Raffles Landing Site Singapore

Woke up later than I wanted, around 9am. Went down for breakfast. Hash browns and egg mayo anyone? Actually nicer than I expected.

Decided I needed to orient myself, since the taxi journey took me round one-way systems. So I walked down to Orchard Road, the shopping mecca here. I imagine it's fantastic if you're buying, because it's just …

Just some comment on the journey here first. Had to get the metro to the main bus station but it's easy to use so no issue. The main bus station was exactly like an airport terminal with departure gates, boarding passes and everything! It's strange when your "flight" is called and you step out onto the concourse, theres just a bus - although you …

Day 1
Hopped off plane after a 12 hour flight in which neither of us slept. Got some money $SD305.83 for E200, not bad. Then did our visa thing and we were legal!!Hopped on MRT $SD15 EZ-link and it was out ticket to Singapore. Short train journey later we got off at Lavender and it was like getting in to an oven, 29 degrees at 09.05. This was …

The best way to try and give one an impression of Singapore is to compare its population density to Canada. Singapore has a population of slightly more than 5 million with a population density of 18,265 people per squ. mile. Only the tiny islands of Macau, off the SE coast of China and Monaco have a higher population density. Even Hong Kong is …

... deserted. All the shops were closed so early on a Sunday morning, so we kept walking on to Boat Quay, across to Raffles landing site and to Cavenagh Bridge. We saw the small Merlion spitting water and the Esplinade - Theatres on the Bay building that ...

... Hall & Theatre, The Esplanade, Raffles City, Singapore Recreation Club, Riverside Point, Cavenagh Bridge, and the Sir Stamford Raffles landing site. Adi heads back to the hotel to take a nap as she didn't sleep all that well and Lauren and I ...

... found a promenade which faced several very old and really quite modern buildings like the parliament house, supreme court, sir raffles landing site and the Asian civilisations museum, so I sat at a restaurant by the river and had another very expensive ...

... on back to the hostel for a bit of a breather before attacking Chinatown. Along the way, we came across Raffles' Landing Site, the site at which on 28th January 1819 Sir Thomas Raffles changed the destiny of Singapore from an obscure fishing village to ...

... buildings to explore such as Parliament house, the colonial Victoria Theatre and Sir Stamford Raffles landing site (The British Official credited for founding modern Singapore). Just in these five minutes, you realise Singapore is no ordinary city. The ...

... and then when it stopped went for a boat journey to see the city from the water. We saw loads of sites including Raffles landing site, the Merlions, the Esplanade etc. but the problem was that the camera battery had died after about 2 photos so we just ...

... do some actual sight seeing. We took the underground to the river and had a look at all the colonial buildings around the Raffles Landing Site area. There were lots of great statues depicting scenes from the past. We also went on a river cruise which was ...

... the next half an hour taking lots of different photos as I walked east along the north bank, past Raffles Landing Site – the point where Singapore's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles, first popped up in his boat – and then over Cavanagh ...

... festivities seem to be centred around the F1 pit lane and start finish straight so we head off in the direction taking in Raffles landing site and the esplanade on the way. It is amiable chaos here. No-one really seems sure where the hub of events is ...

... buildings stood behind a row of shophouses all having been converted into swanky bars and restaurants. We stopped at the 'Raffles Landing Site' where a gleaming white Sir Stamford Raffles statue stood to mark the spot where Raffles, the founder of modern ...