First Day in Singapore!

So we've finally arrived in Singapore! After 24 hours in the air, plus 8 hours of layovers, we finally touched down at the Singaporean airport. Nadiah, the NUS student who is coordinating our trip while in Singpore, met us at the airport with a bus to take us to NUS. It took us about 30 minutes to reach NUS, in which time we traversed the entire island! Singapore is absolutely beautiful. I was expecting it to be all tall buildings and pavement, but the vegetation is everywhere, and extremely lush.

After reaching NUS, we dropped off our bags in our rooms and headed off for a tour of the campus. It was raining pretty much the entire time, but since it's SO hot and humid here, the rain felt amazing. Once we completed our tour, we got on a city bus and went over to Holland Village, where we ate dinner at a hawker stand.

We then walked around the shops for a bit, then waited for what seemed like FOREVER for the bus to take us back to PGP (Prince George's Park, our residence at NUS).

I'm absolutely exhausted from the long plane rides and jet lag, but it was all worth it to be here in Singapore. I'm really excited to spend the next four weeks of my life here. But now is the time for SLEEP!