Singapore, "the Lion City" , is home to a diverse culture of people. Chinese people forming an ethnic majority with large populations of Malay, Indian and other races. Singapore is probably the only country in Asia where one would feel at home, irregardless of race and nationality. Each year flocks of people travel to Singapore in hopes of a better pay check and possibly a better future. Personally, I would like to visit Singapore for a vacation and to meet with friends who have decided to live here, but there's still no place like home.
I visited Singapore 4 years ago. I stayed there for almost a month on field assignment. They say you could go around Singapore within a day. During my stay here, I haven't really had the chance to explore and check-out the local scenery. My normal route consists of hotel-office-hotel. I usually, report to the office Mondays to Saturdays (9:00 A.M. to 6 P.M.). I usually spend Sundays inside my room resting. As much as I loved to go out, I just don't seem to have enough energy left. After I finished my stay in Singapore, I vowed to make the most of time whenever I returned here.
Alas, after 5 years I finally got my chance to return to Singapore on vacation. With only 5 days to go around the country, we were faced with a dilemma, to tour the area or visit friends. So as discrete as possible, we planned our vacation and decided to go on tour during the day, then have dinner with friends. As clever as the it seemed, there was a slight draw back to our plans. It seems that we could only meet friends living within the vicinity of Sentosa, Singapore Zoo, etc. places we intended to see. We still needed to consider the distance from these places to our hotel. So we did as most adventure seeking tourists do, we just winged it and the rest is history.
This entry is a collection of experiences touring the Lion City. Hopefully, I could add and share more as time goes by...
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