Singapore Botanic Gardens

So after three months of some what intensive Muay Thai training, it was now time to get on a different path. Although I enjoyed Phuket, and the guys at Tiger greatly, I was now starting to get itchy feet to start travelling. And my first destination. Singapore.

Had the pleasure of experiencing my first AirAsia flight today. Although it …

Well that's it; it is time to leave my final country, Singapore.

Yesterday I had a nice chilled out day, shopping, waiting out the storm in my hotel room and then drinking cocktails in the hotel bar. It was bliss and nice to actually have a relaxing day to myself after all of the hectic travelling I have done.

Today I headed …

The vast change from India to Singapore was hard to cope with, it felt like being flung forward 100 years instantly!

Every where you go there is a mall, with at least one McDonalds and a Burger King. Massive high rise buildings, the best and cleanest metro system I've seen indeed the whole public transport system is fantastic. Shops of …

Friday

Early morning Air Asia flight from Langkawi to Singapore. So easy I kinda wish we'd flown to Penang instead of enduring that awful train ride.

Hot hot hot here. We're staying in a nice hostel in Little India which is really pretty - busy and bustling all day and all night. We took the MRT to the harbour then walked across …

Singapore, the City-State, at only 274 square miles it is easily the smallest country I have ever been to, although arguably has possibly the most to offer. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit singapura, meaning lion city, after Sang Nila Utama, founder of the ancient settlement of Singapore saw what he thought was a lion here. Despite a …

We arrived in Singapore to our luxurious hotel which ended up being even more luxurious than first imagined as we were upgraded to a club room (which included all FCUK toiletries). It was the first luxury we had in 3 months which included pillows which your head actually sunk into, bath robes and slippers and a feather duvet! The first night we …

Its good to be back. 3 and a bit years since our last and first visit to the country of Singapore and for me it's as if we never left. I loved this place first time around. I liked the way it seemed organised without trying. The people know the rules and just get on with things. Last time we stayed here we stayed in the Parkroyal on Beach Road. A 4 …

Very photogenic and multicultural city. We stayed at the hotel Pan Pacific, which is located in the Bay Area. Great hotel with impeccable service. You can get a good price by booking in advance on the web. Expensive but good breakfast with wide variety of oriental and western cuisine. The location is ideal for visiting the Bay Area, the Metro is a …

change of plans! this morning we decided to change our plans and post-pone sentosa to another day because we weren't sure if it was gonna rain a lot today. it always rains but usually never long. sentosa would be much nicer if the sun is out so we're gonna wait. instead we went to the botanic garden for a couple of hours. we saw the evolution …

After we landed in Changi Airport having endured our first 17 hour flight, we were just praying for a bed and some proper sleep. As soon as we got to our hotel though, we went into the travel agency, where a friendly attendant convinced us to make most of our limited time and start experiencing Singapore straight away.
So in few hours we were …

... City Loop tour, which took us around the cities impressive array of hotels and shopping malls, the Esplanade & Merlion Park, Botanic Gardens, the wide range of embassies and luxury homes around the city. The tour was fairly varied but a useless ...

... , and the superlative cleanliness and efficiency of the place. We ended up spending much of the afternoon in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a perfectly manicured pad where, clearly, no expense has been spared... the facilities would have my ex-colleagues ...

... to get around, it's fast, smooth and efficient. All the stations are spotless and everything looks brand new, they exemplify Singapore. Singapore is a city, an island and a country, ruled over by the Socialist Peoples Action Party (PAP) who keep the ...

Our next stop was the Singapore Botanic Gardens which is a 157-acres.  It is around one-fifth the size of Central Park in New York and is the only garden in the world that opens from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight every single day of the year. The ...

... going to be substantially different), then you wouldn't know this because I would have carried on writing about how nice the Botanic Gardens are, about how incredibly different the districts are, and about how lovely the food is in the Rochor Centre at ...

... just to relax and catch up on all our news! Friday we decided to go for a walk. We made it as far as the Botanic Gardens. We wandered round the Garden of Evolution which took us through from the beginning of time until now in about 15 minutes. We ...

After applying for our visas at the Thai embassy on Orchard Road, we walked over to the Botanic Gardens.  It was hot, but the park had a nice breeze and was well manicured. However, the park also included an Evolution Garden, which had the ...

... a walk through the colonial district to the Botanic Gardens. It was really hot so we had lots of rests along the way. The Botanic Gardens are beautiful 130 acres of tranquility in the city. There was a Swan lake and a Lily pond, Orchid and Ginger ...

... Hotel was only $12 and took about 40 minutes. The same trips would cost about $25/$50 respectively, in Dunedin. Anyway, I digress - The botanic Gardens were great (is you love plants). We made it a short stay and taxied back down to Orchard road. Had a ...

... begin to doubt!!   Once our hungry tums were satisfied, we tootled off on our merry way to the Singapore Botanic Gardens, within which, not only are there beautiful gardens to enjoy, but also rainforest walks and the ever-splendid orchid gardens ...