I dropped my bag at Left Luggage. This is normally a really quick and easy process, but today I was behind an Australian who was being a bit gormless.
Bag eventually dropped, I managed to time my arrival in the Immigration Hall just as a flight from Sydney was making its way through. My time in the queue was made longer by more more gormless Aussies who hadn't filled out their Landing Cards properly.
Slowly my time was ticking away......
I got in a cab bang on the dot of 6pm (just as the evening peak charges start - great!). My destination was the Swissotel Merchant Court hotel from where I could easily walk to Brewerkz.
The journey took 20 minutes, but cost me $26. Cabs in Singapore are no longer the bargain of the past. Still not a rip-off like at home though.
Tick tock......
I ordered my first beer at Brewerkz at 6.25pm. The place was nice and relaxed when I got there, but seemed to get mobbed with young children and their slack parents soon after I sat down. I should've sat at the bar instead of outside.
I had one other beer before paying up and setting off for a bit of a power walk to Lau Pa Sat.
Time now 7.10pm.......
I knew from looking on the internet that Lau Pa Sat was closed for renovation, but the street serving Satays was still going full swing. I sook a seat at Best Satay at 7.25pm. I ordered an XS Set (20 sticks) and a glass of Tiger. I think I must have set a satay consumption record as I finished my 20 sticks and beer by 7.45pm.
I was running a bit low on SGD so decided that I'd take the MRT to the airport - similar duration but much cheaper.
The train arrived at Raffles place at 7.50pm and I got off it at Changi Airport at 8.25pm.
I cleared immigration and that sort of ended my transit time. The rest of the time until until departure would be spent having a shower and in the dull surrounds of the KrisFlyer Gold lounge trying not to boredom eat.
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