The Beginning

Well as you can see I have made it and are now about to leave Singapore. The trip here was okay. Sometimes its good to be travelling alone as there is perks. Ie changing to a better seat cause the people you are sitting with (which are ignoring you) tv does not work so they want to sit where you are. Customs and Immigration were a bresse to get through. They even give you a lolly as you go through. Undrstanding the public transport system can be hard at first especially if you get on the wrong bus. but hey its all part of the experance right. Plus it only costed $3.80 instead of the taxi which was $12.50 each when i shared it with someome. Anyway please enjoy the read. Sorry for there not being any pics. Time is of a premimum and I dont have time to do that.

Singapore

My first blog is dedecated to the letter "S" as it appears from my 48 hours here this is truly what the place is all about.

S is for Sun. Not surprisingly there is a lot of it here. with the sun comes heat. I landed at 6:30pm into 30 degree heat. While there has been lots of rain today I think i have started to get the first stages of a tan.

S is for shopping. This is truly an understatement. only a place like this can have mall after mall for km's on end. These mall's are also about 8 story's high and are always busy, especially on Orchard Rd. I truly believe shopping here is a national pass time for the locals. So much so I wonder if they ever work. Oh and there is every type of shop here that you could ever imagine. They go right from the super cheap to the stores I did not even bother to go in as new could never afford. Ie Prada, Tiffany's etc

S is for Sales. Well this kind of links with the S above. It is officially Sale period here which means every retail shop has some sort of discount. Sales are such a big deal here that in some shops people cue to get into the store. Discounts can be as big as 70% off, though normally is around the 15-50% mark. I have to confess that I could not help but get sucked into the wonder of the sales.

S is for Shoes. There is a national obsession here about shoes. Well is the number of women's shoe stores is anything to go by and also the women you see on the street are always in the fancy shoes. I swear if my luggage and my wallet allowed it I could have spent in the thousands on shoes. There is ever type and every price. Me being constrained have only brought 5. Though 4 of them being heals, I am not too sure what I am going to do with them for the rest of the trip. Though how could i resist when i was able to get two pairs of shoes for less than NZ$15. Also the girl I was shopping with got more.

S is for safety. I managed to be walking the streets with my luggage once getting on the wrong bus and then off the right bus too early at 9pm at night. I was completely safe and people were only to happy to help me. Don't think there are too many places where you can do that. I am going to connect this letter with honesty. For example today I brought a drink for $2 with a $50 note. I was in such a hurry that i did not realise that i never got my change back. It was not until 30mins latter when i went to buy something that I realise I did. I went back for what i thought would be a futile attempt to get it back. To my surprise even though they did not remember me, I got all the money back and an apology.

S is for sky scarpers. They are honestly everywhere, or at lest they are high apartment bocks. They start right from the airport to every direction. Some how though they don't seems intrusive. Must have something to so with all the palm trees and other greenery that is everywhere. The school's even look like sky scarpers.

S is for Santossa Island. Its an Island for tourist pretty much. There is overpriced food and things to do. I however was cheap and just looked around and took pics. I did however go on the gondella to get there which was fun. Also to my surprise got to choose my own clam which was opened to reveal a pearl for free. (Mish I dont want to hear anything about me being Veggie/Vegan and this please)

S is for Sushi. There is a really cool but kinda expensive Sushi chain here. You simply sit down in funky booths and the sushi comes to you on a covayer belt. You simply take the plate that you like and eat. Each time you take a plat it registers on the computer just sitting above from you and it is added to you bill. All the sushi (except those on the red plates) are the same price so it makes it easy..Even for a fussy semi vegan like me there was a lot to choose from.

Well I think that is enough for the letter S today. Who knows the next entry might be all about the letter B as I am off to Budapeast.