Singapore

Me too!
I was there twenty years ago and loved it. I even splashed out and spent one night at Raffles (an experience that was worth the money). There was still some of the old Orchard Road hawkers left, but I'm sure that they'll have been "cleaned up" now

This is one of the better Satay mixes that I've found...................
Not as good as the real thing, but as good as any restaurant fare that I've come across. If you can't find it in your local Asian store I'll send you one to try.

 

Hmmm ... it was stuck between massive skyscrapers when I was there more than 30 years ago, must be worse now?

A single Set of Tennis took a dozen substitutes and 4 crates of beer as I recollect it .... hmmm ... come to think of it that was an upside, as my Tennis was not much cop, but the other part I was OK at!!

But overall I didn't like the place much. Uber-clean, but signs every 10 yards telling you they'd string you from the yardarm if you dropped any litter - too clinical for my liking. I had to cut my mate's hair at the airport as they wouldn't let him in (he had shoulder length hair, if that). I have been to plenty of places in the world that are very clean, but they are that way because that's how the locals want to keep them.

Too metropolis for me.

 

You can't be anywhere in central Singapore without being looked down on by skyscrapers. It was more about the experience - at 21 years old Raffles was a new way of life for 24hrs!

Ditto. It was a relief to get to Malaysia.

 

I was held up by armed gunmen in Malaysia - made the front page of the Straits Times ...

... but I too loved Malaysia but more so Thailand

 

I ended up in a dodgy "club" in KL being plied with cheap bubbly - turned out to be an "upmarket" brothel!

In my case too much as my visa had expired when I finally reached the Thai border. I was refused entry to Thailand until some American dollars fell out of my pocket!

 

The (untidy looking???) sampans all along the river were removed the year before we went as the start of the 'big clean up' and sanitising of the city.
The best parts are the gardens and the food.

 

Based on our experience it has changed a lot then. The place was still very clean - but cant see thats a bad thing. But generally no signs other than the off one in public gardens etc, same as here. Very friendly and modern city, and full of parks and gardens.

If anything we were not there long enough, loads to see and do.

 

That has changed then, I did all the gardens and tourist sites in a few days back then. Doesn't surprise me that there is much more now, very progressive society and keen to provide for their populous in ways that improve the general wellbeing. In fact its an interesting, and very successful IMHO, social experiment, if I can call it that

 

Gaz, did you go anywhere else other than Singapore?

 

Wow what beautiful pictures.My husband had a stop over on his way to Australia years ago and he said it was gorgeous, some where he would like to go for an holiday, but with three kids we have never managed to find the money to get there.

 

Stunning

 

I'm pleased to hear that. Sounds a lot more worthwhile than when I was there.

 

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