Friday 16th May
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| Another photoshoot on the boardwalk |
After our visit to
the hospital on Tuesday Pete and I had dinner at a little café along the marina
front. I was totally elated to see a
familiar face – the lady in the records office in the National Eye
Hospital! She had been talking to
another client while Pete was getting the records for his insurance claim! I nearly ran out and kissed her… I am sure
she would have been delighted; such a close relationship, we have…
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| Ru Gregg, Bridget Walch, Marguerite, Pete |
This illustrated
to me how wonderful it is to see familiar faces… We don’t know anyone in
Singapore. But now yes we do have
Tasmanian friends here – Ru and Bridget!
We were reunited in Vivo mall. I
was thrilled to bits to see Ru strolling past the Coffee Bean Café, where we
had arranged to meet, at precisely 11.00am.
I spent a few
hours in the mall before they arrived.
No wonder large shopping malls feature largely in various Kafka-esque dreams
of mine… I couldn’t follow the information guide at all, for a start. I could see where they doctor’s clinic was supposed
to be – L2, H11, but when I got there, all was in darkness – nothing much opens
in Singapore until after 10.00. (Except,
thank God, the Coffee Bean Café!) The
Information desk was closed….until 10.00…and one of the security guards told me
to go out and catch a train to…not sure where but I am sure this was not the
right advice…
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| I did gaze into shop windows as I trudged along the hallways - so many bright and cheery clothes! |
Eventually, after
walking the corridors for many miles, I found another clinic, where there was a
super efficient doctor, very kindly and patient. The process was all very speedy: I saw him at
10.30 and at 10.50 was lurking outside the café looking for Ru and
Bridget! As well as doing a very
thorough examination, this doctor also did a forensic test, prescribed some
painkillers and antibiotics, and sent me on my way.* He was very puzzled that I had been on a boat
for over a year. But surely the ship’s
doctor would have been able to help you?
I had to dig out a photo of 2XS to show that there’s not much room for a
ship’s doctor on a 46’ catamaran…
Ru and Bridget
went to the Sentosa Aquarium while we went back to 2XS so that Pete could
struggle with the depth sounder. (He is
VERY patient…) The Aquarium was a great
success; they were mightily impressed.
Bridget particularly liked – the jellyfish, which were my favourites as
well.
They came to One15
marina is a taxi driven by a slightly cranky driver. Not, we were proud to say, as angry as ours
the day before, but still very cross and snappy. Never mind; they got here, although the
driver wouldn’t let them off at the stop where Pete was waiting…he knew BETTER!
Ru and Bridget are
off to Vietnam tomorrow. They are
staying a few days at the glorious Sofitel in Ho Chi Minh City, then they have
a week or so in Da Nang. We filled in our
hours with them very happily – much chat, much catching up, a swim in the beautiful
pool, a bit of wine, a G & T, and dinner along the boardwalk.
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| The pool has a glass wall - just beautiful. Great to watch people swimming by but... maybe they don't want their photos taken and put on the internet... |
So nice to see
Tasmanian friends.
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| Bridget and I took many photos at the W Hotel, where they caught a taxi back to the city. We were very taken with this colour-changing Waterfeature |
We are leaving One15
this morning. We have to be OUT of the country
by 11.30, quick smart. After we leave
the marina, we have to float around just off Sisters Island, where a little motorboat
will meet us to stamp our passports.
They did this on the way in and I was fascinated – they reach over from
boat to boat with a fishing net to capture the passports… What could possibly
go wrong??
Tonight we should be
in Nongsa Point marina, just across the border in Indonesia. Then off up the West Coast of Malaysia, still
trying to catch up to the rally which is a month ahead of us.
All is well!
* No great
secret…I have an infection, which very mysteriously comes (painfully!!) and
goes (whew!!) And now it is going to GO
FOR GOOD!
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