Sorry that I cannot get online often. I'm now in Darwin, the internet is as expensive as it is in Singapore. It costs AUD $1 for only 15 minutes.
The stay in Singapore was actually great. I took the very convenient MRT system to many places, namely Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Jurong Birdpark, Orchard Road, Clark Quay, Chinatown, Little India, and Sentosa etc.
Among those places, I like Sentosa the most. I learned from the Backpackers.tw forum that if you want to go to Sentosa you have to take the MRT to Marina Bay station. Well, that is absolutely not true. The area around Marina Bay was like an industry area, I took the MRT train there and see not many people there, so I wondered why does the popular Sentosa attract so few people. I walked around the station, and at a bus stop I asked so nice guys who seemed like from Malaysia or other South East Asian countries. They didn't speak English well either, but they were very friendly and were kind to tell me that I have to get back to the MRT, take the train to Raffle's Place and switch to the East West Line and get off train at Outram Park station.
After I arrived Outram Park station, I found that there are many tall buildings around there. The World Trade Center was there and so do a big shopping mall. There were many road sings indicating you to the entrance of the cable car station to Sentosa, and the bridge you might be able to walk to Sentosa. I decided to take the cable car. At the ticket booth of the cable car, they also sold several tour packages, I now think none of them is worthy the price. Unfortunately I bought package #1 for more than S$55, and it proved to be really not worthy at all.
On the cable car to Sentosa, you can see the magnificent view of the harbour and both the islands of Singapore and Sentosa. That was a great experience. When I arrived at Sentosa I took a rest at a Subway sandwich store nearby and then went to a butterfly and insect museum which was in cluded in the tour package I bought. It was near the Subway, oh and the toilets were around the corner as well. The museum exhibits some man-made models of insects and a lot of information concerning insects. The best part of it is a big greenhouse containing many trees and other plants, and many many living butterflys. If you're a butterfly lover, you certainly will like the place.
Then I played a utility named the Luge and something I forgot. I have to pay for theticket, basically you have to pay for everything on Sentosa. You have to put on a helmet, and then you ride a little tricycle down the hill. It was fun. Down the hill was a man-made but really great beach. The sand was white and soft, and the coconut trees , the bright sunshine, the blue sky all made it look like a tropical paradise. I hopped into the sea, but due to the fact that I havn't been swimming for years already, so I inhaled some bitter and salty seawater. Then I laid on the beach near some coconut trees. It was totally excellent there.
The buses on Sentosa were free, you can take them to any place in Sentosa. The red line was the best. Buses of the red line had two stories of deck, you can sit on the upper deck to enjoy the sunshine and breeze. I took it to the Underwater World which is a museum just like our marine museum in Pingtong, but much smaller and very corwded with tourists from all over the globe. The only thing worth to see there was the "Sea Angels", a kind of transparent little creature living in cold 2 degrees Celsius ocens like that of the north of Hokkaido, Japan. they're really really cute and beautiful.
Then I went to see the pink dolphin show. The show starts at 3:30 and 4:30. I saw the one at 4:30. I got there at 4:00 and had to wait for more than 30 minutes. I have to say that the show was disappointing. It's short for only like 15 minutes or so, and nothing special at all. The pink-skined dolphins looked weird.
After that I paid S$8 to get on the Merlion tower, it's worth it. The view form the top of the Merlion was magnificent. You see a lot of big boats sailing around the island, the adjacent isles, and the whole city center tall buildings on Singapore island.
In the evening I went to see the "Voice of the Sea" water and light show. On it was so great, that you'll never forget I think. The light and sound effects of the show was so excellent. It's so worth the S$6 ticket.
Besides Sentosa, I like the Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari the most. The zoo is much better than Taipei zoo. And the Night Safari was very special. You better not spend extra money to take the tram in Night Safari. Walking in the 4 routes of Night Safari in the dark evening can meke you feel really special.
All in all, Singapore was a great place to me. I liked it very much. There are lots of things to see and taste there. You can see people of meny races walking along you. You hear many kinds of language, and you can eat so many different cuisines there, and bisically the food is not too pricey. I feel that the Indian people there are all very friendly, much more friendly than the Chinese people there. You'll enjoy talking to them.
And the streets are not always in Singapore. There are places where you can see lots of litters in the street, namely Little India and Geylang, etc. But basically it's a safe and clean place there in Singapore.
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