Trip to Singapore

Posted on 1 July 2008 by Angel Lucifer

Hello boys and girls..

I know how it has been a very long time since the last post. No worries. The blog is not dead yet. We are still here and infact, better. Anyways, today I am going to blog about the trip that I made to Singapore recently. I am going to give you some tips and tricks on how to save money while travelling and being awesome at the same time!

First of all. How to get to Singapore? There are many options available for you. Since the price of petrol raised dramatically, most of the public transportation’s price has gone up too! Lucky for me, after all of the research that I’ve made, I hava found a loophole in the system. The train! Yes! The Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Imagine this. Busses cost you around RM70 to RM100 depending on the coach’s class and the train cost only RM38! No joke! The only cons is that the train takes ages to arrive to Singapore. Around 6 hours. Mine was 7 and a half hours because of the delay.

Once you get to the last station in Singapore and that is Tanjong Pagar, you have to do a little walk inorder for you to find MRT/Subway station. I couldnt find the MRT station at frist. I was so lost and lucky for me, there was one British bloke who looked as lost as me at that moment. I introduced myself to him and told him how lost I was and we became mates in the end and found the MRT station. One thing about Singapore that you need to know. You can literally get anywhere by the MRT. It is so damn convinient for those who wants to travel cheap. You might have to do a little of walk once you to your destination from the station but trust me, if you are into walking then here is the time to shine. Like I said, if you want to travel cheap you should choose to travel with the MRT because they provide the traveller daily pass. All you need to do is to bring along your passport and S$8 for the whole day MRT card. So basically you can literally go anywhere in Singapore that you want with that card as long as it is withing the day.

I stayed at this small backpackers hotel/cute cozy house named One Florence Close. It is run by couple of ladies and one of them was Cynthia. The place offers double rooms and dorms with the shower, kitchen, internet, laundry, airconditioning facilities. Whats cute about it was the house and the rooms! The whole house was pimped up, IKEA style. Awesome lamp shades and I really like the shower head. The room was small and cozy. It has television and straight out flat on the floor bed. And here is the best part, the coup de grace.. They have this two cute furry Persian cat. The staff and the people were friendly too! I really recomend you this place if you ever want to backpack or visit Singapore in low budget style. Situated near the Kovan MRT station and close to the heart of the food heaven, One Florence Close is really the place for backpackers. Check out their website for more info.

If you are into shopping, you should definately go to Orchard Road. For me, I am more into the sight seeing and expiriencing the surrounding. And if thats wat you into, here are some places that you should go. Clarke Quay for the Gmax ride (its some sorta bungee like ride that shoots you to the air), City Hall for the shopping mall and from there, go to Raffles hotel and drink the Singapore Sling cocktail there. The infamous Singapore Sling that has made the thirsty traveller came down and tasted that himself. It is a very fancy hotel so the price for the cocktail might be a little expensive but hey, money can never buy satisfaction right? Then if you up for the beach, go to Sentosa. For the night life and the bars, go to the bars near the place in City Hall. Trust me, they have all of this themed bars over there. Morrocoan themed, Balinese style, Japanese style and so forth!! It was crazy!!! And my personal favourite, I recomend you to go along one of this bar in Orchard Road, opposite the SMU (Singapore Management University) and try the Chilli Vodka if you dare! Sorry that I didn’t remember the name of that bar. And for food wise, go to the hawkers food court if you are low in budget. Or if you feel slightly fancy, ante up for the cafes around Singapore! Trust me, the food there are cheap! But not as dirt cheap as Malaysia of course!

So there you go. I have summarized my trip there and also gave you an idea on what to do and where to go when you are in Singapore. Just drop me a comment if you have anything else to add up ok?