Random ramblings

Greetings all,
I thought I would catch you up with some of our leisure pursuits here in Singapore, the last couple of Sundays Kafil and I have ventured out to East Coast Park. It is an 11km part skirting the sea, and only 3 bus stops from our home. It is said that the park is where people play, and its true. Hordes of people young and old, with children or not gather together. ECP has more than 6o barbecue pits following the length of the park. There is a bike and roller blading track, running parallel to the walking and jogging paths. People stay overnight in small tents, fly kites, water ski , swim& build sand castles together. It is a little weird as it is on the ocean and not far out you can see the myriad cargo ships going about their business. The Park also has it's fair share of restaurants, cafes and pubs so there is something for everyone. This weekend there was a Chinese lantern festival happening, and once it was dark the Chinese were releasing large paper lanterns into the evening sky.

It is a lovely place to visit on the weekends and everyone is in relaxed mode when they go there.
The first time we went we walked for hours and watched the goings on. This week we went to lunch at a renowned seafood restaurant Jumbo, the food was fantastic, and so cheap when Kafil and I saw our meals we thought they had given us the large serve mistakenly but the bill confirmed it was the small dishes. We had great scallops wrapped in taro, which gave a lovely creamy texture to the outside of the scallop. We then had mussels in a tomato, garlic chilli sauce, the dishes were delicious, we will have to have crab or lobster next time we go.

Until next time
Best wishes Kerri