Golden Star Hotel
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Long queues at the Chinatown money changer despite reaching before 5. Forgot that my daily credit limit was 2000! Only able to change 1450 to pounds. If that doesn't seem like enough money I'll just have to change at tm another day. Odbo branch at Yue Hwa. Sunblock pact costs $67! Talk ...
I quite like it here...
... It was really well laid out and even though everything seemed quite far away on the map it was quite close when we were moving about. It had lots of lovely plants and different wildlife with sculptures, bonsai parks, band stands, concert halls and even a waterfall and best of all, it was all free! The heat was quite intense as it was about 30 degrees and humid walking around so we did quite a bit of sweating! Once we wandered around the park we got the bus back ...
Transit to Oz
... by the Bay, Chinese Garden& Botanical Garden.
Place of Interest> Zoo, Night safari, Jurong bird parks, Crocodile farms, Singapore Science Centre, China Town, Little India, Esplanade, Singapore flyer.
Musuem> Singapore National Musuem, Peranakan Musuem, Coin Musuem, Toy Musuem, Art Musuem...
Place to chill up> East Coast, Bedok Reservor, Ubin Island, Marina Barrage& Skydeck...
ThemePark> Sentosa Island, ...
Day 1.5
... apartment building that looks like something right out of Blade Runner. We visited the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, tramped around Chinatown and then headed up to the epicenter of conspicuous consumption: Orchard Road. It's a very unique shopping area: each long block basically has the same density of shopping malls and a nearly identical assortment of high-end stores. People come from all over SE Asia to shop in Singapore, and ...
One united people, regardless of race, language.
... a reminder that the country remains an important trade route.
National Museum of Singapore and Fort Canning
The National Museum of Singapore was tells the interesting history of Singapore from the days of Sir Stamford through to now. The museum can be navigated either by ‘events’ or by ‘people’. At certain junctions within the museum it is possible to swap paths from one to the other. This enables visitors to not only assimilate ...