Rain Day

Saturday March 1st

Woke up to the sound of very heavy rain. My original plan today had been to check out early, find a left luggage place to drop my bags, and then head off to the beach resort of Sentosa for the day. Sentosa has a few touristy things including a cable car and a sky tower that give great views of the city. (Although I was at Singapore's highest point yesterday, the view was hidden by all the trees.)

After hearing the rain, and combined with the slight hangover from last night, my decision was to turn over, have more sleep and check out at the last possible minute. Even then it was still raining, so I gave up on my alternate plan, going to a museum, as I'd get soaked on the way there, so I just headed to an internet cafe, as it is a cheap way to park yourself and your bags for
a couple of hours.

In the end I decided to go out to the airport early. My one sightseeing excursion for the day was to go to Terminal 3 instead of Terminal 1 first, so that I could see the A380. It is massive. Although not as big compared to the 747 as I thought. Still I saw two side by side and it would be cool if the EU got one for itself and parked it beside Air Force One at G7 meetings. Show the US we are now the big world power.

Getting to the airport early was prompted by fears that security would be heavy with the terrorist on the loose (he did want to hijack a plane from there and fly it into the downtown) , and it was, but the airport is so big it wasn't a problem. Queues still moved fast. So I was on the plane and away to Sydney without too many problems.