Best Of

For us the only opportunity to eat while not on the tour was in Singapore. We had identified several candidate restaurants, some in the Raffles City complex just across the street from the Raffles Hotel, others in the Marina Bay Sands shopping complex, others at other locations around the marina, and a few others short walks from the hotel.

In the end we ate in the Marina Bay Sands shopping complex (there are several places to choose from) after our visit to Gardens By the Bay, but prior to our visit to the Marina Bay Sands Sky Park observation deck. The Sky Park visit was arranged for a timed entry prior to our arrival in Singapore.

There were other opportunities (for dinners) to eat at places not of the tour (we arrived a day early), but the humidity was such that we chose to each at various restaurants within the Raffles Hotel complex to avoid venturing out into the humidity after a days activities in the humidity.

Throughout the rest of the tour we ate only at tour hotels or provided meals at other restaurants.

It's always good to pack pepto bismol, imodium and (as a last reserve) - antibiotic for emergencies on every trip to distant lands. No matter how careful you are with water etc, it is good to have the above mentioned 'friends' to rely upon.