Little India Singapore

Réveil à 8h30 à
l’U-Baan Guesthouse. Nous prenons
notre petit déjeuner dans un petit restaurant de rue dans le soi d’à côté (soi = ruelle) :
soupe de nouille au poulet et tofu. Nous récupérons nos sacs et nous mettons en
marche direction la station de BTS Wongwiang
Yai. Nous prenons deux BTS et le train qui relie …

We almost didn't make it to Singapore!!

We had been told when we checked in at Cairns, that we only had an hour to make our connection in Sydney, but that we should be fine. When we landed, we were aware we were already running a bit behind schedule, so were eager to get of the plane as quickly as possible. We spotted the signs for our …

Tuesday was very sunny and intensely hot, which we chose wander about aimlessly in (mad dogs and all that).

During this wandering we took in Chinatown, the Sri Mariamman Temple (Hindu), Buddha Tooth relic temple (very ornate with much chanting), and took the MRT system over to Little India.

Lunch was in the enormous Tekka …

There is a startling contrast between the last 2 days since our last entry. Yesterday was spent in Little India and Fort Canning Park and today was Universal Studios on Sentosa Island. Both days have been wonderful for different reasons. I enjoyed today very much because of the Cylon and Human roller-coasters at Universal Studios but Sam would …

As mentioned previously, our Singapore leg of our journey began at breakneck pace as we crammed in many of Singapore's best known attractions. Since the last entry we have decided to just relax a bit and save some of our enthusiasm for the 16th when we head to Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur. Another change since the last entry was our move from The …

Entry containing 1 photo titled: Artbox in Orchard

Hari ini jadwalnya adalah naik MRT ke Little India,
lalu jalan kaki ke Bugis, Kampong Glam, National Library, St, Joseph
Church, Cathedral of The Good Shepherd, CHIJMS, Esplanade, Merlion Park,
Raffles Statue, Boat Quay, Pagoda Street, Clarke Quay. Lalu naik bus ke
Orchard Road.

Malamnya pergi ke Esplanade, Merlion Park …

In the early morning I woke up and immediately left toward the city and its attractions. My mom asked me to take some pictures of the quays and who am I to say no to an Italian mamma?
Very happy about the quality of the shots taken, the vibrant colours of the buildings and the smiling faces reminded me of Buenos Aires!

I wandered …

Our flight from Melbourne was delayed so we didn't arrive in Singapore until after 10pm. After a week staying at Juliet and Peet's we weren't looking forward to getting back into the hostel scene so we'd researched options on the HostelWorld website and found a little hostel in the Upper Serangoon area. Location-wise it was a little further afield …

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Slept in a little today, did not get up until 9:00 a.m., we spent the morning skyping with family, as it was Christmas back home. We headed out to take the Hop On/Hop Off bus around lunchtime, so we could check out some Singapore sights.

We stopped at Little India, it goes on forever, with markets selling Indian wares …

... is death. So we were on our best behavior,....except for Maureen and her gum chewing rebellious behavior. We first visited Little India which was fascinating. The sounds and smells of the incense were enough to make me already start thinking about how ...

... and soul. I didn't feel anything, whether it be walking around the street or riding the subway (this is not the case in Little India or Chinatown). Usually you feel something, fall in love with one aspect of a city, but here .... not really. It's an old ...

... you to jump on and off. I have included pictures of some of the city's architecture, Chinatown and Little India. Below is some history of Singapore to put the city in some context: The British East India Company established a trading post on the ...

... loved the organization of Singapore and the general feeling of being completely anonymous. We stayed in an area of town called Little India, which seemed a lot like a Disney World version of India... mostly good smells with a modern sanitation system ...

... burn piles of paper all over the sidewalk so that they will be reunited with their deceased relatives in the afterlife. In Little India, where we are staying, there are flower garlands everywhere and burning incense wafting out of all the shops, women ...

... a craving for spicy food to satisfy. This led us to Bangles Indian restaurant, a fifteen minute walk north to the Little India area of Singapore, and on entering through the quaint wooden double doors we could see we'd taken them by surprise as we walked ...

... inspired Marriot Hotel and the Art Deco 'Gotham City' office block (PICS).   The tour continued through Chinatown and Little India, taking in the brightly coloured tower blocks of the low cost HDB's (Housing Development Buildings) and the Oppulent ...

... designer name here.  It was all a bit too much for us so we headed towards the tube and for our last location: Little India (Andrew edit - at last another metro we were knackered by this point). Little India lives up to its name.  Everything ...

... can have a look at but not really much to mention as it was pretty touristy! We also took a trip to Chinatown and Little India, Orchard road and Arab street, the 4 main attractions of the city. Obviously all different cultures but still the same ...

... accompanied with short presentations about the animals which was good.  We walked around Chinatown and had a curry. Then walked around Little India and had a Chinese, hmmmm. We went into the famous Raffles hotel, an example of the colonial past and ...