Greetings from Singapore

Hello everyone,

After about a 25 hr travel time, we have arrived safely in Singapore. I have attached some pictures for your viewing pleasure. The one on the bottom left is from Chicago and the one on the top is on our plane to get to Singapore. Jeff Miller, I attached a picture of the plane we took to HK just for you.

Our travels took us to Chicago and Hong Kong and then finally to Singapore. Our equipment from Chicago to Singapore was a 747, and we were on the top deck! If anyone ever goes on a 747, sit on the top - MUCH MUCH quieter and better service. All the flight attendants knew our names by the time we got off the plane.

The actual plane ride itself was not that bad. We were so tired we ended up sleeping most of the way. I was awake for probably about 4 hrs of the HK trip, and woke up 10 min before we landed. Once we landed, we had to go through security, again, twice. The second security was a hand search of all your bags. The greatest thing of the whole trip was when this little girl in line to the plane for Singapore looked at Bruce's OSU pullover and said "GO BUCKEYES!" It was priceless. Further proof the Buckeye Nation, despite the disaster on Monday night, is worldwide.

The general consensus today is that we all feel surprisingly good for the total havoc on which we have subjected our bodies to. Business class was nice, and it made a huge difference, but ladies and gentlemen, we were still in a plane for 20 hrs. I think we all went to bed between 1-3AM, and met for lunch. It poured rain all day, and just like everyone else here, we put up our umbrellas and kept on going. Ladies - these women here walk around in the RAIN IN THEIR HEELS. Its nuts.

I don't even know where to start to describe Singapore - all the travel books say "melting pot" and that is for sure. We went to Orchard St today - there is so much shopping it is unreal. Clinton and Stacey would have a field day here - this is NOT a good place for people who have a shopping problem. We have all the comforts of home when it comes to food - KFC, Starbucks, McDonalds, Burger King, DQ - we won't starve here. Tonight we went to an outdoor mall for dinner, it is called Clark Quay. There is a ton of nightlife there - it was very crowded when we left.

At any rate, we made it safely. We are trying to decide what to do next weekend - Perth, Australia is now on the list of consideration. Yes, Australia. We had no idea it was that close until we looked on a map. Might as well knock off one more continent while we are here. Tomorrow we are going to Chinatown and then maybe to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday - it will depend on what we decide about Perth. You can get to Kuala Lumpur by bus, according to a sign we saw today.

I hope everyone is doing well, we are doing just fine. ~Nicole