I was already in a steamy mood about being booted off a Qantas airline due to purchasing budget tickets, but when I did manage to stay on a flight, I had to pay $10 to watch in-flight entertainment. Fortunately, there was a nice return to normalcy when I realized Singaporeans call Burger King, Burger King instead of Hungry Jacks, which for some odd reason, the Australians like to call a Burger King.
I was excited about my new surroundings in Singapore, I checked into my Singapore boutique hotel, which I was apprehensive about at first, due to the extra expense, but the staff was super friendly, professional and the accommodations were supreme. In the morning, I took the MRT into town and hung around the colonial area. That’s were I saw a world famous hotel, a war memorial, the CBD (Central Business District) and the very funny looking Merlion statue, which look liked someone designed it while they were on a drinking binge.
If Cairns is known as the backpackers tourism capital of the world, then Singapore is known as the consumer goods capital. Even though I like shopping as much as the next person, I thoroughly enjoyed the food hawkers stalls. I had some of the best dishes there and the cheapest. I went back on the MRT and notice that not only the kids have all the latest electronic gadgets, but the elderly do too! I felt like I was McFly in ‘Back to the Future II‘, too bad though there weren’t any hover-boards. I felt like a kid in a sweet shop as I explored Singapore, there was so much to do and choose from, I was overwhelmed. I finally decided to hit Chinatown and happened upon a market were I was so touted upon it became annoying. So, I went back to Orchard Street, Singapore’s main shopping district, and did my best to stay away from the various clothes shops, because I have already purchased too much; if I bought anymore, I’d have to ship it back home, and I really don’t want to do that.
Singapore, needs more than just a few days to explore all it’s fantastic beauty, but for the moment, that’s all I could afford, only a few days. I feel I made the most of it and was happy to do so.
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