Day 3 - HOHO bus tour and our last full day

We started the day with another buffet breakfast. This time I had an omelette with cheese, capsicum and spring onion, as well as a prawn on sugar cane, some super crispy bacon, followed by a sweet mini muffin and a cappucino.

After breakfast we got ready for our main activity of the day - the Hop On Hop Off tour bus, which was brilliantly wheelchair accessible with a fold out ramp. When we had boarded the bus we were given earplugs to listen to the audio commentary. I thoroughly enjoyed the bus tour, as it gave me more of a feeling of being in Singapore than anything else we had done so far.

We went through many interesting parts of Singapore including the Little India area, where there were centuries old temples and mosques. Every time the doors opened to let someone on or off at a stop I saw something different that added to the experience of being there.

For lunch we stopped off at a restaurant called Jumbo Seafood, which Mum had read excellent reviews of their Singapore Chilli Crab. We were in for a treat. We were seated at our table, and bibs were tied around our necks. First we ordered a few small dishes to try before the main event arrived. My favourite was the extremely tasty crispy dried and fried baby squid. It was delicious and I could have munched on it forever.

When the crab finally arrived after a long wait (when we enquired where it was they said that it had been alive, so they had to kill it before cooking it), I was very disappointed. It smelt like Campbell's tomato soup and tasted pretty similar to it too, and the heat of the chilli, which I was expecting to be as fiery as a flamethrower, was what I would call mild. It made me realise how spoilt we were with the Solomon brand Singapore Chilli Crab. The bread rolls we had to accompany the crab and mop up the juices were delicious though. Soft like clouds and slightly sweet, I could have easily eaten several.

After lunch we browsed the shops for a little while, a mall much like you would find in Australia, and  I bought a pair of black shoes for work. Then we got back on the bus, back to our hotel in time for the evening cocktails - what a relaxing way to end our last full day.