Seeing the Sights

Singapore in a couple of days

Here some recommendations on what you and your visiting family and friends should see before leaving Singapore:

• Night Safari – there is nothing like it anywhere else and a good option for those who are leaving late that evening (luggage can be stored there)
• Little India (if you haven’t been to India) – the smells and colours are amazing
• China Town – nice architecture and cheap clothes from China
• Botanical Gardens, Mac Ritchie Reservoir, Pulau Ubin, and/or Bukit Timah – depending on how much you like the outdoors
• A taste of local hawker fare and a walk through the shops and wet markets at Jurong West HDBs (at Nanyang CC)
• Riverside Walk on Clarke and Boat Quay, Fullerton with Merlion, City Hall area with government buildings and commemorative places, the Esplanade and a Singaporean Sling at Raffles Hotel – a colonial history walk with a fruity refreshment at the end
• Jurong Bird Park – the shows are great and it is close
• A Singaporean play – gives good insights into local issues, great talent here

For shopping:

• Sim Lim Square - for electronics – computer related, video and picture cameras, hi-fi
• Orchard Road - for clothes, department store items, luxury items
• Mustafa - for goods from all regions of India, gold and household items, souvenirs, it is huge
• Arab Street – for goods from S.E. Asia and array of cloths
• Holland Village – for stores selling gift items from S.E. Asia and clothes for larger sizes