Leaving the church area we headed straight down underground to cool off and do some "window shopping", to buy a few medical necessities and to see more of the city. We were amazed to find people having 'picnics" underground in wide-open spaces where the underground tunnels converge. Families and friends had bought blankets, plastic mats etc and food which they laid on the cool tiled floor spaces just like we do in parks or at the beach. Some people were dancing to music from boom boxes and others just sat and chatted together.
When we did venture outside it was extremely humid and hot and whilst there were several grassed parklands only a few people were sitting under the shade of trees
We eventually had to retreat back underground as it was so hot and we found a lovely eating place where we ordered Chinese dumplings for lunch. Later we travelled around on the underground railway to see other sites before heading back to the port and the Sea Princess.
We had had an interesting and satisfying day in Singapore but we were hot and tired when we finally walked from the station near the port (the power failure having been restored)
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