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Singapore , no boy business  but active forum participation. Just tourist stuff  When I was  in Thailand last time , in  Sept 2025 I sternly ordered myself that next time in the region I must  go to Singapore since I never been there and clock is ticking. No only wanted to get new country to visit but also was curious to see if opinions I was getting about the place  from various trusted sources will confirm ( boring , super clean , modern and efficient, expensive etc.) So at 4 am  alarm sounded, I sent L home with his well deserved tip ,spruced myself up,  left most of my goodies with hotel  till my return in about 3 weeks and set to regional tour  with 1st step being ordering taxi from Grab  to take me to Don Muang. I did not wait longer than 3 minutes, fee came to 359 +50 baht toll , not sure it was much cheaper than  just stopping taxi on the street at that time. This was first time ever I used that app at all (locally where I live I’m using something else if need arises, rarely though ).  Managed to have some meal in coupon restaurant  before checking in. Window seat allowed me to see on approach famous Marina Bay sands building so I knew I’m arriving in Singapore indeed. I had hotel in central location , close to subway station so I took subway  to get there from the airport and on advice from lady on the airport station I used my credit card to pay for feres instead of  buying tourist card . It was sound advice as at end of my two day stay it turned out I saved few dollars that way.  I did not bother with exchanging money since I purchased Singapore dollars in Bangkok. But I bought SIM card and it was not good investment at 35 S$  for just 2 days  so I got instant confirmation that city state is  not a cheap place Since room was not available – way too early , I dropped bag in hotel and set to see the city. It was short walk to Museum Of Asian Civilisations, admission for senior whopping 20 S$ but I found it very interesting but not overwhelming. At 3 pm went to hotel to claim my room, more like  prison cell without window but it had all conveniences including private bathroom. Lack of window was compensated by the light from corridor seeping from under the door  so it was not completely dark at night inside. Soon after Jason , who volunteered to show me his homeland after work on both days,   showed up  and off we went to twin attraction of Flower Dome and Cloud forest. Admission 46 S$ but it was worth it as place is vast and it gave me chance to see up close live dinosaurs. We spent few hours there and when we were leaving it was about time for short walk to Gardens by the Bay  to see light and sound show there, nightly free attraction attended by zillions of people. We treated ourselves with durian ice cream , my first. Fascinating fruit although in my opinion not as smelly  and not as heavenly tasting as legends have it. Walked to hotel through city center and  my first Singapore day was over. Next day morning I walked from hotel to acclaimed Arab Street, visited mosque there and checked 2 churches on my way. From there to Little India , bought mandarins and paid less than in Bangkok so obviously not everything is expensive there returned  to hotel where soon Jason showed up and we set  to Chinatown, short walk from hotel, with 1st step hawker centre where we had a meal and it was tasty as well as inexpensive – my duck with rice was 5.50 S$. Then Chinatown, Buddha Tooth temple and bus to mains hopping  district , Orchard street. There I got fascinated with gold bar selling machine, not that I bought anything there.  From there we crossed half country by bus to the airport  to see internal waterfall and sound and light show there. Additional attraction was supermarket there where I bought Malaysian tea BOH   which I like a lot and can’t see anywhere else. Next  morning I went to Sentosa island  just to have a look. Admission was expensive and I had only half day at my disposal so I did not partake in entertainment there.  My last thing to see , short walk from hotel was Merlion, symbol of city state . I took obligatory photo , return to hotel, took my luggage and went to the airport  from where I had afternoon  flight to my next destination – Da Nang in Vietnam. To summarise , I liked Singapore, I should allow myself  day or two more. As for stereotypes , yes , very modern. Very clean although not as shiny as legends have it but if there’s piece of garbage somewhere , it’s certainly visible from far and stands out. Hotels and admissions are at western levels – I paid more for 2 nights in windowless room than for 5 nights in room with sea view in Da Nang . On another hand public transport and food in hawker centres was very affordable and as I said , mandarins were cheaper than in Bangkok.      

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