We have reached our final stop on a whirlwind 5 month world tour, Singapore. We only stayed here two nights at this fabulous boutique hotel in Singapore, before we fly back home. We didn’t know much about Singapore and we didn’t have a guidebook, so we really weren’t sure as to what to expect. We purchased a guidebook at Cairns airport and it mentioned how Singapore had a previous reputation of being dull, but after only spending two days here, we found that statement to be completely false.
Singapore is a somewhat small island off the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. It used to be a very dense and swampy rain-forest, but now it’s a thoroughly modern metropolis, which was first colonised by the British during the 19th century. Singapore became home to migrant communities, mostly from China and India. So, this makes the city very diverse and one that produces fantastic food. Singapore was actually planned out and this in turned created various communities, like one for the British, called The Colonial District, one for the Chinese, called Chinatown, and one for the Indians, called Little India. Our hotel was next to Little India, so we had more time to explore there than in the other communities.
But, we did make it to Chinatown and explored all the shops, the Buddhist temples and the fabulous restaurants. We ate at one of the street hawkers stall for lunch, which was a confusing experience in trying to figure out how to order and what to order, we just pointed at pictures, which worked and proceeded to devour our very tasty meals. I bought a new digital camera at what we considered a steal.
The sun was setting as we just sat on a park bench and people watched. Two days is definitely not enough time in Singapore. There’s literally too much to do here, too many sights to see and too many hawkers food stalls to eat at.
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