Slingapore Sing *hic*

Yes, i have finally made it to Raffles, that bastion of colonialism on the island. I have to admit i was a little bit disappointed with it, as it seems to have succumbed to modernity and now has a shopping mall on the ground floor. Admittedly the shopping mall is for stores like Faberge, Cartier and the like, but it is still a bit of a sell out!!Anyway, the hotel itself is very impressive, nice architecture and all that, and you can tell that it is opulent when they have an Indian chap in full ceremonial uniform opening the door to my taxi welcoming me. Of course, the clientele of the place were all chinless wonders - smoking cigars, and swapping tales about how their grandad once shot and elephant and the like.

Anyway, I had my Singapore sling - well it was actually a Singapore mineral water, but i was not paying the 20 odd dollars for the signature drink, especially as i hate gin. I did however, throw my peanut shells on the floor, as is the tradition.
A gratuitous picture of my nuts!! Don't worry folks i did not shell all those myself, that is a days worth of tourists contributions too!! The floor of the whole length of the bar is covered in shells. For a 5 star hotel they really need to sack their cleaners!!

OK, now i have some hard decisions to make. Where to go from here.....i am technically checking out of the hotel by 12am, but i have not yet booked my flight to any other destination yet. To make matters worse, over the weekend, there are no flights out of Singapore for Cambodia so tomorrow's flight is the last for a few days. I could head back to Kuala Lumpur as there are more regular flights to Cambodia from there. Decisions, decisions.