Singapore

November 17, 2009 at 5pm I arrived in Singapore and checked in Park Royal Hotel.

Singapore is a very small country, only around 647,000 sq.Km

The country is well known for shopping so I visited the popular Orchard road, this street is lined up with many big department stores with reasonable prices. (I bought 3 shirts)

<The Raffles Hotel, SG>

This is the Raffles hotel they said it’s the most expensive in the whole country and one of the most expensive in the world,  all the rooms are deluxe and costs $6000+ per day. The tour guide said it is 1886 architecture.

<18.11.2009, SG>

Singapore harbor is the world's busiest harbor port because in every 3minutes one ship goes in and one ship goes out.

<the singapore flyer>

This giant ferry's wheel gives you 30-40 minutes ride and it is a great way to view the city.

Sentosa island. It means peace and tranquility. Before it is the country’s military fortress.

Millions of people visit the island every year because there are many nice attractions: the underwater world, watch the famous sea angels very rare nowadays they said, and the wax museum where it is showing the history of Singapore, and then the Malayan tower, watch the 4D show it is very exciting, and in the night the very famous 'song of the sea show' where they used the combination of laser, water and fire in the musical show in water.

<song of the sea.sentosa, SG>

There are also beautiful gardens. Initially Singapore zoo garden don’t have wildlife so they started to breed animals, today they are one of the most successful breeders in the world. You can try and ride the tram in the night safari if you love animals like me. The animals appear happy and comfortable in their forest environment. It is dark in the tram, the track road is rough, while we are driving I could feel the cold wind on my face and I could hear the soft rustling of the leaves and the noises of the birds and animals. I really missed this experience. If only this place is just near my house I would go there every evening.

<clark quay,SG>

I have noticed that the Singaporeans love to read the newspapers. Inside the plane, everybody is silently holding their local newspapers and magazines and deeply immersed in reading. I think I'm the only one with empty hand and just staring at everyone.

<The 'malion' a fish body and a lion's head derived the country's name 'Singapura'>

I also learned that Singaporeans are very hardworking so this caused a big problem to the government because their population stopped growing. So the government tried to solve this by passing a law that declares two non-working days per week (one for rest day and one for production day hahaha).

After 3 days, I left Singapore. What a great city!