Lion City!

Otherwise known as Singapore!

the White Tigers, there were 3 in the enclosure, amazing!

For a country, it’s a tiny little place – but with quite a punch packed into it! I can honestly say it puts London to shame!

Streets are clean, the facilities immaculate, transport systems efficient, internet speed’s superfast…I could go on!

It is a haven for the ‘stop over tourist’ – meaning it’s somewhere you would visit for 3-4 days before moving onto somewhere else. This is due to the size of the place – they say you will hit the sea within15 minutes of traveling from anywhere in any direction.

However, it’s a nightmare for the budget traveler. The prim and proper country comes with a price. Budget accommodation is rare, almost always fully booked unless you book way in advance and you get much less for your pennies here. Coming from Bali and Thailand, we were not prepared for the shock – we got a bed and four walls here for the same price of a hotel room with with a pool and a view in Bali! Saying that, food is cheap-ish. Transport on the ever-so-efficient MRT (equivalent of the London Underground) is fairly cheap.

Its great for families – its geared for kids and boy does it take the gold medal! I must admit I did miss the family during my stay here – it’s somewhere best visited with the folks and siblings and kids (if we had any!). We have seen some fantastic shows/places/activities:

Our favorite so for is the Songs of the Sea – pyrotechnics, hydraulic powered, laser lights, massive fountains, projectors – all create a fantastic show that vowed even us who have been to some award wining shows in the West End in London.

Above, some pics we took, you can just make out the 3D images projected into water fountains

Another favorite is the Night Safari and Singapore zoo. The zoo had some incredible animals. The night safari is unique to Singapore. Nowhere else in the world will a golf trolley drive you through jungle landscape to view nocturnal animals in their own habitat. No cages here – just carefully sculptured landscape that prevents you from being the leopards/lions dinner! The clever design of the safari allows the visitor to have great views of the animals. I was quite surprised at the number of animals we managed to see, I initially thought the animals would be in hiding and shy from any nosey Homo Eructus.

The lion was scared, he didnt even look at me!

to be cont…