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I took Singapore Airlines flight SQ001 from SFO to Singapore. The first leg is a mammoth 15hr flight from
SFO to HongKong. I was fortunate to meet Sanjay Ranthod in the flight. A lawyer by profession, he also is
on the board of the Sierra Nevada Env Agency. There was a 30 min layover in HongKong, where I had to dash out
of the airplane to stretch and get the madatory Starbucks latte…
The next leg from HongKong to Singapore was a short 3 1/2 hr hop. I read about the tsunami disasters on this flight,
saw it in the ‘HongKong Times’. I was shocked and had to immediately call my family from the airplane. Although we live
close to the beach, thankfully there was not much damage near us.
On getting off in Changi Airport, Sanjay and I decided to hop on the ‘Singapore Hop-On’ bus
to kill time in the city (I had 8 hrs before the Singapore-Madras flight). Another interesting
character (Mallik) joined us. We spent about 5hrs in the city wandering from Suntec City to the Boat Quay to Orchard Road.
We searched far and wide for a ‘Singapore Sling’ drink but nobody seems to offer it (Definitely not as
popular as margaritas in Mexico!). I had Singapore Satay by the river and then some Nasi Goreng in an hawkers market in
(yet another) shopping mall off or Orchard.

Here are some pics of my 5hr Singaporean experience.