A lonely night in Singapore

Here the most solitary traveler can try the most common of tourist attractions and latch on to the most unusual experiences.A night in Saxophone's on Orchard Road ... Finally we closed the place and I resigned myself to a walk back to the Hyatt. As I reached the main road, a very beautiful woman approached and, as she passed, she said, "Hello" in a raspy baritone voice. I stood there trying to resolve yet another Singaporean contradiction, when a tri-shaw driver standing a few feet away solved it for me."She was a man," he observed dryly. He took a pull from his quite acrid Indonesian clove cigarette.Merely a tri-shaw driver? No, this man - his name was Peter - was someone whom I must know better. So forget that mounting a tri-shaw is the clichŽ of all tourist opportunities; I boarded and instructed Peter to take me for a tour of Singapore... Here the most solitary traveler can try the most common of tourist attractions and latch on to the most unusual experiences.A night in Saxophone's on Orchard Road ... Finally we closed the place and I resigned myself to a walk back to the Hyatt. As I reached the main road, a very beautiful woman approached and, as she passed, she said, "Hello" in a raspy baritone voice. I stood there trying to resolve yet another Singaporean contradiction, when a tri-shaw driver standing a few feet away solved it for me."She was a man," he observed dryly. He took a pull from his quite acrid Indonesian clove cigarette.Merely a tri-shaw driver? No, this man - his name was Peter - was someone whom I must know better. So forget that mounting a tri-shaw is the clichŽ of all tourist opportunities; I boarded and instructed Peter to take me for a tour of Singapore... Here the most solitary traveler can try the most common of tourist attractions and latch on to the most unusual experiences.A night in Saxophone's on Orchard Road ... Finally we closed the place and I resigned myself to a walk back to the Hyatt. As I reached the main road, a very beautiful woman approached and, as she passed, she said, "Hello" in a raspy baritone voice. I stood there trying to resolve yet another Singaporean contradiction, when a tri-shaw driver standing a few feet away solved it for me."She was a man," he observed dryly. He took a pull from his quite acrid Indonesian clove cigarette.Merely a tri-shaw driver? No, this man - his name was Peter - was someone whom I must know better. So forget that mounting a tri-shaw is the clichŽ of all tourist opportunities; I boarded and instructed Peter to take me for a tour of Singapore... Here the most solitary traveler can try the most common of tourist attractions and latch on to the most unusual experiences.A night in Saxophone's on Orchard Road ... Finally we closed the place and I resigned myself to a walk back to the Hyatt. As I reached the main road, a very beautiful woman approached and, as she passed, she said, "Hello" in a raspy baritone voice. I stood there trying to resolve yet another Singaporean contradiction, when a tri-shaw driver standing a few feet away solved it for me."She was a man," he observed dryly. He took a pull from his quite acrid Indonesian clove cigarette.Merely a tri-shaw driver? No, this man - his name was Peter - was someone whom I must know better. So forget that mounting a tri-shaw is the clichŽ of all tourist opportunities; I boarded and instructed Peter to take me for a tour of Singapore...