Day Nine - Sunday 17th April

Today we headed to the Changi Museum and Chapel. We had several different sets of instructions and ways to get to Changi but we just stayed on the bus system to get there. It was a very moving experience going though the museum and the Audio Tour provided insight from many different people who experienced and suffered through the 3 1/2 years of Singapore being under Japanese rule.  We spent quite a few hours at the museum and it was a very humbling experience.  Many times we just shook our heads and couldn't quite believe all the cruelty inflicted by the Japanese and suffering by Aussie, NZ, British, Indian military and the Singapore/Chinese community. The horror of War was evident.

After leaving the museum we traveled by bus and train back into the city to do some shopping at the Suntec City Plaza and then dined at Lau Pa Sat Festival Pavillion for dinner.Jonathan and I chose our dinners well, but Nick didn't really enjoy his "chicken and mushroom in a clay pot" dish. We did have a real giggling fit whilst eating our dinner as Nick was facing a food stall called "Pig's Organ Soup and Kway Chap" but Nick renamed the stall "Pig's Organ Soup Takeaway Crap".  I guess you had to be there to enjoy the humour of it all!

 

We then hopped on a No 36 bus and headed back to the Roxy Hotel.  We purchased yummy desserts at the hotel cafe and then settled down in our room for an early night.