The day after school finished, Tracy and Doug took off for Singapore, leaving our kids in the capable hands of grandparents (including a friend that was visiting them). All of our kids adventures can be seen on Doug's parents blog. So we had a wonderful weekend enjoying the big city in Singapore. Surprisingly, it was the first time that Doug had left Malaysia since our arrival nearly 11 months ago.
The bus ride was quite elegant with coffee, tea, chocolate and a light lunch served as we could watch movies. We were spending the weekend in Singapore to help a good friend from high school, Marcus LeMaster celebrate his wedding (see subsequent postings). 
Our first night, we made our way to our hotel, right on the river at Robertson Quays, not far from the hustle and bustle of Clarke Quays -- where much of Singapore's nightlife takes place. We enjoyed walking along the river, and meandering our way to Chinatown. After experiencing the challenges of trying to be a pedestrian in KL -- with broken sidewalks and narrow street crossings, it was encouraging to see many pedestrian overpasses and lots of foot traffic around Chinatown. 
We were very privileged to enjoy an amazing dinner of chili crab and other amazing seafood, courtesy of Marcus and Velle. Some of Velle's family also joined us, and it was fun to meet her brother for the first time. The food was amazing. It was definitely the best crab we had ever had -- and other than the mistake of wearing a white shirt while trying to crack open huge crabs covered in chili sauce -- we did pretty well. The great picture of "gastronomical delights" will certainly please one of our few regular blog readers -- Doug's sister. It doesn't come close to matching some of the great Chinglish sayings that Tasha collected during her time in China, but it is certainly an unusual way to talk about restaurant food.
We enjoyed walking back along the river at night -- and playing with the night scenery on our camera -- to try and capture the view from our hotel window.
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Wow, Doug, you definitely put pressure on us to get our blog- posting made with pix of the kids who were with us for the week-end -- by putting the link right into your posting! - Dad
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