuristic looking trees full of lights. Night view of Gardens by the Bay Futuristic trees Singapore has quite an interesting history. It was originally founded as an outpost of the British East India company, and later became a British crown colony. It was unfortunately occupied by the Japanese during WW2 in a major defeat which cost...