Well, perhaps my pointing out to the Qantas rep in Shanghai that I bought these airline tickets directly from Qantas may have helped (when they told me I would need to deal with my travel agent. “You are my travel agent”, I was able to say) – but I was fortunate enough to be greeted at Singapore airport by a Qantas official holding a sign with my name on it when I got off the plane. Evidently, I must have been the only transfer passenger because they didn’t appear to be waiting for anyone else. Qantas met me and somewhat clandestinely handed me a piece of paper with the name of a hotel name on it. They verbally gave me instructions \u201ctake a taxi to this hotel and tell them you are from the Chinese Eastern flight and they will take care of everything for the next 24 hours – including meals and the taxis.\u201d The next flight to Perth wasn\u2019t until 6:30 pm – arriving at midnight. <\/p>\n
It was nice to take a short break in Singapore, but I couldn\u2019t do much on short notice. I was only able to get 3 hours sleep after getting in so late. Changi airport had the longest immigration line I had seen in years and I was not full of energy. I looked into a few things to do there that I have not done before, but reservations were required and unavailable for and my umbrella and shorts were trapped in my suitcase at the airport. I had suggested retrieving the suitcase when I was arriving but was discouraged from doing so due to the time involved in hunting it down.<\/p>\n
In the end, I just took a stroll around the neighbourhood and did a bit of window shopping between naps. The meals were great: a breakfast and lunch smorgasbord of local and Western dishes – which were very popular family feasts patronized by the local Singaporeans on this Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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