🇸🇬 Singapore with Paulina&Michal

Visiting Singapore was planned around meeting Paulina and Michał - who, by the way, was celebrating his birthday. Getting there was quite a journey: a seven-hour flight from Sydney, landing at 3 AM. The last few hours before sunrise were spent sleeping on the floor in a quiet corner, wrapped in a blanket. By the time we made it to the city center, exhaustion was obvious, but there was no time to rest. Too much catching up to do! Our friends had been to Taiwan and Thailand, we had our own stories to share, and in between, we wandered through the city.

Singapore is modern, structured, and hot. A wealthy metropolis with strict social discipline - bans on chewing gum, high fines for jaywalking - though in reality, these seemed more like deterrents than everyday threats. That said, we definitely ignored most traffic rules while cycling.

At one point, Michał asked what I missed most during our travels. The answer came easily: moments like this, meeting friends.

Singapore has an interesting history - it’s a relatively new city, built from scratch, with old neighborhoods squeezed between glass skyscrapers. It’s more of a controlled state than a democracy, but people seem to accept it, given the country’s financial success and high standard of living. Personally, the city didn’t quite captivate me, except for one thing: the Supertrees! These towering structures in Gardens by the Bay are futuristic vertical gardens, covered in plants, glowing with changing colors at night - easily the most magical part of Singapore.

Beyond that, the city left me impressed but not enchanted, especially with super painful broken toe.Leggi altro