Off the map looking at this piece of land, in the vast South Pacific Ocean, like a glittering sea shells, the dream of one day on this land, to feel her beauty.
Finally, while the LG travel Singapore, I visit this large shells also follow.
The first day, June 15, Sunday
Until 5 am, we start from the Island East.
Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau Island, we have to cross, across the sea, Kowloon, Tsing Yi to Lantau Island. The row selected Singapore Airlines, said it is Asia's largest is the service best airlines, because after the afternoon would fall to the ground can begin playing, select the flight time is 8: 00, with domestic airlines in very different ways, as early as in the domestic flights usually have a lot of promotional discounts, but on Singapore Airlines international flights, all of the time period of the ticket prices are the same, this allows us to choose early machine, many copies of the flesh pain.
The first play from home to the for-in loop IFC on Hong Kong Airport dedicated Metro, Metro is very clean, wide body like aircraft, smoothly so I want to sleep.
30 minutes on arrival at the airport, one day in advance already in Singapore Airlines Web site registered seat, SIA's passengers can log in 48 hours in advance of the SIA site registration to choose seats, our plane was a Boeing 747, a total of two levels, first class at the top, we chose the former location of a window. This is the domestic airlines is currently unable to provide the service, each time in domestic airport boarding always feel very passive, must accompany tian face smiling also depends on your luck and the stewardess mood may wrap to the cabin window seat.
Hong Kong International Airport is open, NOK large terminal almost invisible figure, luggage office, a queue of people no longer think of Metropolitan airports will be busy exception and the quality of service, but they also contain fast speed, everything is smooth, and this is efficiency.
Check out luggage, ample time is at the airport was hit. At the coast, through spacious glass curtain wall, the sea is just before eyes. Airport facilities very perfect, and even built for visitors coming to the Chapel, the service really considerate. The airport's duty-free shops tingduo, varieties for watches, spectacles, bags and clothing, and other luxury items, the price is cheaper than in urban areas also. A smooth check-in, locate the seat, the new air hostess was very clever, in addition to the national characteristics of uniforms rather unattractive, others are good, and yawned, bed blankets put his great care, thenightbeingdarkandfrosty land around dreaming of sunshine.
11: 40 arrive Singapore Changi International Airport.
Empty degree more than Hong Kong Airport, Changi Airport is a three terminal building, between the need to take light rail trains arrived, we landed at the third Terminal, a plane, the airport in huge waves carpet layers come, let me very is washed see familiar black and white ash dull carpet pattern in the eye. Immigration Department took the Singapore map in English and a stem travel information, by the way, in the opening window ate sweets replenish blood glucose. The same way without Queuing, smooth passage. Out of the airport, take a taxi to go straight to the hotel. Stolen think Changi Airport to the city of the distance is Singapore one of the most beautiful road, along the Green surround, tall trees and low shrubs dependent interdependently, deeply shallow green lined with brightly colored flowers---Singapore orchids flowers. Scindapsus somewhere, Singapore Government built a lot of beautiful welfare economy room, the price is about $ 400 on a ruler, quite cheap in terms of local inhabitants, the tremendous advantages of welfare society. Pick up our Chinese drivers on the Chinese people are very warm, it has been introduced Singapore Government policies welcomes Chinese talents of immigrants, ethnic Chinese in local social status Sunrise, the great country of national pride swelled.
Reach us at the Sheraton Hotel, LG and the attentive Concierge Hibino, I think you want to pay a tip, was told Singapore without tips, secretly sigh of relief.
The hotel is located in SCOTTS road, Orchard Road, the distance from the commercial centre, only one station subway, because June SUMMER SALE is Singapore's best selling period, also at a major trade show like the Canton fair in Guangzhou, a lot of tourists and business people, the hotel price is higher than the usual double, 440 SGD/night. Room facilities is also small, slightly dimmed, rather thick, soft slippers, to environmental protection, all Hotel Singapore are not provide toothbrushes. Put your luggage all the way to stroll around the hotel, looked up, the sky is bright blue. Affected by the warm, moist air, Hong Kong has almost a month of rainy weather, finally we saw in the South Pacific and the brightness of the Sun. Travel is about to begin! first step is to solve the problem of food and clothing for people's livelihood.
Before doing a detailed strategy to realize the Chinese map alone is not enough, Singapore's many road name identifies only the English, also prepared a detailed map of the subway guide in English.
In the Metro on include: Nanboku line, southbound three-station to beautiful song station transfer line, westbound, a station that is, to the famous Chinatown, Singapore Chinatown. To give money to eat, Singapore in many places can credit, but most traditional shops still cash concessionary attitude, we find the Pearl building home currency exchange point, there are many private currency exchange points, each slightly different rates, than the three companies after we elected Peter in an India opened exchange points for cash, Singapore's money is really expensive, 1 SGD = 5 Yuan, at the hands of 1000 Yuan into thin pieces less than 200 SGD again routong. Hunger, Pearl building ground floor just any home cooked food centre, Singapore has a lot of food centre, Singapore's basic home cooking, their usual diet most in CFCs address, give me the impression that the people's communes, big dining room, of course, is paid in canteens. Point the traditional laksa, Raiders introduced that is Singapore traditional snacks, a crunchy shell teeth of rice noodles, tofu, eggs, fish, bean sprouts, freshShrimp with red pepper unique to Southeast Asia, our spicy delicacy.
Eat, drink, in Chinatown on the MTR, Tozai line continue westbound, reached the harbour town station, outbound lines for five minutes, in the adjacent bus interchanges on the orange Sentosa shuttle to Sentosa Island.
Free, but you need to buy a ticket at Sentosa tickets, including island shuttle bus costs $ 3 per person SGD. This is Singapore's most famous tourist attractions, not to the lovely Islands really not to Singapore. MAGIX Beach consists of three unique beach: Tanjong Beach, Palawan Gulf and Western Cable Beach, they stretch for 3.2 km, beach lovers can think of all the beach entertainment and sports facilities, bike, canoe, play vertical wheel or just relax at the beach bar or gatherings. Our first stop get straight to the underwater world, large and small all shapes of fish a heap, or arrogance or gentle, the deepest impression is the one called Ocean Angel fish, compact body with a magnifying glass to see clearly, swinging Angel Wings, dancing in the sea. There is also a pointy nose, thin and slender long tail, AZ.-like fins quick walk guy, he's behind to catch up with hundreds of bees and butterflies like fans wave fish, like very hot Korean in prehistoric, sings a song: "Playboy ~ ~ love more than ~ ~"
In the underwater world around to wash the eyes and turns we went to watch a dolphin show, looking back on the day of travel is not one of the most creative.
The Sun Beach head dense, then sea upstream from several alleged pink dolphins, but I only saw the Zhuo eyes, mud color dolphins, piercing, ball, and visitor interaction traditional projects, remember a few years ago in the country have seen similar performances, seems more color, more comfortable environment, but this field mud dolphin show is the underwater world tour of the purely incidental items, buy one get one free. Watch dolphins, we have been blazing sun baked in burning it fade baji. Along the beach walk slowly, white sand gently falls on the instep, simply take off shoes, feet close contact with the sea, the sun shines on the sea, the little Golden, I finally understand what is a "Golden Beach", the cool sea breeze swept hair, ears can vaguely at open-air pubs to music and singing, like dreams, this simplicity and warm beach is a paradise for me.
Golden Beach, is a small island, one cable connection to this land of the seals and Sentosa, two attic told me already in the southernmost tip of Asia, no support, quickly take pictures to show to this tour.
In sunset shades come night last moment before we arrived Sentosa Island merlion walk, island also has a seat merlion statue, about ten stories high, than we are on the second day to go to merlion Park that much prefer the night's big merlion statue in sapphire blue of the sky background, phosphor fluorescent purple light issued fish such as stars, even when the day pass to meet a beautiful. Merlion paths on the island is the only free project, we go mood. As for other projects, such as Carlsberg rotating Sightseeing Tower, was burning money stuff, leave it to have meters.
Take the light rail train departing Sentosa, fare is already included in the island of $ 3 before purchasing tickets, all the way to smooth arrival Harbour City subway station, the 2 station transfer line eastbound two stops to, Slipher-Shi station, we want to go to the last stop today---PA.
Here was a straight sets Asian market, a traditional Islamic style White Palace and old fashioned engraved skylight ceiling fan. Now here into a huge food Center, try the strategy recommended by the black pepper crabs, India satay, Hainan chicken rice, fried rice with Malay, 3 ate 100 SGD, of price. Offering end-Zang bodhisattva, original way to return to the hotel, go to bed a throw, tilted to sleep, and look forward to tomorrow's journey.
The next day, June 16, 2008, Monday
Haven't slept so soundly that night even dream of doing nothing, stuck in deep sleep.
Thanks to the hotel curtains, wide and thick and heavy, the outside light visor dressed, I finally found the light sensitive to natural wake up to sleep. Departure from the hotel, at half past ten, still is the Metro subway, Singapore is not easy to get lost, East through, as long as well as underground workers will be able to achieve any attractions. Metro's estimate comparison long, compartments Metro icon is not even to the site's Flash indicating that the wait time is very long, perhaps 6-8 minutes for a metropolis also exists shortcoming. In the hotel next to the Metro station and buy a SIM card, the clerk of the Indian English heard even ears bristled, chicken and duck say even better than with designated tired out sweat. Today we want to use both feet to measurement of Singapore's land.
Take the subway to the City Centre station, go to the new city centre, a large shopping mall to get lost, there is the largest fountain in Asia.
On the first floor lobby sitting duck boats travel to Singapore, this is a sea-coach, was allegedly fighting equipment during the second world war, peace be Singapore tourist transport Outlook like boat, the extra four wheels, the land is the vehicle, after the ship into the water. We go to bursting open tutu duck boat, passing the Government building, Capitol, Japanese occupation martyr who monument, merlion Park, Esplanade, which is commonly known as "the big Durian" architecture, its bold and strong tropical style of architecture is indeed impressive. Singapore River region in Singapore's position in the history of the extraordinary. 1819-fusion landing here, pleased to find that this is a place better than Malacca is very suitable for the United Kingdom were landing ports, after Les fusion with district 100 pounds to begin development of Singapore. Today, it has become the commercial centre, Singapore River, lined with tall buildings is the country's economic prosperity, an important feature. Coast are engaged in reclaiming the surrounding sea, guide is in the construction of a larger reclamation business area, this resource is the lack of island, the creation of wealth by the brain, the sea is their only resource.
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Merlion Park, Singapore is located on the shore of Henan province.
Here stands the well-known merlion are in fact two honorable merlion, a small, lean back, watching over Singapore River. On the origin of the name, according to historical records, the Malay 1150 years a.d., Sumatra's room of Srivijaya Kingdom Prince by boat to reach this island, saw a long tail of black beast, locals informed as lion, this place was called "the city". "Singapore" is Sanskrit for "Lion City" of euphony, local residents affected by the India culture influences like Sanskrit as place names, and the lion with Valor, xiongjian feature, as the name of the country. Personally think that the merlion Park lion lion's smarter than Sentosa, which is too big for the day looks a bit ugly.
Les fusion hotel, Singapore's most historic hotel, super star, super expensive level, is located in downtown, it is said that the cheapest room also to 2000 USD a night.
Here you can feel free to visit, but visitors should dress uniform. The hotel's LONG BAR modulation cocktail "Singapore Sling" be rated as a unique, we at 1 floor lobby, light and shadow from the roof of the glass pane sparse, carved railing still bears witness to the former colonial history. So the moment, the time seemed to disappear, I saw those same good once the weather, the shadows of the rootball, high black hat of settlers IV, white package scarf of India and the long tail of Chinese people in their midst humble. Hotel entrance of paradise bird flowers are brilliant, historical fuzzy their face, but profoundly their figure.
St. Andrew's Church, the Tower of the Gothic roof, huge multicolored glass front lawn open space of the Dove, the long bench under the tree on the surface have mottled, Chair engraved with the name of the donor, I once thought that this is the da Vinci Code "in the description of the Church.
Solemn Chapel in believers in pious prayers, the prayers of the drawer under the table with Jesus in the Bible and hymns, hands slightly bent energetic, jaw, although I am not a Christian, strange gods, please use your good bless me to the troubled country. Church fence hanging in English "Matthew" sermon, people here are suddenly quiet down. Belief is a kind of strength.
Little India and Kampong Glam is Singapore very special area, it is estimated that they are less likely to go to the local tourism, so the decision in this area for their own printing ' complex in the end.
This is really a different world, amazing Hindu temple sculpture, vendors warm, India women good air companies of bright and traditional Sari. Vader tirumalai ya Karaman Hindu temple (Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple) is India's most famous Hindu temple, the temple dedicated to the Hindu universe material desires in charge of the goddess Kali temple roof there are extremely complicated India gods statues. During World War II has been here as India Christians sanctuary, I wonder if it really was the goddess of the goddess Kali to refuge believers are safe, but the whole temple and the Temple of the sculpture has not suffered any damage. Enter the temple must in addition to the shoes, the believers gather, conflict is India adult handsome dark naked men, upper body, a cloth wrap waist down, magnetic bass and sings melancholy melodies, songs floated. Kampong Glam is the Arab peoples inhabited areas, the tranquility of the Arab side, to the magnificent back to the Church of the Sudan, restraint courtesy wrapped up work hawker, uncommon for foreign tourists in Malay traditional cultural centers, door display picture of Muslim Assembly, it seems clear to the inviolability of Islam.
Tour Clarke Quay and Boat Quay, here set a variety of bars.
Boat Quay bar is relatively old, architectural styles, most kind and lively and bright colors. Clarke Quay is a newly rising bar area, primarily for high-end consumers, bar style alternative also more stylish extravagance. Dinner on the Clarke Quay near the treasures (JUMBO) seafood, here is the first Singapore seafood, fresh chilli crab is authentic, coconut milk and sweet round Bay, mouth of pork, dough, wrapped fresh shrimp meat, without the slightest sense of greasy. No wonder that while the way Chinese taxi driver laughs that Guangzhou not seafood, indeed, that a fresh Word how to be. After dinner, and along the shore anadromous, both sides have many colonial color display of sculpture, Singapore culture for the year. Fullerton Hotel Singapore, the former General Post Office, now is a luxury hotel, attract a lot of wealthy tourists, the magnificence of the Victorian-style building in the night. The Anderson bridge, built in the 19th century, elegant white hanging bar is connected to the Singapore River, tall and beautiful movements tells us what is building.
This day, we use both feet on foot to the Singapore River, the measurement of the Singapore nearly half of the country, enjoy the bustling modern city, also has the traditional culture of unsightly unique charm, Singapore is a multi-ethnic and multicultural country, has a strong sense of inclusiveness, the inclusive, all national multicultural coexistence can be spawned.
The third day, June 17, 2008, Tuesday
It is the naturally wake up to sleep, was originally going to Singapore Botanic Gardens and Zoo, here are known as Asia's first night eco Zoo, but the thought of Panyu chime-long and xiangjiang wild animal world are similar, then give up.
Go directly to the woman's links-Orchard Road shopping.
Orchard Road is Singapore's famous shopping district, full of large shopping centres and shops.
Think about the day before, we walked half a Singapore, and in the street, we spent the whole day hasn't stroll into thirds. Woman, your name is shopping.
Go to Dong HA, is the legendary poets Dong, does as its name implies, are more suitable for the elderly, the display is relatively old.
A rough rough browsing, we quickly retreat.
> Next to WS horse square (WISMA ATRIA SHOPPING CENTRE), in the upscale clothing on sale here, a comparison of the famous Singapore TOPMAN and TOPWOMAN of the shop, 1st floor by the renowned designer Benny Ong design of women's wear brands "BEBE", GAP KIDS, many of the children's fashion, this is relatively rare in the country. 2/f, FILA all discounts. We are on the fourth floor of the large food generation solution to lunch, chose the Typhoon wonton noodles with shrimp, very common. On the seat of the OFFICE boy wants to meet up face of Fujian shrimp Tai Fung, the whole plate surface with Zhang stem hold Lotus leaves, with delicious Nanyang pepper, red prawn, green bean sprouts, the Dalton was tempting the taste buds.
Ngee Ann City (Ngee Ann City) is the recommended shopping good place, it is Singapore Tourism Awards 2002, best shopping experience (shopping centre) award winners, with the exception of Japan chain stores Takashimaya (Takashimaya), there are also hundreds of stores selling sporting goods, stationery, electronics, jewelry and designer clothing, etc.
Many international famous brands such as the United States of Guess and Hugo Boss Woman, Spain's Zara, Mango, and Australian Country Road, were stationed here. There is Southeast Asia's largest bookstore Kinokuniya. In addition, it also has a well-equipped Sports Centre, art gallery and cultural centre! ground floor often have promotions. Our afternoon, basic consumption at Takashimaya, bought a bunch of woman supplies, it found that the ground floor there are a lot of good branch.
Park Palace (PARAGON SHOPPING CENTRE), is a luxury item.
There is a line number, there are also domestic luxuries not Martha department store, Martha cookies delicious than blue tank cookie several times. Finally, my Chanel sunglasses here close, Chanel has very strict sales, do not allow agents to guest discount. After some psychological tactics, we succeeded in obtaining the trust store, and an exception to a discount, 520 s sunglasses to 450 SGD transactions, it is a beautiful.
DFS is that China (DFS GALLERIA SCOTTSWALK), duty-free shops, selling all kinds of world's top brand-name bags, sunglasses, shoes and jewelry.
On the first floor of the sale of domestic cigarettes liquor, second floor above all is the famous big stores such as ARMANI, LV CUCCI, and so on, each store is pretty unusual, very comfortable shopping environment, each floor not far away there are men's rest, soft sofas, warm lights and businessmen know well woman saohuo men pay. Here to stroll around, right when the knowledge to your own brand extra lessons, wash the eyes.
Far East shopping centre there is nothing to be recommended, mid-range shops, there are a lot of video products, but also the local people of tailor.
Dinner back to include CFC solutions, a Southeast Asian style environment, very modern decoration, shop guys much zest, PA is too hard, I prefer compared to here, I have been convinced that delicious in town, since the town, more intimacy.
The fourth day, June 18, 2008, Wednesday
The day of departure from Singapore.
Afternoon flight, hotel of the ponds to almost noon check-out, SCOTTS road sea of verdant, welter in city traffic, the face of a green shade foreigners handsome guy in practice jogging, tanned skin is gently fibrillation on the deltoid muscle, as though we were surrounded ancient quiet little town of Europe.
At the airport and the master had made chocolate, suddenly some.
Dope, we just three days before the State has a profound understanding; a long time, as if it's been a long time, missing from the moment of boarding left began to save. Life, no one can do a superficial tourists, can't remember who said, yesterday's suffering today's harvest, only through the pain of life, we cherish life.
(St. Andrew's church tower of the Gothic roof)
(Beautiful merlion Park)
(Former Singapore General Post Office, the achievements of today's Fullerton)
(Hindu temple complex in India gods like)
