A FEW THOUGHTS

After 4 days in Singapore I have a feeling that this is truly the city where “east meets west”, at least maybe from a business perspective. There is no secret that this well-functional, clean and safe city is based on being one of the major business- and financial epicentres of Asia. As a concequence; everything also cost more here than many other places.

Singapore is a city easy to be european tourist in as (guessing statistics here) 99% of the population speak very well english, all signs are in english and the culture is very much oriented to the west. You will also find a large group of expats from Europe, US or Australia here.

The city is easy to travel in. You have a very good subway system covering the whole city and it is easy getting from one end of the city to the other and also switching lines. There is also a large number of buslines covering the city, and a lot of taxis which all run on the meter. It is all very efficient, clean and safe.

In centre of town you can almost not walk a single block without passing a huge 200 store shopping centre. They are everywhere and most of them look the same. In the high-fashion centres, many located around Orchard Street, you find all the big brands of clothing, cosmetics, electronics and jewellry. If you are to find anything out of the ordinary you need to go to the more specialized centres as Sim Lim for electronics, Holland Village for handcraft or places like Chinatwon or Little India.

For amusement Singapore also has its Sentosa Island where you can go by Cable car (in the air) from Harbour Front. There you will find the Sky Tower, Butterfly park, The underwater world, amusement parks , a few hotels etc etc. I enjoyed he Sky Tower and Underwater World (plus of course the cable car ride over) but be prepared to empty your wallet especially if you are a whole family

I find Singapore to be a nice city to stop over in for 3-4 days to relax, do some shopping etc. while travelling between other destinations. I don’t mind going again and probably will )

Tomorrow morning I will be going to Kuala Lumpur again, by train, where I will stay two nights before I head back to Norway ..

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