Shopping in Singapore

A quick note here about the madness of shopping in Singapore. Even though it did rain heavily, we got to experience enough of Orchard Road. If I remember correctly, it is about 3 km long and the 1 km or so that we walked was both sides of the street lined with 4-7 (or higher) stories of high end shopping malls. There are gigantic tv screens on the exterior walls of the centers which housed Cartier, Prada, Gucci, etc... And it isn't just Orchard Road that has the shopping malls. There are malls everywhere. Across the street from our hotel was a 4 story mid-high end center. Then 2 blocks down, there was another just like it and so on. It's no wonder people say you can come to Singapore and max out your credit cards. If I was more of a shopper, I could see where that would be trouble. Those of you who are shoppers, stop salivating before you ruin your laptop.