Travel diary on Singapore
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In TRAVEL DIARIES Travel diary: Singapore After coming back to Austria from our 3,5 week journey to Asia and Australia, going through thousands of impressions and pictures I am happy to start you off with the first of four travel diaries. Our trip went like this: Singapore – Melbourne – Cairns (Great Barrier Reef) – Sydney. Starting off the whole trip with 4 days in Singpore was a total blast. This city is truly unique. If I had to describe it with only a few words, this would be the list: All about food, clean and green, luxurious. But before we get back to the start, here is a short video as an intro. GETTING TO SINGAPORE We traveled from the Munich Airport with Emirates in the new A380 to Dubai. It was my first time on this fantastic airplane and it was quite the revelation. Traveling on the A380 is amazing. Wide seats, great entertainment and even good food. And we were lucky because we had 3 seats for ourselves. I already explained our travel hack on Instagram, but here it is again: Always book the window and the aisle seat and leave out the middle one. If the plane is not full, chances are high that the seat in the middle will remain free and you have more comfort stretching out. And in case it is fully booked, just kindly ask the person who is booked for the middle seat, if they would want to sit either on the window or aisle seat. Usually no one refuses that offer. The first stopover was in Dubai for roughly 3 hours and then continuing on to Singapore over night, landing at Changi Airport at 15:00 in the afternoon. Travel Diary: Singapore | You Rock My Life Blog ARRIVAL Patrick’s cousin lives in Singapore with his wife and their two kids (quite the exciting life story, but that would be a bit too much for this post) so we had the chance to stay with them and getting the full behind-the-scenes local insights. We were thrilled to see some stuff you wouldn’t see as a normal tourist. THE CITY Singapore has 5.6 million inhabitants from many different cultures. There are 4 main languages spoken: English, Tamil, Mandarin and Malay. The mix of cultures and heritages make Singapore a true melting pot in the middle of Asia. And that is what I loved most about it! It is super structured, very clean (the urban myth about the chewing gum rule is not quite accurate but close enough) and chilled. Singapore is also called the garden city, and once you’ve been there and you’ve seen how many parks, trees and flowers there are, you totally get why. Patrick’s cousin told us that Singapore actually attempts to be a garden with a city, and not a city with a garden. Which means, the government is constantly working on making the city even greener. Furthermore, the whole city is just about food – and truly some of the best food I have ever had. Everyone knows Singapore because of the MBS (Marina Bay Sands Hotel) and the famous Singapore Sling cocktail, but there is so much more to this city. If you ever have the possibility to stop over there, make sure it is at least for two full days. Travel Diary: Singapore | You Rock My Life BlogTravel Diary: Singapore | You Rock My Life Blog WEATHER As Patrick’s cousin told us, the temperature is at around 28°C all year round and during the month of January to March, there is Monsoon season. And it’s humid AF. But ice cold everywhere inside – stores and malls cool down the temperature to 18 degrees, so make sure you always have a jacket with you. GETTING AROUND When arriving, a taxi ride brings you to the city center for about 25 Sing dollars. Singapore has a fantastic metro called MRT. You can get a prepaid cards and travel for just a few cents from the one side of the town to the other – and it’s super fast. If you don’t want to take the metro, taxis are a good and not too expensive alternative. On city trips we usually always make sure to walk most of the time, because it gives you the opportunity to discover everything in the best way. In Singapore we found it surprisingly easy to walk the areas without being too exhausted – but make sure you always have a bottle of water (or coconut water!) with you – you’ll need it. Hope this helps....❤