This morning after breakfast at Puteri Marina we caught the bus over to Singapore via the causeway. Once at the immigration checkpoint everyone debussed and there was a mad rush to fill in the paperwork, clear immigration and get back on the same bus. First in Malaysia and then again a kilometre down the road in Singapore. We failed both times missing our bus and having to wait for the next one. The locals have it down to a fine art, using electronic cards to clear immigration and quickly make it back on to the same bus. Once in Singapore we caught a cab to visit Eky's mate Kenn, who was kind enough to assist us with obtaining a battery for our Iridium, amongst other things. Kenn's hospitality was absolutely first class. After taking us to lunch and then back to his office to sort out some registration issues with our EPIRB, Kenn took us for a tour of the spectacular new casino - the Marina Bay Sands hotel with its rooftop Skypark spanning the 3 towers. The view from up here was amazing and the 150m rooftop pool is mind blowing.
Kenn then took us back to his place where we met his family enjoyed a lovely Thai dinner prepared by his wife. Afterwards we dropped by the 1 degree 15 Marina Club for some happy hour beers before it was time to say goodbye and head back to Malaysia, this time by taxi. (Although the taxi driver used his own car as
officially the taxis cannot cross into Malaysia from Singapore. )
Thanks Kenn for your generous hospitality and a very enjoyable evening.
Dad has now left Blue Lagoon and will be flying back to Australia from Singapore after some sight-seeing this weekend. It's been great sailing with him and as he has now been on board for over 4 months I am sure he is looking forward to some time back on dry land.
The Marina Bay Sands
Eky and Kenn.
The crew of Blue Lagoon.
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