Travel Blog Photos from The City (52)
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... and it had me sitting, groaning, for a long time. The people are friendly, the majority of them busy, and flitter around the city briskly with purpose. It was a pleasure to sit lazily and watch it all go by. Car number plates are stupidly over- ...
... 'Merlion', often found proudly displayed on postcards all over the city and clearly a symbolic and iconic structure landmarking the city of Singapore. While Singers hasn't knocked my socks off on face value, it's been a whole world of contrast to ...
... line, a highly efficient and fully automated underground railway network which had us to-ing and fro-ing around the city... ...where we wound up at Singapore Zoo, among the best in the world so we were told, and where we spent the afternoon leisurely ...
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SIGHTSEEING IN SINGAPORE
Posted on Mar 2, 2008, 11:29:58
... for a few hours or 1 day in which they vaguely make a tour of Raffles and maybe Orchard street then go away with a poor view of the city. Yes they fine you for jaywalking and yes it's much cleaner than the rest of Asia - that doesn't mean it's ...
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SIGHTSEEING IN SINGAPORE
Posted on Aug 29, 2007, 10:51:01
... Reserve. It will be hot and be prepared to spend half a day walking around. 6) Visit the farms Despite the fact that the city is highly urbanised, you can still find vegetable/goat/frog/fish/fruit farms. Most of them are located in the Lim Chu Kang/ ...
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COMPLAINTS ABOUT SINGAPORE
Posted on Aug 3, 2007, 11:24:49
... laws were put in place to counter the "throw it all in the street" tradition that the Chinese elders embraced. I think if you contrast Singapore with a city like Penang with it's garbage and sewage in the street, the laws aren't " ...
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COMPLAINTS ABOUT SINGAPORE
Posted on Oct 26, 2006, 10:55:54
... visited. (Montreal is another clean city-but that was a number of years ago) I missed the over the top patriotism, but I was in the city for less than a week. I enjoyed my stay and met a lot of backpackers at "The Inn Crowd" Hostel. Just ...
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