singapore arrival

we arrived safely in singapore last night. what a city! highrises all over the place and food stalls every step of the way. we're staying in a $80 a night hostel in the city until we can find a more affordabe place to live. hopefully, we will find that place tomorow. for today, we are exploring and havig a blast. right now, we are at the sciene museum which has a water area that ez is about to strip down and enjoy. we rode the subway out here; her first time on an underground subway. in perth, aus we rode the above ground mass transit rail all the time. she seems to remember those rides well b/c as soon as we stepped onto the subway today, she said, "australia, perth!". next, we are headed to the chinese and japanese gardens then the bird park. all should be within walking sdistance or at least a short bus ride. the mass transit here is awesome and accesible; we bought ez-ride cards this morning that can be used with a quick scn on the MRT (aka subway) or the buses. some buses are double deckers and e already wants to ride them. a and i keep talking about public transport and how we have to live in a place where we an easily use it all the time. in addition to vounteering and haing a fabulous time exporing cities, we talk a lot about our life upon return to nc. what we love about it (mainly, how great our friends are and how yummy the food is) and how we would like to change a few things about our lifestyle. since i am blogging from the "icafe' within the science museum, i better move on for now! we're taking lots of great pictures and thinkng of the fun we had at the Durham Museum of Life and Science on LLL's 50th anniv party and with our co-family. We look forward to more of those days in the future!