The Ritz-Carlton Yacht cruise line arranged for us to be picked up at 1:45PM.  Last view of the Marina Bay Sands. Seamless transfer of luggage to room, but there was so much confusion about processing the paperwork to board the ship.  Everyone was confused, including the staff. The luggage was in our room when we got on the ship at 1 PM or so.  We thought we'd have lunch at Mistral, which was on the 10th floor.  However, the elevator only traveled to the 9th.  A staff member saw us uncertain about how to get to our restaurant and came to help us.  He said that the back elevator would do the job, so he patiently walked us the length of the ship and up to where we wanted to go.  The other staff seemed overly respectful of him, and we learned why.  He was Captain Tom Roth, who is the leader of this ship.  From Switzerland with a nautical science degree and 30 years of at-sea experience.  Very nice and helpful gentleman.  So we took a p...

I should warn you about Singapore.  December is the best month to be here because of the Christmas holiday decorations, plus, it is not uncomfortably hot....just plain hot, typically still up to 90F.  However in the hottest month, June, only goes up to 92F.  But the monsoon season starts in December, where it rains, usually in the later afternoons.   The second day in the Singapore Ritz-Carlton Millennia started with breakfast.  Entrance to hotel from inside. Lobby area, featuring  Chihuly  art. Line for the buffet breakfast. Entrance to breakfast area. Noodle maker. First course of noodles. Second course of miso soup, rice, Japanese pickles and two eggs over easy. Third course of bread from India, tart from China and donut from the USA. Very soon after breakfast, into the Club Lounge for a very light lunch. Then came dinner in the Club Lounge. Light show of Singapore Marina Bay from the Ritz-Carlton Club Lounge. Walked only 1500 steps today. I pr...

  Was picked up by a Ritz-Carlton Millennia representative at the Marriott Tang Plaza, and left in the rain. Checked into the Ritz-Carlton and, as our room was not yet ready, we were sent to the Club Lounge. Team time came. The Marina Bay Sands fourth tower coming up. Started with champagne, Tea time. Checked into our room. Our view. National Stadium. Back to the Club Lounge for drinks and appetizers. My evening meal. Night view. An all-time low of 1038 steps. A week old, but U.S.  president's cold opening Christmas Address on Saturday Night Live .  Finally,  Eduardo Saverin  is the  wealthiest person in Singapore .  Worth $43 billion. You probably never heard of him, but he was a junior at Harvard, when he and sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, with three others, founded Facebook in 2004. Was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1982, and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1993. Emigrated to Singapore in 2009 and renounced his American citizenship in 2011, sidestep...