This was a great tip as Fred, dosed up with Motillium and Panadol he slept on any bench he could find or trundled along behind as I tried to work out where to go and what to sign.
Finally we landed safely in Singapore in the early evening and walked straight through customs! No line up.
Sadly there was no pre-paid / pre- booked taxi waiting for us. More phone calls and more wait waiting to get some one from the company to come and collect us at the airport. Finally a successful phone call brought a suggestion from the taxi company: "Have some dinner and a coffee and wait for a few hours till pick-up time". Very sad - Fred was trying to curl up on the floor.
The Singapore airport taxi service is very well organised and we were quickly assisted to a waiting taxi and we were booking in to our hotel within 20 minutes. Without pre booking we will have to remember to have adequate fare in that currency.
More phone calls this morning to arrange a meeting in our lobby to be refunded by the prepaid taxi service. Luckily we factored in a stop over for any health or fatigue problems. This time it was Fred who needed a bed and bathroom. After a very good night's sleep we lugged our bags to the lobby to settle up our bill and say 'goodbye' to the Park Hotel staff who helped us during our stay a few weeks back. Lo and behold there was our taxi driver ONE HOUR early. We put up with just a 'tad' of attitude from him but Fred had trouble holding down lunch with his erratic driving!! Pity because nearly all the impromptu taxi drivers we encountered were polite and a wealth of information about their country, economy and people.
Ensconced at Singapore airport now awaiting our flight to Sydney. As usual the Singaporean hospitality in all things is outstanding. One only needs to stop and look around to attract the attention of an airport assistant.
What an adventure! We loved every minute of it all and loved meeting new friends.
Cheers
Lesleigh and Fred
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