Durians

The Durian is a really, really smelly (but tasty) fruit. So smelly, in fact that it's illegal on the subway here in Singapore. "No Durian" signs at the entrances.

The Singapore Zoo and Night Safari

I know what you're thinking - "Zoo?? Zzzzzzz" - but this was a zoo like I'd never seen. It was great! There's no cages here - It makes you feel like you're right in there with the animals and it was so much fun. They even had white tigers - I was there to watch feeding time.

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After dinner in the evening, they have the "Night Safari" in a separate place beside the Zoo - Full of nocturnal animals. It's quite creepy and creates a great effect. I loved it. We ended up spending the whole day there. We didn't get back to the hostel 'til almost midnight.

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I Found Nemo

I found Nemo and Dorey in Singapore ...

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Shopping, Shopping, Shopping

One thing you can't escape in Singapore is shopping. I've seriously never seen so many shopping malls in one place before. It only gets worse once you hit Orchard Road - skyscrapers full of shops. Great place if you have money.

Sentosa Island

Sentosa is a tiny island off Singapore for Singaporeans to relax on. This is where the aquarium was along with beaches, resorts and various other attractions. We decided to go there by cable car. Lots of fun - never been on one of them before. Apart from the aquarium, which was amazing, the old British fort, "Fort Siloso" was pretty cool too.

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The cable cable car take you yo Mount Faber on the way - Singapore's highest peak. This is laughable because it's no more than a little hill ... Cable car is serious overkill to get to the top.

The Aquarium

The Singapore Aquarium was a touch of class - never seen anything like it. You walk through an underwater, glass tunnel with fish all around you. Really, really cool.

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They had a dolphin show outside afterwards, which was great too - Dolphins playing soccer, jumping, etc.

I even got to pick up a starfish ;-)

The Cinema

It rained torrentially this afternoon in Singapore, so we decided to go to the cinema for the first time in a couple of months. Boy do they know how to do cinema here! We bought 'Gold Class Tickets' for a bit luxury - Motorized reclining airline seats, table service, beer, blankets, waiting lounge - Imagine if we had this at home. Oh, and the film we went to see was called "Shooter" ... it was alright.

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Singapore - 12-4-2007

On the road again, leaving Melaka and Malaysia for Singapore. Singapore is an island, a city and a country - how strange! Ever since we left Bangkok, heading south it has been getting more western and here it reaches it zenith. This is an ultra clean, flash, wealthy, big, big city and prices are completely back to normal here. We've found a really nice hostel called Sleepy Sam's in Kampong Glam (kind of an Arab, Muslim, Indian district). We'll stay here for four days until our flight to Darwin on the 16th.

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