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Anyone live in Singapore?
DH has to go there for work for three weeks and we decided to go as a family. I will be there with my 9 month old and am looking for some ideas of what to do and see during the day since DH will be at work. Thanks!
Re: Anyone live in Singapore?
~~Sorry I didn't see this until now! I actually just wrote up a big thing for another friend, so I'll copy and paste it here. Some of it you can't do with a baby, but I'll just put it out there anyway, just in case. Have a fun time!~~
Visit some of the neighborhoods/cultural areas: Chinatown, Little India, Arab Street, Geylang (a good place to try durian, if you're up for the challenge), Kampong Glam, Joo Chiat.
Visit a wet market, where they sell fresh meat, seafood, produce, dry goods, flowers. My favorites are Tekka Center in Little India, and Tiong Bahru Market. (Tiong Bahru is one of the oldest housing estates in the country, and it's got really neat art deco architecture.)
Eat at a hawker center: there are some at both Tekka and Tiong Bahru Market. There's also Lau Pa Sat in the Central Business District, which is very popular at night because they block off one of the streets beside the center and fill the street with more food stalls. Satay is very good here, but they have a huge variety of food--Chinese, Indian, Malay, Western, Dim Sum, Japanese, etc. As for hawker centers to avoid, I would stay away from Newton Food Centre. Overpriced and the vendors will follow you trying to get you to come to their stalls, especially if you look to be a tourist.
We have a great zoo with some monkeys roaming free and in the treetops over the walkways. Also cool to go there at night for the Night Safari. There's also the Jurong Bird Park, if you're interested in birds, but I suggest the zoo over the bird park.
High tea at Raffles Hotel, or go to one of their bars to have a Singapore Sling (which got its start at Raffles).
Go to the Sky Park at Marina Bay Sands (that funky looking building near Marina Bay that looks like there's a boat on top of it). It's kind of expensive to go up there, and there's not much to it, but it's an amazing view of the city.
Go to Orchard Road for some high-end shopping, or at least some people watching. I like the stretch in front of Ngee Ann City, because there are usually performers there. Also try an ice cream sandwich from the ice cream carts there. It's literally an ice cream sandwich--ice cream folded inside a piece of bread. Very bizarre. They have sweet corn flavor, which is actually quite tasty.
Visit the MacRitchie Reservoir and walk the wooden boardwalks and trails; go to the Treetop Walk (a 250m bridge that gives you a great view of the canopy of trees.) You can take the long hike (which takes about 4-5 hours) or the short hike (3-4 hours).
Visit Sentosa Island. You can either take a taxi, take the railway, or take the suspended cable car. There are a few beaches, a casino, Universal Studios, etc. There is also one area called Imbiah Lookout, with a zip line/ropes course, and a luge. (The luge is kind of a toboggan on wheels.) You ride down to the bottom of a trail, then take a ski lift type of thing back to the top.
Clarke Quay has some good restaurants and clubs--a neat place to go in the evenings.
There's this little area off of Orchard called Emerald Hill. It's some shophouses tucked back behind a shopping center, and there are several restaurants and bars. Neat area.
Way out west is the Chinese Gardens. Really beautiful if you can make it out there.