Comments on: The Saturday City: Singapore

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:52:13 +0000

I spent a week in Singapore and certainly enjoyed myself. I’d say it’s a better place to live than travel too though. Everything passes through Singapore, so it’s a great place to catch gig’s in the Esplanade, party in the F1 paddock or watch a immersive 3D film in the OmnIMAX. I did all of those within my week there, and still missed some bits Singapore offers like Sentosa island.

Night Safari is world class, only tip I’d give is if you want to take photo’s of the animals at night, don’t go on the golf cart thing that takes you around it. Although it’s slow it means all your photo’s come out blurred – d’oh.

By: Phill Danze

Phill Danze — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:59:48 +0000

I’ve travelled many times to Singapore for work over the past 8 years and would recommend it for a couple of days as a stop over destination for the leisure traveller. As Matt suggests; clean, orderly, friendly, safe, and (surprisingly) not what you may expect. In addition to Matt’s latest update, there is a good summary and write up in the Qantas inflight magazine from September 2010: http://travelinsider.qantas.com.au/singapore_on_song.htm

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:42:22 +0000

The zoo is great. It’s open so you see animals running around. Watch out for monkeys!

By: flip

flip — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:51:17 +0000

will definitely head on to the singapore zoo

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:42:57 +0000

Lots has changed in 2 years. Sentosa is no longer a quiet beach, it now has a huge theme park and casino and million dollar homes. The nightlife is better with lots of amazing “lifestyle” hubs popping up in former heritage enclaves. The Zoo and Night Safari keep getting better and a day trip off to the islands (like Palau Ubin) or a walk in the Mangroves along Sungei Buloh are amazing bits of nature in a highly populated city. Come back and visit again!

By: Singaporean in London

Singaporean in London — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:28:27 +0000

Hey Matt, I don’t suppose you managed to cover the Night Safari, did you? I put it off for quite some time before giving it a visit before heading towards London. It was surprisingly refreshing. According to a pal who works there, lots of effort has been put into making it less restrictive for the animals thus improving the overall experience.

And oh… I love Arab Street. Nothing beats a nice cool evening out there with pals over a cup of teh tarik (froth tea with condensed milk). Hmmm….

@John,
Ironically, S’pore is chasing the pink dollar despite making homosexuality illegal (as you have pointed out). However, there is some effort by the gay community to legalize their status of late.

Cheers,
C K

By: Travel Agents India

Travel Agents India — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:02:07 +0000

Hi,
That was an interesting and yet a quick trip info about Singapore.
Thanks for the additional info about the zoo.

Regards

By: New England Lodgings

New England Lodgings — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:20:51 +0000

It is now on my list of places to experience in my lifetime. What an idyllic place.

By: John at voyagers.typepad.com

John at voyagers.typepad.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:28:04 +0000

I adored Singapore. Part of that, I think, was that I was living and working in Beijing at the time, and it was -25°C, and Singapore was +25°C, and it was glorious.

Singapore is also a Western enough city that I had the excitement of French cheese and bookstores and films in proper cinemas that I didn’t have in Beijing. I had the most wonderful evening picnicking on top of Mount Faber, having ridden the cablecar up there.

And, interestingly, I found that the gay nightlife in Singapore was pretty good, despite the fact that actual gay sex is illegal in Singapore.

By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter

A. Wannabe Travelwriter — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:44:00 +0000

As you read in my accounts, you can actually get in a decent pub-crawl along the river, right there in Singapore.

Other highlights were drinking a grossly over-priced Singapore Sling where it was invented – at the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel (did you check out the Writers Bar there?) and finding out that I would not get arrested for chewing gum.