The Holiday Continues - The Sky Tower

Wedding Day

After a wet and miserable day on Thursday I have woken up to a glorious summer's day in New Zealand and although the forecast is a bit mixed it looks good for an outdoor wedding.

Up North

For those who haven't been able to follow my Geospike postings on Face Book here are some photos of the short holiday to the Bay of Islands.

The Wedding of Tom & Rose

Just a few photos from my iPhone as I don't have the means to download the ones I took with my Sony NEX 7

Takapuna Beach at sunset

Not a lot to say about these photos except to say how stunning the setting is.

Had a truly exceptional meal at the Takapuna Beach Cafe - I even had a double chocolate gelato (ice cream) for pudding - and then a stroll along the beach with shafts of evening sunlight breaking through the clouds and some rain falling at altitude making a most spectacular series of rainbows.

More photos - Devonport, North Shore and the City from across the harbour

Staying with friends with views like these

Just a few photographs of Singapore

The Sky Wheel.
F1 Starting Grid.
Leaf at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
"My bike".
Tilly in her "bed".
Clouds over the Tasman Sea on the journey to New Zealand.

Thoughts of Singapore.

This continues to be a good gateway city and introduction to the Far East. Not only is English spoken, interchangeably it seems with Chinese, but they drive on the left hand side of the road.

The city is clean and has the feel of being very safe. I have walked the streets late at night and not felt any nervousness of being at risk which, sad to say can be the case in the UK.

I last visited Singapore 10 years ago and found a modern economical thriving commercial and tourist centre. Today the city shows signs of being a prosperous place and is undergoing further massive development; it looks set for major growth.

It's Getting Closer

Here I am sitting in a well known frothy coffee shop in Clifton sipping my skinny, decaf (is that really coffee you may ask) capo and thinking by this time next week I shall be at London Heathrow waiting to board my flight to NZ via Singapore.

Pleasant thoughts.