Singapore Training Trip

Mark took time from his busy training session to visit the local culture in Singapore. He visited the Raffles Hotel, a famous historic landmark in the city. With a strict dress code for visitors, Mark ran back to the hotel to wear his finest attire.

Mark talks about the experience...

"Unfortunately I arrived too late to participate in the afternoon tea, but I wandered around the hotel lobby and courtyard and got a picture taken in the historic Billiard Room.  I also went to the Long Bar (located in the Raffles Hotel), site for the creation of the Singapore Sling.  As a member of the USA Swimming Swim Team I am bound by an honor code not to consume any alcoholic beverage until after the Olympics, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity completely, so I ordered the famous drink virgin style. This may be my only time in Singapore and as the local saying goes: “Where else should one partake of the Singapore Sling but at the Raffles Hotel.”