So Many Touristy Things To Talk About.....

So Ward (my brother), Alexa, and their kids Grace and Will have been our first visitors here in Singapore and it's been great because it has gotten us to stop unpacking and go out and explore our new city.  Since their arrival we've been out every day exploring new places - the Singapore Botanic Gardens (beautiful and huge with so many different areas to explore), Hawker Centers (pictures have already been posted), Singapore Cable Car (a wonderful view), Singapore Flyer (amazing view of the whole city), Singapore Duck Boat (the littlest kids thought of it as a transformer and it gave us a great vantage point for the whole marina), and today the S.E.A Aquarium on Sentosa.  And lastly, tonight we went to Jumbo in Dempsey Hill, a famous place for Chili Crab and other "singaporean" delicacies.  Each place was an adventure and a great experience and loved by all.

Below are some pics from just a few of our visits.  Will upload more once I get Ward and Alexa's pictures.  Figured I might as well let them be the photographers since they already were carrying a camera!  Love to all!

 National Orchid Garden (inside the Singapore Botanic Garden)

 See above...

 See above again!

 The Singapore Merlion "spitting" from the vantage point in the middle of the Singapore Marina aboard a Duck Boat

 The Marina Bay Sands hotel from the middle of the marina (hoping Mom and Dad stay here one night when they visit so that we can swim in that infinity pool that crosses all three of those hotel columns - the highest/largest infinity pool in the world)!

 Aboard a double-decker open top bus to go from the Duck boat to the Flyer - probably Henry's highlight of the day!

 Cousins in the Flyer heading up to 52 stories in the air!

 The Garden Domes from the Flyer

 East Coast of Singapore from the Flyer

 Looking West from the Flyer

 The girl cousins getting a good view down from the Flyer

 Our Indonesian dinner - a little bit of everything and ALL of it was great!

 The start of the light show in front of the Marina Bay Sands in the Marina ....

 ...an amazing light show with moving pictures projected onto water spouts...

 All the kids were mesmerized....

 ....and so were the adults!

 Of course, our kids weren't very shy dancing in front of a couple hundred spectators....

 ... it's hard to control yourself once the music starts!

 Henna tattoos for the girls at the S.E.A Aquarium....

 ...works of art for sure!

 SMILE!

 Blue Jellyfish

 Smiling in front of a shark

Finally a late lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe - all felt that an "american" lunch was deserved after much exploring and trying new things!  Have to say it was our cheapest meal here to date!