Travelling to Singapore

Posted by pilotHans on February 17, 2009 in travel trips |

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Singapore…..what can I say…my passport is full with Sing VISA…..hope one day I’ll just need a S Pass when I come over here….wish me luck…..which hotel is always mentioned? (besides those dark 81 hotels) NSS..yup…NSS…The hyped new seven story or in short NSS hotel is already closed! I went there sometime last year,and to my suprise, I saw a notice somehting like this “closed due to goverment acquire” means, the land is leasthold and now the goverment needs the land to build something on it…….. doh.gif i’ve been like 3-4 times tried to walk in here before but was always full….For F1 period last year, it was already fully booked eversince february vmad.gif so for F1 i setted with prince of wales backapackers……cheap but so and so……ok…..cut the crap…..just want to share some info about sing with you guys…………

so where do u sleep when u r in singapore?
1) family’s place
2) friend’s place
3) fragance backpackers hostel, lil india st, all rooms are 6persons p/room…around SGD22 per person.quite clean
4) bugis backpackers……around SDG27….16people mix dorm…..
5) if you want a private room , cheapest is SGD120 with attached bathroom….cheaper then then non attach bathroom…..

where do i go when im in singapore?
not much interesting places i must say, KL/klang valley is way more choices compared to sing……
1) sentosa island, buy bus, by cable car, by train, (by car not recommended)
2) arab street
3) boat quay
4) clarke quay
5) esplanade – theatres on the bay
6) fort canning
7) merlion
8) nasional museum on sing
9) sing art museum
10) orchard road – shopping yada yada…….i still find malaysia midV n the Garden better laugh.gif
11) sing flyer – like eye on malaysia thingy
12) war memorial park
13) city hall
14) lil india
15) holland st
16) hippo river cruise
17) citisightseing- something like hop in hop off in mlys….
18) singapore river at nite……….. nice view
19) vivo ct n harbourfront…nice viewing deck facing sentosa island
20) waterTours
21) jurong bird park
22) singapore nite safari
23) singapore river cruise

Where do i get a map of Singapore?
if u arried in changi airport u can always go to sing tourist counter…..if u are in orchard road, u can also to go their tourist info……a map of sing and interesting places are easy to get, most hotel lobby’s provide this……dont worry if u dont stay there……..just go inside a hotel…..example in Park View hotel and wallah, there ur sing map……

Best time to go there?  during F1 indeed…….very happening….but if off season u get better roam rates

how to i know this?
-ive been to all except jurong bird park/nite safari & river cruise

don’ts – dont drive if u dont know ur way, u will end up getting all sorts of summons…..public transport is tiptop…..

p/s u can cover all this in just 2days biggrin.gif

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  • Lita

    Thanks Yohan! Will consider it this September for F1 week!

  • http://www.malate.wordpress.com elmer valenzuela

    im planning on a 2 night tour in singapore but i think i cant afford those high priced rooms, can you name me some cheap rooms there? thanks

  • pilothans

    Hi Lita,
    welcome to my site…..ru planning to hunt the F1 drivers again? hehe..nnti ajak geng2 F1 jakarta yg lain hang out here…

    Hi Elmer,
    it depends on what u need.If you are travelling alone and dont mind privacy, those backpackers would be suitable. example Fragance Backpackers hostel, I’ve been there. Basically its a 6 people in a room hostel seperate M/F. They also have a seperate bathroom. SGD 22-25 . You can visit their site at http://www.fragrancebackpackers.com.sg/

    Another options is Bugis backpackers..I used to go there until the raise their rates…Last time their mix dorm(max 8 double deck) cost SDD26…mix 6person peroom SDG35….all seperate bathroom…private room cheapest 65 for single bed…80+ for double bed…..

    another cheap option is Prince of Wales/near to fragance….but its up a pub so it will be a bit noisy…

    if you want private rooms, you can try hotel81(but do avoid those in geylang as those are hotels for kinky stuff :p)

    happy travelling :D

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