IMPRISONED IN CHANGI

It is hard to imagine the terrors that were experienced by POW's in the same location as Changi airport, especially when constantly surrounded by so many luxury products for sale in one place.  Never the less, we felt a little trapped with a 8 hour wait before the next leg of our journey!

With that in mind, we decided to ignore the sky train & stride our way from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2, via Terminal 1! Along the way, we visited every garden space the Changi designers had planned for their customers delight & comfort.  The Butterfly garden was our first stop, where it took a moment or two, to actually spot the butterflies!  Some posed beautifully on contrasting flowers for the camera happy, whilst others hung from tree leaves much like bats do! It wasnt a huge space, but it was a pleasant little escape!
 
 The cactus, sunflower, bamboo & orchid gardens were all little oasis' , the only downer being that the smoking areas were frequently placed alongside, so we had to wade through a wall of smoke before finding the gardens. Singaporeans are marvels with orchids! Stunning colours & displays everywhere.

My favourite garden was the Fern & Koi Carp one, which is a little spot of tranquility & fun watching the carp's grumpy little old men faces with their drooping mustaches!

I also enjoyed the woodblock rubbing table. Yes, okay, I know it's for kids, but when I went to have a go there were no kids there, & after I started furiously rubbing away with the crayons...about 3 other adults took the plunge & came & joined me! Great fun.

On board the flight at last, we had decided to take some Valerian to help us sleep through most of the next 10 hours. My husband had never taken it before, whereas, being prone to insomnia, I take it periodically & know that it will take it's own sweet time to actually work, on me.  That wasnt the case for him....out like a light & we hadnt even started rolling down the runway!  So sprawled was he that I had to physically drag his legs out of the way of the cabin crew! Whereas I was conscious all night and very particularly aware of the discordant snores of the fat man in the next row!

I have come to the conclusion...which I know will upset some people...that everyone over a certain height should automaticly be upgraded to business class when on long flights!  I dont know what that certain height should be..as long as I'm over it!  Ohhh the bliss of not having to prise my legs from the seat in front of me with a shoe horn! HEAVEN!!  It is going to be hard going back to economy after this!!