Shayne, Heather, & Isis in Singapore!

Well, it's only taken six months to post pictures from our trip to Hong Kong and Singapore. Eclipse had been asked to perform in Hong Kong during the last week of March. Heather and I decided that if we were going to be that close, we might as well try to visit Heather's brother, Eric, and his family in Singapore. We left a week before the rest of the group, stayed overnight in Hong Kong, then caught a flight to Singapore (which is about 1500 miles from HK).

Isis was 4 months old the day we left and she was a trooper. We were able to get special seats in front of the bulkhead on the main flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong. They have small bassinets that attach to the bulkhead wall, which is a great blessing when the alternative is holding your baby for 14 hours straight. The above photo is Isis waiting patiently in the baby backback while we were waiting to get off the much smaller plane that took us to Singapore.

Eric met us at the airport with his 4 daughters: Kierica, Kasia, Kosette, and Kalista.

His wife, Keesha, then joined us and they took us out to eat and showed us around downtown Singapore.

Kalista is 9 months older than Isis.

The McPhersons were wonderful hosts. It worked out perfectly because the girls were on a break from school and Eric had some time off work. We got there on a Friday and left the following Tuesday. They gave us a whirlwind tour of the island (which is a country that consists of a single city). Some of the highlights included:

--The Singapore Flyer: This is a 165-meter-high observation wheel that takes 30 minutes to make one rotation and gives amazing views and an audio tour of the entire island.

--Ferry boat tour on Clarke Quay
--Ski-360: Wakeboarding by being pulled by a cable system around a man-made lake
--Sentosa Island theme park: This included an attraction that gave a history of Singapore and an amazing show on the beach that had a live cast as well as a laser light show with animated characters projected on sprays of water, choreographed water jets (like Bellagio fountains in Vegas) flame bursts, and pyrotechnics. Here's us at the Ski-360 park:
And here are some video clips:


We also got to go to the mall that has advertisements that feature a picture of the 3 older girls. It was a great time! Thanks McPhersons!

Next up, Hong Kong!