Our last time in Singapore we stumbled upon the opening of a new hostel called “the Drop Inn” and were officially the first customers… Eric bought a juice.
So of course where else would we want to stay when we return but at the “Drop Inn”.
It’s close to the MRT, it’s clean & quiet and it has a casual front lounge area with free WiFi, so it’s a perfect place to stay.
www.dropinnhostel.com
Since it’s our last time in Singapore we make a point to have “Macau Pork Buns” and soursop juice. The pork buns were amazing, but unfortunately we have to settle for second best soursop juice because our usual “soursop lady” has moved her shop and we can’t find her.
We look at it as a sign that it’s time for us to move on.
We spend our last full day in Singapore visiting the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari.
Based on our recent experience with animals visiting the zoo could have been a bad idea. However, according to a couple of websites we checked out, the Singapore Zoo is ranked the number one zoo in the world (“the Toronto Zoo” is ranked number two) so we decide to take a chance.
We have an amazing time and are happy to report there were no major incidences… other than being swarmed by butterflies and being chased by a lemur while attempting to take its photo (I guess he was a little camera shy)!
The animal areas are quite well thought out and the pathways between provide an easy and enjoyable walk, though we will say, we still the think “the Toronto Zoo” is better… and we’re not being biased.
The best part of the Singapore Zoo is the Night Safari!
Basically, it’s another section of the zoo that’s only open in the evenings, so you get to see a new set of animals at night. The highlight has to be watching the flying squirrels fly! We actually stand within their enclosure and watch them swoop around… one even nearly swoops into Eric’s head!!
On our last morning in Singapore, the owner of the Drop Inn Hostel, Ruo, takes Eric and I out for lunch at a nearby hawker centre.
Ruo does the ordering for us and boy, does she order – there’s only three of us, but we have enough food to feed six!
She orders two types of dumplings, carrot cake (kind of like turnip cake), wrapped noodles with red meat, an oyster omelette, yellow noodles with sweet pork & wonton, fried wontons and popiah.
It’s a great way for us to spend our remaining time in Singapore, but needless to say we are full and ready for our evening flight to Medan, Indonesia.
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