Monday, June 09, 2008

Asian Tour Day 6: City Tour by Hippo, May 23


My day actually started early. While my family were still resting, I took the opportunity and took the MRT from Somerset to Redhill station to check out the Honda showroom in Alexandra Road. The plan was to canvas a 2002 Civic EX emblem (which they didn’t have) and 2007 CRV 18in mag wheels (which cost an arm and a leg at P114,000 for 4 pieces and excluding shipping). In the showroom, I saw their version of the Civic, CRV and Accord and models not offered in the Phils like the Stream, Oddessey and ultra sporty Civic Type R. Along the way I saw Euro Cars showrooms of Peugeot, Volkswagen, Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Citroen and Jap Cars showrooms of Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, Subaru and Nissan.

Around lunchtime, we took the City Tour which cost SG$23 per person but it was well worth it and valid for 2 days. The guided tour took us to more than 20 stops with different points of interest. We rode on a double decker and it had an open top. We had late lunch at Suntec City, which was actually the tour company’s main base and considered the second largest mall in SG. In the afternoon, we took the river boat ride on an authentic bum boat and this tour gave a great view of Boat Quay, Clark Quay, Esplanade and the landmark Merlion fountain. Rain was a kill joy but lo and behold, it was only isolated rain showers as there was not a spec of rain in lower part of Orchard Road. We capped our day by splurging in Bossini’s close out sale where we spent more than P10K.

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