» TRAVEL DIARY: SINGAPORE
Singapore is beautiful. It's a mixture of exotic and city life, with its tall buildings and palm trees. But it is tiny, so we only stayed for two days.
The bus ride from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore took about five hours, and it was very comfortable (the bus was kind of empty!). When we first arrived, we checked into the hotel and then took the bus to 'Bugis', and had lunch at Burger King. We got two days tourist passes for buses and trains - highly recommend doing that, as it is easier than taking taxis everywhere. It's easy to find your way around Singapore, and people are friendly. Then we took the bus to a beautiful mosque (it's called 'Sultan', if I'm not mistaken). That area was stunning.
From there we took the bus to 'Marina Bay' - possibly one of the most beautiful places I've been to during this trip. We saw the famous infinity pool hotel (what is it called?) and rested under huge fans at the bay - so refreshing considering how hot it was. Then we kept walking around in the area and sat down on the steps to watch the water show. It was really cool, you guys!
The second day was an endless walk. It started with breakfast at McDonald's in 'Bugis', and from there we walked to 'S:t Andrews Cathedral'. The walking didn't stop here. We walked to 'Little India', which wasn't as impressive as the one in KL, and then we got tired of walking and took the train to 'Orchard road'.
Since we only had that one day left in Singapore, we decided to just walk down the road (no shopping) and then walked past the old Parliament house, the Supreme Court and other places that I currently can't remember. After all that walking, we finally made it to the Merlion, which is the lion/fish statue that I was dying to see.
From there it was a short walk to the Marina, where we met excited graduates. After that we had Indian food in the shopping mall (in the Marina) and walked to the 'Gardens by the Bay'.
The garden was beautiful. There were multiple "gardens" inside of it, with cool flowers, sculptures and then obviously the trees. We took the lift up the trees and walked on the bridge (taking a bunch of pictures and selfies, haha!). After walking around the garden and enjoying the heat and humidity (sarcasm), we lied down to watch the "light show". I'll show you guys a short clip of it if I can find it - absolutely beautiful!
Then we took the train back to the hotel to pack up and get ready to fly back to Malaysia, this time to Langkawi.
I'm in love with Singapore, let's leave it at that.
I hope you're liking these posts so far!
xox,
Laila
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