Best of Singapore
We stayed a week in Singapore, a melting pot of modern architecture and traditional Asian culture. At night the lights of the ships lined up at the port waiting to deliver cargo, look like a city floating in the ocean. Singapore’s port is one of the busiest in the world.
Singapore is a highly urbanized and diverse country. Their national languages are English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. Their hawker centers are inexpensive paradises of tasty food from all over Asia. The public transportation is impressive and definitely the best way get around. Different religions, temples, and people find a home in this small country, where the majority of the population are immigrants.
Below are other great things we enjoyed about Singapore:
Food and Drinks
Grilled Stingray
Fried Oyster Omelet
Chettinad Indian Food: Indian curries and rice served on a banana leaf and traditionally you eat with your hands
Hokkien Mie: baby squid noodles
Hainanese Chicken Rice
Chili Crab
Crispy Baby Squid
Drunken Shrimp
Char kway teow: seafood noodles
Tiger Beer
Favorite Sights and Activities
Eating at hawker food centers
Walking around the city and seeing the clash of modern architecture and traditional temples
Chinese New Year opening ceremonies
People
Chris: Our Couchsurfing host in Singapore. He is from Malaysia
Mindy: she invited us out through Couchsurfing to show us some of Singapore. She is from Singapore
Jarmil: He was Couchsurfing with Mindy and he is from Prague.
PJ: our Couchsurfing host in Singapore. He is from India
Raihanah: PJ’s girlfriend from Singapore
Nick: PJ’s housemate from Boston and Argentina
Young: PJ’s housemate from South Korea
Hani: Raihanah’s sister from Singapore
Adriano and Eva: they were Couchsurfing with PJ as well. Eva is from Spain and Adriano from Italy, but they live in London
Yesky: Our Couchsurfing host in Singapore. He is from Taiwan
