After our 24 hour journey from Tokyo via Bangkok we were pretty much shattered so our first day in Singapore was spent asleep. I love a good 16 hours in bed… After we woke up we made up for lost and went exploring in Singapore. I quickly found that there's not much to do in Singapore except shop, it's the national past-time! Elaine was more than happy to go native and as I'd dragged her to some outrageously nerdy places on the course of the trip it was only fair to let her have some retail therapy. Unbeknownst to us we would be in probably the nerdiest place of the whole trip so far! Feeling a bit shopped out I suggested we have a look in the Singapore Art Museum, which was on the way to Raffles hotel, where you can get an authentic – ie expensive – Singapore Sling. As we walked in I thought "this pace is busy for a Sunday…" and the next thing I see is an Imperial Stormtrooper marching in the door! It turns out we'ld stumbled into a local toy and comic fair being held in the museum. I was like a pig in carbonite, and got to nerd it up big time, while Elaine waited patiently. How the tables have turned!

We did have a look at some art too, but E needed a stiff drink after so much geekery so we headed to the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel and had some very tasty Singapore Slings. We made the most of the free peanuts, whose shells you throw on the floor, much to the horror of a very proper Swiss gent sitting near us at the bar. We're heading to India next which is a bit scary, so in the mean-time have a gander at the shots on Flickr. Toodles!