A City Underground

Each time we leave our apartment and go out into the world of Singapore we learn something that makes it easier the next time we have to go somewhere.

Today we had chiropractor appointments with a small break and then the boys had their language lesson.  The language lessons were about ten blocks away from the chiropractor and since it was not raining out we decided to walk instead of taking another bus. 

There is a spot on Orchard Road right by the ION mall that you can not cross the street, the sidewalk is on the other side of a wrought  iron fence.

In the past we have walked down a different road for a couple of blocks crossed the street and then walked back the couple of blocks to end up four blocks later right across the street from where we started, but on the right side of the iron fence.

Today we learned something new!  There is an escalator right on the sidewalk that said "underpass" to the ION, hmmm wonder if you can cross the street under ground.  Why yes, you can.

It gets even better not only were we able to cross the street under ground, out of the sun, and in air conditioning, we were able to walk the other 5 blocks to Ngee Ann City, where our language lessons are, under ground, out of the sun and in the air conditioning!!

There is a whole nother city under ground, many shops, eateries, etc... and down there are really whether it is raining or blazing sun out, walking under ground in Singapore is a good move.

We love learning new things that make our lives easier, but in order to learn these things a risk must be taken.  When we entered that tunnel we had no idea where we were going but we just kept going towards our final destination and..... ta da..... there it was. 

So now next time we have to cross the street by the ION we will for sure just scoot our selves under the roadways and enjoy shelter and air conditioning.