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weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

I am thinking about heading to Singapore for about 4 days/ 3 nights this August. Is it worth it? What is there to do there besides eat/drink and see old colonial buildings? If you have been there what would you recommend to do or see?

Zark · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject:

I like Singapore. It is a nice clean organized place. Truly first world. The river quay is a great area with a thriving night life. Bintan - just a short ferry ride, is where the Singaporeans go for beach life.

It is a nice town to just relax - it doesn't have the tension that characterizes Seoul or Korea in general.

The Arab and Indian neighborhoods offer a great variety of wonderful foods.

Also, it�s just a great place to go to the movies and cruise the malls.
Overall, not a bad place to blow off a little steam and relax a bit before coming back to Korea.

gypsyfish · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

There are a couple of great bookstore (Borders and Kinokunya).

A very cheap walking tour in the evening. One of the tours is a ghost tour, another the old red light district.

Excellent food.

The nicest zoo I've ever been to, with a night safari.

Hell, even the airport is cool.

I like Singapore. Orderly, but not the nazi-ish conformity that I'd heard about.

Zark · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:46 am Post subject:

I just want to second what gypsyfish said about Singapore's past image as being a rather uptight place. You'll be hard pressed to find a friendlier, more mellow, truly developed city/country in SE Asia. I've ended up there about once a year for the last five years or so - and always find it an easy place to get around and do the things you need to do. No anxiety about language, crime, ripoffs, or anything else. Just a d*amn nice place.

Too bad EFL jobs there don't pay well enough to compensate for the high cost of living.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Indian food, southeast asian food, extensive western bookstores, partying down by the river, take a boat ride off the island and back, walk around little india, plus the arabic area, plus just walking around in general, etc.

Mostly I�d say good western books and good international variety of food.