Singapore

In Singapore we were very lucky to be hosted by Oli (an old friend of Tom's) and his family. They have been living in Singapore for a couple of years and have a lovely house where we could experience some home comforts and luxuries and a break from our usual hostel routine.
During the days we explored the marina bay area, downtown and Chinatown. We tried a couple of 'hawker centres', like food courts where lots of tiny kitchens share a big area of tables and chairs.
It was interesting to see how few other people we saw on the streets during the day. Despite the weather being no hotter or more humid than we experienced in Kuala Lumpur or Tokyo, everybody here sticks to the air-conditioned places whenever possible and seemed surprised that we would walk a few hundred metres rather than wait for a bus.
In the evenings Oli and Coysi took us to some amazing roof-top bars including the top of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel (the one with the boat shape) to have Singapore slings and other cocktails with amazing views of the bay and the other skyscrapers. We also went to see the super trees in the evening for a light show set to music.Read more