Singapore 11. – 15.06.2012 (German/English)

Am ersten Tag habe ich die halbe Stadt zu Fuß abgelatscht. Und dass bei 32 Grad und extrem feuchtschwüler Luft. Nach gut 9 Stunden war ich zurück im Hostel Backpackers SG. Für 26 SGD erhält man ein Bett im 4-Bett-Zimmer, freies W-Lan, Gemeinschaftsduschen und freies Frühstück. Unterster Standard, aber was braucht man mehr.

Nach Australien sind die Lebensmittelpreise hier sehr günstig. Für 5 SGD erhält man eine ordentliche Mahlzeit, zwar nicht im Restaurant aber in einer der vielen kleinen Küchen am Straßenrand.

Der Innenstadtbereich von Singapore zeigt sich mit all seinen Hochhäusern und Parks und anderen beeindruckenden Gebäuden von seiner besten Seite. Alles ist sauber und pickobello; kein Grafitti weit und breit.

Little India hingegen ist schmuddelig, aber mit all seinen kleinen Geschäften und den vielen Menschen sehr interessant.

At the 2. day I visit the island Sentosa. The island is in the south of the business district. Here are some beaches with a good look on the ships on roads. Today are 33 degrees and a jump in the water is not really a refreshment. The water is not clear and not clean. No comparison with the beaches in Westaustralia or New Zealand. On the Sentosa a lot of funparks but no nature. All is fake included the Nature Trials. Between the rocks are signs, that you don’t walk on it, because they are from fibreglass.  

I went by train to the harbour front. This underground train is different to other trains. You don’t get a paper ticket, but a card like a credit card. Only the card has a value from 1 SGD and you have to pay on the card the price. When you finished the ride, you give the card back to machine and you get your Dollar back. More then every 2. person is in the train busy with their smartphones; games, movies, phone calls, facebook, emails – unbelievable.

Strange and wonderful experiences at the 3. day. A new Mazda MX 5 with 160 hp cost in Singapore 180.000 SGD, also around 112.500 Euro. That to the matter tax. I visited the Orchard Road with a lot of very expensive hotels and shopping center. Here is the visitorcenter, where I booked the Night Safari in the Singapore Zoo for the evening, www.nightsafari.com.sg . The Night Safari was the highlight here in Singapore. I sae the “Creatures Of The Night Show”, walked on trial through the park and took the “Night Safari Tram”, which got very close to the animals. Fantastic!!!

At the 4. day I visited Chinatown in Singapore. Here are a lot of small shops and restaurants. I bought another SD-Card and a better accu for the camera and had lunch in this area. At the afternoon I travelled by train to the suburbans, but it looks all very similar.

My last day in Singapore I stayed the most time on the airport. It’s a very new one and I enjoyed, that is all climated. I didn’t know, what I should visit still in Singapore. So I worked on the airport with free WiFi on this blog. My flight back to Germany started after 23:00 p.m., so I had plenty of time.