August 1, 2007

Singapore

Singapore was a really nice city. Probably one of the nicest cities I've been to. I 'liked how there are a lot of trees everywhere, and all kinds of statues and interesting old buildings. There is a really good mix of Chinese, Indian and English style buildings all around. And all that mixed in with this really modern metropolis.

Everyone seems to complain about how expensive Singapore is, but it seemed pretty reasonable after coming from Australia. People also talk about how super clean it is, but it seemed no more or no less clean than any other city. I guess most people I've met go to Singapore after they've been to Bangkok, so everything seems really clean and expensive.

It was pretty crowded, especially on the train. But they're pretty good at moving a lot of people where they need to go.

The zoo was the nicest I've ever been to. There were hardly any cages, most of the time they had some kind of natural barrier to keep the animals in. Except for the monkeys and orangutans, which were allowed to roam around amongst the people. Really a good place if you want to go for a walk, a lot of little paths everywhere.

It was a really nice city, I'll have to stay for a little longer next time I'm passing through.

White Tigers


Baboons!!


A cool Little Monkey sitting on his rock


Giant Tortoise


River boats


Some really tall buildings at Raffles


Some weird statue spitting water

Statue of Raffles, the guy that built Singapore (or something like that)


Clarke Quay

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Andrew:
The tigers are beautiful and look happy at that zoo. Nice to see pictures.
Love Mum