A town so nice they named it twice. 9:24am here. My room at the Royal Plaza on Scotts (see lobby shot above) is not ready yet. So I’m cooling my heels here in the Orchard shopping district. The heat and humidity is not unlike Florida…but it’s still morning. If it’s like Kuala Lumpur, it will be high 90s by mid afternoon and probably rainy. Meeting my friend Ian, a Scotsman who lives in Australia, at Raffles Hotel later. Famous landmark and birthplace of the Singapore Sling. He’s been to Singapore several times and promises to point me in the right directions.