I'm up to 22,000 steps and the day hasn't ended yet!! Singapore on foot. Day 2.

I feel better today than I did yesterday.

Maybe I'm already beginning to acclimatise a wee bit...

Or more likely: a better night's sleep and a happier gut equals more energy to cope with the heat and all the walking.

I'm voluntarily walking a lot.

We did this back in 2019 when @new.things and I went to my beloved Ubud (Bali, Indonesia); we explored the village in big days of walking, punctuated by coffee, food, aircon and sugary cold drinks we'd never drink at home.

I love exploring a city this way, which is precisely why I'm dealing with the sweat endlessly dripping down by back and the increasing ache in my legs and feet.

Yesterday we went east, today we went north.

After new.things did a morning run and I attempted to watch the sunrise from our hotel roof (the sun was up, it was just blocked by other very tall buildings!), we both ate our ridiculously tasty breakfast bowls we brought last night on the way home.

Then it was time to pop those shoes on, put on my brand new dress oversized cotton shirt and get crackin'!

It was 9am by the time we left the hotel and it was already about 29'C. Chuck in a heap of humidity and I was already grateful to be wearing less synthetic on my body than yesterday.

We were aiming for Little India via Arab St & Bugis Street (markets).

After coffee and green cake on route to Bugis Street, we arrived to discover less than half of the market stalls were open at this mid-morning hour. So we kept moving onward, along big busy roads, in and out of the glaring sun, to arrive at the beautiful Kampong Glam.

There were way more shop-filled streets than I remembered and it was clear we weren't going to have the time or energy to see them all.

Note for the traveller bound for Singapore: You could spend an entire day exploring Arab Street and the neighborhood of Kampong Glam.

When I realised the Mister was keen to move on, we made a beeline for Little India. Again, it was so much bigger than I remembered.

After briefly entering the ginormous Mustafa Centre, we gave up on this multi-storey, 24/7 department store and found a cheap and cheerful Indian Vegetarian Restaurant almost directly across the road.

By that point I was crazy cranky hungry, yet I was shocked when our meals came out; they were huge!! I wasn't totally sure what to order and so I guessed and it was, what Brad would call, out of control. 😂

Satiated and then some, I regretfully left a small pile of white rice and lots of tasty sauces on my tray as we headed out to explore these busy, dirty, bustling streets.

Mister didn't seem keen on loitering--his legs were feeling it even more than mine--so we walked a fairly direct route back to Bugis Street. There was so much to see, eat, drink and buy there but with carry on only for our flights we are buying almost nothing.

Note for the traveller bound for Singapore: You could spend an entire day exploring the neighborhood of Little India. I hear there are a LOT of different places of worship there to admire and photograph.

Bugis Street was crazy busy by the time we got back. With cold drinks in non-environmentally friendly containers, we walked back into the loud, and now crowded, Bugis Junction.

If I ever decide to come and spend a month in Singapore I'll probably buy my entire wardrobe at this set of markets. The clothes are varied, interesting and cheap.

How did I walk out of there without buying anything new? 7kg baggage limit, baby!!

Note for the traveller bound for Singapore: You could spend an entire day exploring the area around Bugis Street, Bugis Junction and Bugis+.

And just to make sure we had really used our legs, we walked home via and through Fort Canning Park. Similar to yesterday's Gardens By The Bay, this green space had lots of twisting paths and lots of lush green stuff growing that one could stare at for ages.

Somewhere around 3:30pm we finally swiped our card, heard our room door click open, and gratefully re-entered our air conditioned sanctuary.

It was time for a shower, a reset and a Hive blog post before dinner. 😉

Photo of the back of my sweaty self, taken by @new.things somewhere in Little India.