Bloggin HK: Singapore

We left Malaysia on an overnight train to Singapore. The train right was really interesting - it was my first Night Train. We all had individual beds (top bunks of course to save $$). The ride is about 8 hours long but you had to wake up about 6 hours into it and get off the train to go through customs. It was really annoying. We actually thought we were in Singapore after customs and declined to get back on the train - but were convinced fairly easily to get back on after being told Singapore is still two hours away.

Singapore was pretty cool, but it was very much like Hong Kong. It's really clean and there were some crazy fines for laws. If you had chewing gum you were fined $500. If you had fireworks (and I don't mean The Missile from Puerto Galera, I mean, like a bottle rocket) you got CANED.

During our 12 hour stay, we visited China town, the financial district (found

the Merrill building), government buildings, Singapore Flyer, the Fullerton Hotel, the Esplanade, and so much more.

THE RAFFLES HOTEL

One of the highlights was going to the Famous Raffles Hotel where the Singapore Sling, the signature cocktail of the country, was invented. The same recipe has been used for 98 years and at $23 USD they made sure tourists paid for a taste of it. I didn't get a picture with the drink, but here is Alyssa enjoying every minute of it. I couldn't say Sally did the same...

We had dinner at Clark Quay before catching an overnight train

back to Malaysia to spend one last day in KL. Singapore was quite the day trip but thats about what it is...a day trip. I couldn't imagine spending any longer there.