Simon had reminded me that the booking I made at the hotel included Breakfast. Wish I had remembered that yesterday! So I went down to the restaurant and quoted my room number. Simon came in about 15 minutes later and just came and joined me at the table – so he managed to get a free breakfast! With what we were paying a night, we didn’t feel guilty!<\/p>\n
After that we had to make our way to the Harbour, to get the cable car to Sentosa Island. We caught the train there, again, since it was so easy. On the way, the weather turned from nice and sunny, to pissing down raining, so we got pretty wet walking from the train station to the cable car ticket office. And the line was MASSIVE! It took about 20 minutes just to get our tickets! Once done, we were straight on a car though, and on our way to the island.<\/p>\n
We had a bite to eat at the Starbucks, as there was little option when we got off the cable car. It was pretty crap, but gave me a bit of energy. We then made our way to the bus shelter to catch the bus to our next destination. On the walk there, we found the proper eating area….grrr…..lots of nice places to eat at!<\/p>\n
We got off the bus at the beach, and saw what we had come here for – the iFly building! We were here to have a go at Indoor Skydiving, and see how it compared to the real thing! We filled in the paperwork and had some time to kill before our session, so we walked around and saw the wind tunnel. Eventually it was our turn….<\/p>\n
After a brief on body position, we were taken to the “gear up” room. We told the instructor our background, and he said he’d watch us, but pretty much let us do what we wanted out there (one at a time, though). Finally it was my turn to enter…..<\/p>\n
It was a different “leap of faith” – the ground was right there, but you trusted that the air would get you, and you wouldn’t fall face first on to it. It took a few seconds, but eventually my body reverted to its normal position, and I was able to fly up and down, and turn (more or less) on the spot. Exiting the tunnel was fun – hands on the door, and just stand up, hoping your legs would catch you!<\/p>\n
In our group there was a 6 year old boy, who was funny to watch. Some first timers did OK, and others ended up fetal and the trainer had to catch them. My second “jump” felt more natural, and I was doing figure 8’s. A bit of over rotation – stopping turns was much harder than in the air! For an extra $30 we were offered a 3rd “jump” – too good to pass up! On that, at the trainers instruction, I did turns, fast fall, slow fall, and side sliding. It was great to be in control of where I was going again!<\/p>\n
After our jumps, we went upstairs for a couple of drinks (as you do!), before catching the monorail back to the cable car station, cable car back to the train station, and train back to the hotel.<\/p>\n
We had a swim and drinks at the pool, and then got ready to go out for the night. We went to Clarke Quay again, and ate dinner at a Chinese Restaurant on the waterfront. It was another fantastic meal. We then went out for a “night on the town”, which included watching a couple of live bands play (seeing Asian’s doing Metallica was a site in itself!) and lots of drinks. It was a great last night out in Singapore, which went on a bit later than we really should have \ud83d\ude42 But you only live once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Simon had reminded me that the booking I made at the hotel included Breakfast. Wish I had remembered that yesterday! So I went down to the restaurant and quoted my room number. Simon came in about 15 minutes later and just came and joined me at the table – so he managed to get a … Continue reading