No 2

We're on our last day in Singapore. We think it might be too overwhelming to try and pack all the stories from the past few days in to a single blog entry, so instead we're going to choose a select few.

... Meant to be ...
We were about 22 hours in to our 24 hour journey to Singapore (hooray for Ambien), curled in to tight little balls of sleepiness and restless energy on the back of the plane. All of the sudden the stewardess materialized right in front of the two of us with a tray carrying two glasses of champagne, two pieces of cheesecake, and a card saying happy wedding day. Awesome. We don't even like champagne, but it was still uber cool. When we asked how she knew she leaned in and replied, "I know everything about you." After that we thought it best to quit with the questions and just enjoy the champagne and goodies.

... Lunch ...
Our first meal in signapore, we set off, sweaty already (90 degrees-ish and as humid as possible) in to little india. Little did we know we were about to embark on an epicurian adventure of fantastic proportions. After letting a few restaurants fall to the wayside for various reasons, we found a place in a small, unidentifiable, lunch spot. We sat down, a little confused as to what we'd need to do to get food and then all of the sudden it appeared. Mounds of rice, curried veggies, chicken, lamb, all served to us sans utensils (right hand only, zeke) on a giant palm leaf. Also awesome. The food was incredible, and just kept on coming. The total, with drinks, was a pittance for what we got. Best of all, neither of us got food poisoning.

... Aminals, so many aminals ...
Yesterday, we decided to brave the singaporean public transport system and make our way up to the Zoo. Best decision ever, until the thunderstorm. And even with that, it was only relegated to possibly the second or third best decision ever. We have mixed feelings about zoos, kindof like pancakes. Here's why: when you receive the promise of pancakes, you're absolutely stoked. Ready for the stack to come your way. The first bite is like heaven. By the time you get halfway through the triple-stack of flapjack goodness, you've realized that maybe a plate full of pancakes has it's downsides as well. The downsides of pancakes being that they just get boring; the downside of zoos being that sometimes it's pretty easy to feel bad for the animals. Here's where the true awesomeness of the Singapore Zoo comes in. These were the happiest zoo animals I have ever seen. They had tons of room and we're all energetic and entertained. We watched a young elephant spend 30 minutes playing with a giant bouncy ball and a log the size of leslie. They also had one hell of a collection at the zoo. Monster snakes, asian otters, the biggest tortoise we've ever seen, and three white tigers (funny note about this one: 1 in 10,000 tigers is a white tiger. there are 7,000 tigers in the world. we were looking at 3 white tigers yesterday, can anybody help with that one?). At any rate it was killer. ... Only downside is that I forgot the cable connecting my camera to the computer, so until we can find a sophisticated internet cafe (with a card-reader for xD cards) your imagination will have to suffice.

We hope everybody is doing great, we miss you all!