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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Singapore
Know the most popular landmarks in Singapore. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
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| J Marusick |
11 September 2003 |
Stayed at Furama RiverFront Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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I was in Singapore for 3 days and I took 2 tours, one was the Jarong bird Park. Which is a must to see. Then I also did the Water Cruise on a Chinese Junket. I enjoyed that by seeing the skyline of Singapore. Also the Night Safari is a must too, it is the only one in the world that is only opened in the evening.
I got to most places by a taxi and the rates were not expensive. I ate most of my meals in the reataurants in the hotel and their evening buffet was fabulous.
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| J Garner |
10 September 2003 |
Stayed at Asia Hotel - Singapore, Singapore.
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My favorite leisure destination. Ride the "Wacky Duck" tour available from SunTec Mall. Taxi's inexpensive, subway goes everywhere as do buses.
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| J Lee |
08 September 2003 |
Stayed at Furama RiverFront Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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I took the hotel shuttle bus to Orchard, which I found very helpful, since once you're in Orchard, it's always easy to get around anywhere.
I ate at Boat Quay and at the East coast for blackpepper crabs which were DIVINE. Would recommend this restaurant called the Red House at East Coast to ANYONE.
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| C Constantino |
24 August 2003 |
Stayed at Swissotel The Stamford - Singapore, Singapore.
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I've visited, Ikea, chinatown, geylang, harbourfront, bugis, chijmes, long bar, orchard road, etc. The MRT really helped a lot. Purchasing an ez link store value card is very useful. Getting around with buses is an easy feat too.
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| F Robinson |
24 August 2003 |
Stayed at Furama RiverFront Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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I've visited places through coach tour. RMG coach tour are available at tour desk at lobby of hotel. For SH tour not available at lobby however contactable at nearby River View Hotel.
Using the above coach tour agents, my family managed to visit Jurong Bird Park, Cheng Ho Ship Ride, Night Safari and Sentosa Island.
Using free bus shuttle collecting hotel guests at hotel front, I managed to catch some amount of shopping at busy Orchard Road and China Town. A wonderful experience so far and thinking of coming back to Singapore soon.
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| K Swann |
02 August 2003 |
Stayed at Peninsula Excelsior Hotel - Singapore, Singapore.
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Recommend using an EZ-Link pass to get around Singapore by the MRT. Visiting Little India for some great Indian food is a must.
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| M Hartley |
01 August 2003 |
Stayed at Novotel Batam - Batam Island (Indonesia), Singapore.
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Batam is pretty bleak during the day, fruit stalls are cheap but a bit hard to find (except the local 'farmer's market' that is almost across the street from the Melia Panorama hotel, but everything is sold out by 8:30 AM - but if you want good fresh fruit, go there about 6 AM and you can get anything, try the durian).
Best Western food/ambience/pool bar for expats is Lucy's Oar House (not misspelled - its motif is supposed to be like a British sailor's bar. Filled every night with expats (British and Australians working on contract for the oil/gas industry). Excellent Tex-Mex chili, split pea soup, cold beer, nice staff (pretty, young local ladies who do not hassle you like prostitutes, but just serve you beer and food with a smile). The fish and chips are great and servings of everything are almost always too much. Almost the only place I could find real smoked ham (being Islamic, pork is not served in many restaurants except in some Chinese noodle places).
On the second floor above Lucy's is a real get-down bar/club with bar top pole dancers and lap dancers featuring young micro-mini-skirted ladies who will offer many varied and delightful ways to remove any unneeded cash from your wallet. Not my cup of tea, but still it was interesting to go up and 'take a look'
(literally).
Taxis, a pain sometimes beacause they are always honking at you, are cheap & generally trustworthy. Just agree with the price before you get in, most are private autos with the owners trolling for extra money. I travelled about 20 kms every day (30 minutes) to work for 50,000 IDR, which only comes out to about US$6 or 3.50 British pounds - very reasonable. Almost any destination within Batam is less than US$2.
In my 2 weeks stay, I never had any problems with local people, all were very friendly and open.
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| E Ward |
23 July 2003 |
Stayed at Shangri-La Hotel Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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Taxis are easy and inexpensive. Chimjes is a great place to go for an evening dinner.
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| D Mitchell |
13 July 2003 |
Stayed at Oriental Singapore - Singapore, Singapore.
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Top tips: Use taxis, they are cheap. The MRT (mass rail transport) is complicated to use and the price is the same if two are travelling. The Orchid Gardens are well worth a visit. The Zoo, which is unlike any zoo I have visited before, features animals that seem to be totally free. A river trip, starting near the Merlion statue costs about 12 Singapore dollars for 40 minutes and the commentary is very interesting. Chinatown is a superb location for local food and many restaurants are both clean and cheap.
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| C Walton |
12 July 2003 |
Stayed at Keong Saik Hotel - Singapore, Singapore.
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Singapore is fantastic! The Night Safari is a must, and the city is eay to get around on foot and train. Boat cruise is cheap and a good way of killing an hour.
Eat in the food courts 'Raffles', great inexpensive food.
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