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Hi, I've spent a few days in singapore. Little India was an interesting place but only saw it at night. Apart from that, went to that tower were all the lady boy bars are. lol (4 floors)

Sorry cant help more,

Hi kierjan,

Singapore is pretty tame, but there's still some cool things to see and do:

The Singapore Zoo and Night Safari: great open-air exhibits and lots of indigenous South-East Asian animals - Malay sun bears, proboscis monkeys, orang utans, etc.

Sentosa: man-made island full of family-friendly attractions and mediocre beaches. The Underwater world aquarium is pretty good.

Little India: One of Singapore's more vibrant and bustling areas - eat a dosa masala with your hands, buy some cheap Bollywood VCDs, and get your fortune told by a parrot! Avoid this area on Sundays as it gets REALLY REALLY crowded. The Mustapha Shopping centre is also in this area - it sells absolutely everything and is open 24 hours.

Orchard Road - If you love to shop, this is the place to go. The road is lined with giant shopping mall after giant shopping mall filled with designer clothes. It's quite the sight to behold, but not a good spot for bargain hunters.

Bugis street market - lively street market area with cheap t-shirts, the cheapest souvenirs in the city, fruit vendors and food stalls.

Lau Pa Sat - Singapore is well known for its food centres and this is one of the best. It's in a good location right downtown, too.

Esplanade Park - right downtown near the waterfront checking out the park and walking around downtown is one of the best free things that Singapore has to offer. There's a Merlion statue here (the half-lion half-fish "icon" of Singapore), the Esplanade theatres, shopping malls, coffee shops, etc. You can catch a boat tour from here, too. The Asian Civilizations museum is near here, too.

Clarke Quay - trendy area of restaurants and bars near the waterfront. Prices are a bit inflated, but the atmosphere is great - try to show up around 5ish for happy hour drink prices (2 for 1).

China Town - a very photogenic part of town and good spot to sample street food like "char kway teow" noodles and steamed buns. You can get rickshaw tours around this area.

As you might have guessed, I do live in Singapore and would be happy to field any questions you might have!

You're never too far from a hawker centre in Singapore!

Your hotel is in Little India where there are tons of cheap places to eat. A must try is the dosa masala. The big hawker centres in Little India are Tekka Centre and Little India Arcade.

Other big food centres not too far away are Newton Food Centre (at Newton MRT), Doby Ghaut food courts, and the food courts in the basements of the malls along Orchard Rd. Food courts cost a bit more than hawker centres sometimes, particularly if they're in a high-end mall. Regardless, it's always easy to get a meal for under $5 Sing :)

- a cheap Canadian girl living in Singapore :)

thanks for your advice

I personally don't think any trip to Singapore is complete without a Singapore Sling in Raffles - costs you an arm and a leg but well worth it.

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Another thing to do, which is quite fun, is to take the ferry to Pulau Ubin and rent some bicycles to cycle round the island. It is completely different to the rest of Singapore.

We also went to a park with a lake, can't remember what is was called, where there were loads of wild monkeys (although they were very used to humans).

Don't go to Lau Pa Sar or Newton Circus if you can; too touristy. I was born and raised here and I have not been there properly since I was a teenager, and we are constantly shocked at the prices.

Obviously it's recommended for tourists, but to see the real Singapore you need to go to the more Singaporean hawker centres idreamofdurian has recommended!

On Pulau Ubin, I don't exercise very often and I wanted to give up while cycling around the island. It's the steep slopes and gravel (rent a mountain bike, not a road bike) that killed me. And bring lots of sunscreen and mosquito repellent.

If you're at Orchard Road wanting local food, try the Hainanese Chicken Rice (no relations to actual Hainanese food in China) at Lucky Plaza! Or this stall called Rabbit in same mall for lighter fare. Good exchange rates there, but shop around especially if you're not local because obviously you'll be prone to being ripped off.

Whether for winter or summer, Singapore has almost uniform weather conditions all the year around due to its location. It features heat and humidity. The temperature ranges from 24 ° C to 32 ° C, generally speaking. And the humidity will be high in early morning and afternoon.

I suggest you go in winter, since that is the most comfortable time to travel to Singapore when the temperature is mild. And summer will be too hot, and it always becomes overcast there due to high humidity, raining a lot. You can’t see far. You know, there are a lot of small islands around. Looking at them from afar will give you a kind of different enjoyment.
But, if you already decided to go in summer, remember to bring enough sun cream.
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Hi!

Nice info about Singapore
My bf and I are going to Singapore from the 26 of July to the 16 of August, now we are going to be base there but not staying there the whole time.

We are no to sure werent to go, we want to go to ,koh Samui, koh Tao and or phi phi as well as maybe cambodia (Angkor ) ,or Vietnam or Laos, however for what I read that's the rainy season in most of those places.

So can anyone recommend us somewhere to go from Singapore. Is it better to go to Indonesia or malasya ...?

Thanks