{"id":167,"date":"2020-01-03T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T04:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/?p=167"},"modified":"2020-01-03T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T04:54:57","slug":"day-4-wednesday-boarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/cruising-south-asia\/day-4-wednesday-boarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 &#8211; Wednesday &#8211; Boarding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our last morning in Singapore before boarding the ship later today, so we headed on foot to see the Merlion. This area is pretty much Singapore\u2019s answer to Circular Quay, with lots of tourists taking lots of photos \u2013 including us. We then had a coffee at the fanciest Starbucks ever, in the old boathouse on the river, before walking around to Clarke Quay and back to the hostel to collect our bags and heading to the boat by MRT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_103940-1024x436.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_103940-1024x436.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_103940-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_103940-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_103940-1536x654.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_103940-2048x871.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_104259-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_104259-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_104259-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_104259-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_104259-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_104259-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_115504-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_115504-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_115504-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_115504-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_115504-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_115504-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small negative on the MRT system\u2026 As we were about to leave Singapore we had run our cash down to nothing, expecting to be able to buy MRT tickets from the vending machines using credit card, after all, the machines had mastercard signs all over them. After trying several times we gave up and joined the queue to buy tickets from a real person in the ticket office. No, you can\u2019t buy tickets for regular trips here, and the machines don\u2019t take card. What? I can\u2019t buy a ticket from the ticket office! The end of this long silly story is that we had to get cash from an ATM. Since we only needed $7.20, the $5 transaction fee was hard to swallow. Live and learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_135911-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_135911-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_135911-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_135911-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_135911-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_135911-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After arrival at the Cruise terminal we waited way too long to check in, but eventually boarded the ship around 3:30. Lauren\u2019s highlight was a potato curry puff! (Lachlan liked it too.) We found our cabin and Carol got busy setting up our Christmas tree, complete with decorations and tinsel. We then had a brief look around to get our bearings and headed up to dinner. Very nice! The staff are so friendly and helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_170801-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_170801-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_170801-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_170801-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_170801-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191218_170801-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After dinner we took in a show \u2013 an acrobatic and juggling\nshow and headed to bed. Another big day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our last morning in Singapore before boarding the ship later today, so we headed on foot to see the Merlion. This area is pretty much Singapore\u2019s answer to Circular Quay, with lots of tourists taking lots of photos \u2013 including us. We then had a coffee at the fanciest Starbucks ever, in the old boathouse &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/cruising-south-asia\/day-4-wednesday-boarding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 4 &#8211; Wednesday &#8211; Boarding<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruising-south-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}