Exploring Singapore

Well the Zoo didn't happen, oh well.

Tuesday we hired bikes from our hostel to go check out the beach. The bikes were pretty shoddy - brakes barely worked, gears skipped a lot..

After riding for about 3km I managed to pick up a puncture .. in a big way. I tried to ride on it a little more and somehow the tube ended up getting totally wrapped around the rear cassette; it was messy.
Half an hour of pushing it back to the hostel I managed to get another bike and we were on our way!

The beach/park area was pretty cool, nice trees and very clean.

The beach itself was actually no swimming; its more to look at than anything!

The number of massive shipping boats waiting to port was incredible however. Easily hundreds of boats across the entire horizon!

Later that night I hung out with a couple blokes from the hostel; an American and a London'er. The pom, Colin, had been traveling for 7 months to date and had some very interesting stories to tell. It was good to get insider knowledge from people that have been doing this more than we have, could definitely learn a lot!

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Wednesday morning we headed up to the Botanical Gardens. The garden was just so expansive; so much walking around!

I dont have much to say, so I'll just put up some photos!

At night I checked out the Marina Bay Sands hotel's light show.

From the bay in front of the hotel they shot giant mists of water in which they created a hologram effect using lights and lasers, telling the story of Singapore from what I could gather. 

Later, I headed up to the Skybar on the 57th floor of the Marina Bay Sands for a couple drinks; one of which being a Singapore Sling. 

Wow what a view. The Singapore skyline is incredible; the buildings are so new compared to what I have seen before in Japan, very cool architecture and lighting. 

Tonight is our last night in Singapore; tomorrow morning we are jumping on a (6 hour) bus ride up to KL. The coach only cost $30 and has wifi, so see how we go!

The original plan was an overnight train but every train ex Singapore was completely booked before we had a chance to try!