We made it, three flights, 30 hrs, a lot of screen time, plane food and cramped sleeping, finally to Singapore. As promised Singapore airlines and the airport were excellent! Packed ourselves into the MRT, Singapore’s subway, to make it to our hotel. It was rush hour so the MRT was packed, and being new to the city we failed to notice the new graciousness campaign that Singapore has started to encourage their citizens to be more polite. According to the poster with an animated character, “Bag down Benny” we should have put our backpacks down, oops. Luckily we only got a few bad looks. Our hotel, Furama City Hotel was in Chinatown and since we were unable to check in early, we went in search of lunch. We went to a local food stall and had noodles, fried tofu, rice and mixed greens, green tea drinks, our new favorite drink, Wintermelon…all for about $10 US. The facilitator at the restaurant was super nice and helpful, and we found that the people in Singapore were always very friendly to us.
After eating, we decided to a little nap at the hotel (One King bed for all of us, a rollout cot is $60 a night, so pass). 5 1/2 hrs later, we force ourselves awake! Jetleg. After a refreshing dip in the Pool (rooftop) we headed out to Maxwell Street to visit the street food hawkers for dinner. Ramen, noodles, smoothies…we were in food heaven. Dinner was about $25 for all of us, drinks included.
We visited the Gardens by the Bay, walked around, ate Satay by the Bay. Shopped for squishes for Addie and a hat for me. We took the Sentosa southern ridge trail and walked through the jungle, seeing birds and flowers that were stunning. All in all Singapore was just great!
Little India
Garden by the Bay during the day
Addie was obsessed with buying a Squishe, a soft mushable toy. She was/is so happy to have it!
After Singapore we awoke early to catch a 6am bus to Mersing, where we would get a Ferry to Tioman Islands. Our adventure was a whole day of travel. We met Juana from Portugal on our bus and continued to be in touch on the island. She was great!
Wecome to Tioman!
Island life for 10 days at Bamboo Hill Chalets on Tioman. We had an amazing time. I will post a more detailed entry and photos shortly. It was magical.
To come: Beach baseball with the local kids (Jackson was the star hitter), snorkeling, pythons, long tailed Macaque monkeys, monitor lizards, new friends, lazy days, white sands…
Currently, we are in Malacca Malaysia. I hope to catch up on documentation. The chromebook is in hot demand around here!
Bochner Family Adventure 
Incredible, beautiful, fun! What a wonderful life experience you are giving your kids. I miss them already, but it looks like they are really into the adventure. Jackson & Addie will be so wise and sophisticated when we see them again, but Seiza assures me we can meet up in Singapore or Bali or one of those places.
We just bought a new house in Independence Oregon (!) and will spend the next few months fixing up the Milwaukie house before we move for good. So we won’t be neighbors when you get home, but we plan on lots of Portland time.
Can’t wait to see the next set of spectacular pictures!
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