Category: Singapore

It was an interesting time to be in Singapore with the coronavirus just emerging. We were very impressed with their public health messages such as videos showing on big screens outside shopping malls and posters. We were reassured with the authority’s contact tracing and monitoring of new cases in the media. We were impressed to see that the Apple Store had hand sanitisers at the entrance and that everyone was using them. We took universal precautions and stayed away from public transport.

I liked when we went to the Merlion. I also liked the hostel and the food courts.

Martha

It was hot and humid but I liked the food, especially the meat and rice!

Sam

Sam and Martha enjoyed eating at the various food courts and hawker stalls. Sam particularly enjoyed our 2 visits to the Michelin star stall Hawker Chan.

We felt that there were less tourists around than there would have normally been, especially around Chinatown. In our short time in Singapore we were able to visit all the places that we wanted to but would like to return and see more!

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Today we went to the National Museum of Singapore. We learnt about the history of Singapore from hundreds of years ago and all about WWII.

For lunch we had fish and chips and ice cream. Then we went upstairs and then went down a path with screens showing moving pictures of forests and wildlife. At the end there was a room with falling stars.

Then we went down to another room and we played on the steering wheel of a big ship and we tied knots.

After the museum we went to the Apple Store and did a music session with Garage Band.

Then we got a taxi to Little India and went to an Indian food court. We had chicken curry and naan bread and paratha and rice. It was a little bit spicy but nice. Afterwards we walked around Little India and then we went back to our hostel.

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Today we walked to the water front and saw the Singapore Merlion. It was a big stone lion with a body of a fish that spurts out water. We also saw a building with a boat on it. Then we walked over a bridge towards the theatre and sat there for a rest. It was very hot.

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We flew from Sydney and arrived in Singapore late last night so we slept in.

When we got up we walked around Chinatown and went in lots of shops. We went to a local food court for lunch. I had chicken and rice and Sam had roast pork and rice from a famous Michelin star hawker stall called Hawker Chan. It was very nice. We waited in line for a long time. Then we walked around Chinatown some more.

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