Singapore

We arrived March 18 to Singapore, who have one of the busiest ports in the world. Population is about 5 million, and Singapore once was a British colony.

 Today Singapore is one of the largest finance centers in the world and most major banks have their head quarter here. And the city is still expanding.

Many rich Chinese and Indians have moved here, and if you like to become a citizen you have to invest 3 million Singapore dollars. One of the reasons why people like to live here, is that it is considered as very safe. No wonder if you see the list of what you can`t do, and what will happen to you if you ignore…

Kids had a muffin outside in the rain, and it became quite messy. I never thought I find myself cleaning the street with a napkin, but I can ashore you I did!

Just outside our first stop (a mall) we found these nice cars parked..

Our plan for the day was to go to the amazing Sentosa, and what can be more fun than to take the cable car above the city to get there

 

From the air we saw the Merlion statue, a landmark In Singapore.

Sentosa is an island, and we felt that we could easily have spent a week or so there just enjoying all the entertainment. This day we chose to go to Universal studios, and especially the boys loved a boat trip through Madagascar “I like to move it move it”.

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Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate, and this day heavy rain kept coming and stopping, but it was a very warm day so it really didn`t matter. The taxi driver said it was not raining for months, so he was at least happy for the trees and grass.

We took the cable car back and headed towards a short stop at the Raffles Hotel.

Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffle in 1819, but not only did he found the city, he is also the father of the drink Singapore Sling. I never had it before, and thought it would be fun to have it at its birthplace. Many celebrities have stayed here during the years, from Charlie Chaplin to Michael Jackson just to mention a few. It`s really a hotel with style, and if you have the chance, do visit. We went and asked for the drink, and was guided to the Long Bar. Here they serve the drink, and have peanuts that you crack yourself and drop on the floor. What a contrast to the rest of Singapore.

The drink was great, and if it always taste like this it`s easy to understand how it became world famous.

 

We really had an amazing day, and I think Singapore is one of the best places we have visited. As long as you follow their laws the city is surely more than fine.

Next stop Port Kelang March 19.