| A Lau |
12 June 2005 |
Stayed at Panorama Regency Hotel - Batam Island (Indonesia), Singapore.
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Shopping centres : DC Mall & Mega Mall are the bigger ones. Haircut + color (long hair) + mani + pedi is only SGD46 at Johnny Andrean.
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| A Murdoch |
31 May 2005 |
Stayed at Sheraton Towers Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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The night safari is a must see. Don't bother with the tour for this one - just take a taxi and pay entrance fee at the gate. There will be taxi's there when you leave - at least if you don't wait until the last minute.
Sentosa Island was OK but nothing really special. The laser show at the end was nice to watch but very crowded - get there early if you want a good seat (we ended up standing so as not to have to go to the far corners).
The citi-tour is worthwhile to get some background on Singapore and to see some of the sights.
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| D Andersson |
10 May 2005 |
Stayed at Tristar Inn Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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I mostly went for walks in Joo Chiat Street and adjoining areas. This is the area of Singapore with the most traditional feel, owing to the mixture of renovated shophouses and open-air hawker centers, small restaurants, stores, and karaoke places. Prices are about 20% lower than at Boat Quay or Orchard Road, and most people in the area are locals. Highly recommended.
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| C Harding |
18 April 2005 |
Stayed at Berjaya Hotel, Duxton Road - Singapore, Singapore.
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Get a pamphlet from East Tours to get a pretty good idea of what's on offer. The City Tour is great if it is your first time in Singapore, it orients you to everything. I went on the Kukup and Orchid Farm all day Tour and had a ball. Batik factory and pewter included, not as good as the big places in Singapore, but anything you buy in Kukup is a steal. I am wearing a lovely soft pair of trews, cost SG9.00, how can you go wrong! And the fish meal was to die for..crab, prawns, whole fish, chicken, vegetables etc etc. A good day.
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| S Elting |
28 March 2005 |
Stayed at Bencoolen, Hotel - Singapore, Singapore.
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This was our second time in singapore so my wife and I purposely sought out sights and activities which we did not do on the first trip. We gave Sentosa island and the zoo a miss. We opted instead to check out the local wildlife and spent our evenings in Clarke Quay at the nightclubs Attica and Forbidden City. Both clubs are a great place to check out the fashion and attitudes of locals. We met some nice people and listened to some good d.j.s. On recommendation, we went to the Grand Hyatt for their Sunday Champagne brunch. It was amazing! One of the most lavish buffets I've ever had the privilege to indulge in. Tattinger champagne is free flowing as well. It's not cheap but well worth it. With our buzz, we caught an open-air bus and boarded the Duck Tour which took us on a city and water tour of singapore. Cheesy but kinda fun and a completely effortless way to see Singapore's highlights including the Merlion. The evening was spent having happy hour at the Longbar of the beautiful Raffles hotel. We shunned any shopping as we live in Hong Kong and the value and selection in Singapore pales in comparison to Hong Kong. The money you would over-spend on many items in Singapore could cover a cheap air ticket on JET ASIA or the like for the 3 hour flight to Hong Kong.
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| A Chang |
30 January 2005 |
Stayed at Traders Hotel Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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Whenever I visit Singapore, I try to visit Sentosa. But instead of going straight to Sentosa, I like to hire a taxi to take me up to Mount Faber cable car station. Mount Faber is supposed to be one of the highest points in Singapore, and it is hard to understand why. Mount Faber is more like the Mid-Levels in Hong Kong, that is, the Peak is twice as high as Mount Faber. Still, the ride on the cable car from Mount Faber to Sentosa offers great views, especially the pool on a cruise liner parked at a ferry terminal. One mistake I keep making when I've gone to Sentosa the past few years is I always buy separate tickets for the cable car, admission to Sentosa and some rides, instead of a package that includs everything. If you add the separate prices up, the package is cheaper. Sentosa now has the Sky Tower which is similar to the one at Ocean Park. It offers great views and is airconditioned. Once you've been up the Sky Tower, you don't need to waste money going up to the Merlion Tower, since the views aren't that great.
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| W Dahlan |
04 January 2005 |
Stayed at Asia Hotel - Singapore, Singapore.
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Using metro in Singapore is very easy. If you fly Singapore Airlines, you can jump to a Singapore airlines bus tour paying only S$3 per day but you must show your boarding pass everytime you want to buy the ticket, S$6 without boarding pass. Boarding pass to be used within 7 days. I took this Sing-airlines bus tour two days in a row because there were too many places to see/visit. You can also take a free city tour if you have sometime to kill during transit if you fly Sing-airlines. I took River tour which was fantastic. The view along the river was just breathtaking.
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| L Emanuelle |
20 December 2004 |
Stayed at Keong Saik Hotel - Singapore, Singapore.
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We enjoyed Chinatown night markets, and especially enjoyed the tea "ceremony" at Tea Chapter. We visited the many temples in both Chinatown and Little India, ate at many hawker centres(all good)and visited Sentosa Island going over and back by cablecar. We used the fantastic MRT to get around and occasionally a taxi. Highly recommend Singapore as a stopover for about 3 days.
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| N Rodman |
06 December 2004 |
Stayed at Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort - Singapore, Singapore.
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Sentosa Island is a great place to escape for a day or two. There is plenty to do if you like swimming, lazying by the pool or generally doing tourist activities. Would recommend at least assigning several days to Sentosa to complete most activities. Some recommendations: Bike ride around track, Cable car, Musical Fountain (nightly), Mono-rail and sky platform.
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| T Siew luan |
05 December 2004 |
Stayed at Mana Mana Beach Club - Bintan Island (Indonesia), Singapore.
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Seasports lovers not recommended during December time due to the Monsoon season. Travel round by bus to Oleh Oleh is cheap though the things there are expensive, but food is Ok with not much to choose from. Kelong at Sebong was good especially the Pepper crabs. Going round on the Buddy car on your own was nice but the rate very expensive.
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Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Singapore
