CNY 2015 Holiday : Day 2 : Cruise by the river

Boat on the river...you're headed for the sea..
If you should find him, please bring him for me [Boney M]

Do take "him" along. Head to the Clarkes Quay (pronounced ki), with all its bars, eat-outs and music in full swing. You can even see a live performer here and there. They are good, me feels. But do not be perturbed by the waiter who asks you if you have ordered, when you are there just to hear the performer outside the restaurant! You have Mexican food joints, Indian, Italian, Japanese and many other options you can think of. Of course the choice is limited for vegetarians and teetotallers like me. [And no, teetotaller does not mean a tea drinker...]The atmospheric is boisterous and seeing people and couples in such an upbeat mood can rub off on you too.
          I wonder if the Extreme Swing is a new addition. It looked like people were waiting for others to get in so that they could watch them in awe, and laugh at them getting bounced in the air like a yo-yo tied on both sides.

        Buy your tickets for the 40 minute bumboat cruise which takes you along the Singapore river, along the Central Business District Area with its skyscrapers, the museums with their history and of course the majestic bridges like the Elgin bridge, Anderson bridge and the Esplanade bridge that you go under,  while cruising the waters of the serene river. Be amazed by the architectural wonders like the Marina Bay Sands, the Esplanade and the Merlion spouting water from its mouth.


Burning bridges never made me sad..[Status Quo]

Elgin bridge by night

             The cool breeze in your face is utterly relaxing. Make you hungry. Its dinner-time! Head to one of the many restaurants lining the quay. We chose RAS, an Indian restaurant because of the many vegetarian options. For our family of four, we had starters in the evening before the boat-ride, assorted pakoras with mint dip and juices. Dinner was  Raita, Kashmiri Alu, Dal tadka, Peas pulav and an assortment of Indian breads - Rumali roti, Tandoori roti and Cheese nan. Slurp.

Meatless need not mean tasteless!

Do not forget to queue up for some Turkish ice-cream experience. Yes, an experience!
Watch the jovial antics of the ice-cream man in his gold-embroidered coat and you will understand why people are flocking to him! He is open from 2 pm to 2 am so we were in no hurry to get there. We once even had an ice-cream sandwich by the Elgin bridge. You see, good times need not be expensive!

You want the ice-cream or his antics?

    

Weekend revellers under the canopy

Shop for some chunky jewellery and artefacts in the kiosks around. My teenager thought of all reasons why she should be buying trinkets when she has so many already, one of them being, just to gift to friends for no particular reason.
Click pictures under the tastefully erected canopies and next to the mini-fountains. You must be sleepy with all the walking, head home and wait for Day 3!
 Bonne nuit...

Don't tell me good-night..it makes me feel so empty inside
And if only I could I wouldn't sleep at all...
Don't tell me good-night..Just let me drift off gently away
and dream...dream...dream..of you...[Lobo my favourite favourite]