Singapore is different
All countries where I have ever traveled, and this is nearly 55, in consciousness I am caused by certain associations.
With the thoughts of Singapore, I represented Avatar trees, the hotel Marina Bay Sands, and botanical gardens. It’s somehow not enough for a whole weekend with onetwotrip, right?
Many believe that for this city there is enough transplanting in several hours to put checks opposite the above. After a more thorough preparation for our journey, I was convinced of the opposite.
There are, of course, those very photos under magic trees with night lighting, supplying energy from the sun, or near the hotel, or I also brought a spaceship, but …
But believe me, all three days out of 96 hours, that the city government generously distinguishes for visa -free transit, we distributed wisely and did not miss a second.
I will share with you atypical tourist places:
Chinese Gardens – Chinese gardens
Little India – Indian quarter
Library@Orchard – Library in the shopping center
Punggol Waterway Park – suspended bridge in the park
Koon Seng RD – A multi -colored street
Chinatown – Chinese quarter
Clarke Quay – House with rainbow windows
Bugis Street – Street with screw stairs
Nanyang Technological University – University with a lawn on the roof
Helix Bridge – Bridge with night backlight
I didn’t have to get bored because we kept thinking whether we were now violating strict Singapore laws. And now? And if you go there and do it?
But in fact, it turns out that even all of itself the perfect Singapore is not perfect: it is worth driving from the center to several metro stations, and you will see garbage on the street, for which the violator is threatened with a fabulous amount.
Another paradox, which was a surprise for me – no matter what of the 365 days you decide to come to Singapore, there is always a risk of falling under tropical rain, get sunburn or overheat. And also, surprisingly, to catch a cold from air conditioners in the room. With the latter, I coped with a bang. I have not seen such a contrast anywhere, so important advice: plan excursions and walks in the fresh air in the morning or evening, and museums and shopping centers for a day.
Task from readers
The most fun was, of course, to carry out a special task for the Kudablin project, which my readers chose. I needed not just to arrange a picnic in the legendary Gardens by the Bay – this is still half the age – but also feed three passers -by. And this, unfortunately, did not work out with us. Because we exceeded the task: we fed a couple from India and the company of Koreans (there were seven people of them). Singapore is generally a very multinational city, and thanks to this task, I was convinced of this!
I don’t know if I would agree to eat food that strangers offers me, but miraculously and natural charm, I managed to inspire confidence in them.
As a result, it turns out that the picture completely coincided with my expectations. Moreover, after three days in the country-country, I realized how different Singapore. Here the future meets the present, and nature with architecture. The fines are proportional to salaries, and the number of indigenous population is inversely in proportion to the number of businessmen and tourists coming.
And by the way, this is not so expensive this is your most expensive city in the planet, for tourism in any case. So, if you, like me, have long had an ideas about a trip to a bananas-lemon-lane, I insist on its embodiment in the subconscious. Asia is waiting for the future! And where to get tickets and book a hotel, you know 🙂
Author of the text and photo: Sofya Filippova
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