Singapore Sling

The Famous Singapore Sling

So I left Aoife in Phi Phi and flew off to Singapore….I was feeling pretty knackered after my time on Phi Phi so took a taxi from the aiport to the hostel that I booked which I have to say was one of the worst ones I stayed in for the price I was paying.  Unfortunately I didn’t manage to enjoy Singapore that much as I was tired the whole time.  I did a night flight from Krabi to Singapore so was pretty shattered and unfortunately there was a girl in the room who insisted on sleeping with the window open – which in the middle of Singapore is kinda noisy (we had air con on too!) so I was pretty damn tired the whole entire time. 

Singapore wasn’t all bad though!  The location was pretty good and central and near to a metro so I did get out to explore.  I attempted to go to Little India one evening and it really was like being back in Delhi.  The streets were heaving but so much so I didn’t have the energy to deal with it so didn’t spend long exploring unfortunately.

I managed to get to the main shopping area (of course!) but it was quite interesting as its all enormous shopping malls which are linked under ground to each other and I did do a fair bit of walking about the city sightseeing and I managed a visit to the Raffles Hotel for the traditional Singapore sling!  Totally overpriced but a lovely cocktail nonetheless.  It was amusing that nearly everybody who went into the bar ordered the same thing and were all doing the touristy thing like me, very few looked like they were actually staying in the hotel itself!

Me in Raffles

What else can I tell you about Singapore?  Not a huge amount, it was VERY hot and humid, it was very clean and it seemed ok but I was so tired the whole time I didn’t enjoy myself.  I didn’t even make it on a night safari at the zoo!  Would I go back? Yes! But maybe with someone else, and maybe when I am less tired! Once again it was time to move on to the next adventure- Perth, Australia….on another overnight flight!