Sensational Singapore

We’ve just had 4 nights in Singapore, the place that I only found out was in fact a country a couple of months ago. 

It’s been great getting back into visiting a big city and just going round sightseeing, as I haven’t really done much of that lately. 

Singapore is a stunning city; it’s clean, modern and feels very safe. 

We spent the first day doing the bulk of our sightseeing, where we went to the big hitters in the morning before they got busy. This included the Cloud Forest, Gardens by the Bay, and the Marina Sands Hotel. 

After that, we went back to the airport, which was strange experience. I’ve never been to an airport to sightsee before, but Singapore airport is one of those airports. The main attraction is the largest indoor waterfall in the world. There’s also cinemas, shops and all sorts of non-airport related stuff you can do. 

Lots of people say Singapore is expensive, but it isn’t if you go to the right places. They have these huge places called Hawker Centres, which are just massive food and drink halls. I had lunch and dinner at these most of the time, mainly because there’s so much choice and they are cheap. This one in Chinatown had its own craft beer stall, so I thought it would be rude not to have a beer (this wasn’t cheap). 

The next day we spent going around some of the local neighbourhoods, including Chinatown, Little India and also a stop at the Botanic Gardens. 

That evening we went to the very popular light shows. The one at the Gardens by the Bay changes every so often, and the one I watched was based on fantasy films. There’s also another light show in front of the big hotel. 

Sadly the last day was a bit of a washout, but we did manage to go to a rooftop to see Singapore from above, and also went to the island of Sentosa, which basically has lots of tourist attractions on it. 

Singapore was hard going as I’ve still got a case of Bali Belly, although it’s worse than it was (perhaps it’s a second round rather than the same case). I’m glad I had three full days here to get around to everything I wanted to see, but lots of sitting down was required. Fortunately, the public transport system here is cheap and top notch, as long as you don’t bring durian fruit onboard!

Now it’s time to take the short flight to Kuala Lumpur and start our near two week trip around Malaysia.