🙂 Clean. Safe. China Town. Ban on chewing gum. Singapore Sling. Raffles Hotel. Sentosa island and cable car.
🙁 Expensive. Sterile. Humid.
Currency: Singapore Dollar
THREE things we did not know about Singapore:
- Don’t be too surprised to hear Singaporeans adding exclamations like ‘lah’ and ‘leh’ to their sentence. Singlish— our colourful local slang— is an integral part of everyday conversation amongst Singaporeans. Singlish is a collection of colloquial catchphrases and lingo influenced by Singapore’s multiculturalism.
- Singapore is among the 20 smallest countries in the world, with a total land area of only 682.7 square Kms
- Completed in 1910 and named after then Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States, Sir John Anderson, the steely exterior of Anderson Bridge looks like something out of a dystopian flick. But it has a morbid past too. Before becoming part of the famous F1 Singapore street circuit, it had severed heads of spies and criminals hung around it by soldiers during the Japanese Occupation as a deterrent.
Monday – 11 Sep 1995
Flew n from Jakarta – WOW! Felt like we were back in proper civilisation – everything so clean! No Chewing gum, no Durians! Collected letters from Post Restante – great to receive news from Lib and Paul’s parents. Had an amazing meal in ‘Indian Town’ – sag paneer, chicken tikka masala, prawn masala and kashmiri nan – yum.
Up early for breakfast and headed over to Sentosa Island. Had amazing lunch at food hall – fresh, delicious and cheap. YUM. Rides on island so much fun. Black hole was claustrophobic – won’t be doing that again!
Nest stop – Tioman Island!
