Singapore East Coast

Ok. Let me first start by saying we're home!!! We made it safely back to Corvallis on Wednesday. It was a trip of a life time but even still it feels good to be home!
And I started this blogging task so now I'm gonna finish it....

On our last weekend in Singapore, we went over to the east coast of the island. It was a beautiful sunny day (as you can see from the pix) and since we were at the coast, we had a nice breeze. So it was warm, but pretty comfortable. We walked along the beach and breaker walls and then we rented bikes. Bicycles built for two to be exact. I'm not quite sure why we didn't get a photo of us on the bikes. It was probably because we were so focused on not getting anyone injured. The camera wasn't a high priority at the time. The boys were AMAZED that they were riding a bike without a helmet (they just don't have them there - and FYI they don't have seatbelts in Thailand either....).

We stopped for a bit and watched the wind surfing race. We also saw the wake board / water ski lagoon. There's a cable / pully system hanging above this lagoon and in the water is a series of ramps and jumps. The riders grab onto the cable handle as it comes past the starting point and off they go. No boats are involved. it's all done with cables and motors. Some of the guys were really good at the jumps, etc. It was really neat to watch!

That night we finally had the authentic Singapore Chili Crab for dinner with some folks from my work. This is THE famos dish from Singapore. They cook the crab in a tomato / red chili sauce and then serve it swimming in the sauce. It comes with fried bread balls for dipping in the sauce and we all enjoyed it. I loved the crab, Dave and Kevin liked the bread dipping and Erik & Adam liked the food but loved playing with the crab claws the most. I think the claws even made it home in our luggage. Another great weekend for sure!!!

We enjoyed the Chili Crab so much, that we went out again on one of our last nights in Singapore with friends from work for more chili crab. I even got the recipe. We'll have to see how it turns out at home! Then we had one last dinner of Sesame Nan and Prada at the local Indian Restaurant and we're off to China..... Singapore was GREAT!!! We all would go back when ever we had the chance - and Erik is ready to be adopted by a Singapore family!!!