Fine
& Sunny 26 to 30deg C
Walk
22km; total: 42km
Slept
better last night. Set off with Bob about 0630h for our pre-breakfast walk.
After initially heading inland, it wasn’t long before we were drawn back to the
ocean and the lovely flat esplanade walkway. Plenty of keen joggers, walkers
and watchers out also but still not crowded. It seemed like everyone respected
each other’s space.
Straight
to breakfast when we got back, where we met up with Ken, who had flown in early
morning. His SA plane had also broken down in Singapore causing a delay. Same
model A380 and we surmised that these aircraft are getting old. John and Simmo
also arrived overnight but we haven’t seen them yet. It’s only Baz and Simon to
come.
After
breakfast Bob and I headed off to do a museum or two. Knowing that we were too
early for our number 1 choice we went via Starbucks for a brew. No one has been
game enough to try the coffee in the breakfast room yet. After enjoying a nice
cuppa we headed to the museum, only to find that “due to ongoing maintenance
issues” the museum opening today was delayed by 45 minutes. That’s ok we will
go across the road to the Modern Art Museum. Alas that one is closed today due
to “an exhibition changeover “. That’s okay we’ll go around the block for
a walk and by that time the original museum will be open. So, we go back to
their gate and wait for the revised opening time. That came and went; by
this time, it was getting hotter. The guards holding the gates closed
then tell those close by that there is an electrical problem and it would be
another 20 minutes or so. After checking Google, we established that
there is an art gallery just up the road. This one was open, and it was
free entry. After about 45 minutes we went back to the museum, and it was now
accepting paying customers. So, we lined up with the hoards in total mayhem to
get our tickets. However, now the security people decided that they
needed to shout at everyone and blow their whistles in a very confined space.
Well, that was it for me. I decided that I really didn’t want to see this
museum today after all, I rather go and sit in a quiet restaurant and enjoy
some lunch. And that’s exactly what we did. The lunch was simple,
very tasty and even came complete with a little cup of ice cream. We then
headed back to our rooms for a rest.
The rest quickly turned
into an afternoon nap and before I knew it people were knocking on my door and
wondering what we were doing for dinner. Because we had enjoyed last night’s
dinner so much, we decided to go back to the same place. But because they don’t
serve alcohol at the restaurant, we had to go via The Beer Club. That done it
was off to a very busy restaurant; it was Saturday night, so we expected it to
be busier. The meal (vegetarian) was excellent again, but we did reminisce
about juicy lamb chops and steak. We called it a day after that. Tomorrow,
we sort out the bikes and fit our own saddles etc.
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