Last Day and KL

Our last full day started off by Fitzey and I checking out the Gardens by the Bay, a recent $1.2bn garden build near the Marina Bay Sands hotel. The massive Supertree structures feature a skyway 22 metres off the ground and providing great views of the city skyline and surrounding gardens.

We finished outing for the day by checking out the world famous Merlion stature overlooking the bay.

That night we went on a walking food tour run by the hostel.
The cost for those staying at the hostel was only $30 and we had the opportunity to eat a share of thirty different Singaporean dishes.

The tour lasted around 6 hours starting at 6:30PM at our hostel, and was not just about food, but also the heritage and economy around Singapore.

First off, we went up a state-built apartment building and had explained to use how the government enforces the fact that each building must be occupied by a certain ratio of Singaporeans (a split between Chinese, Malay and Indian, with Chinese having majority share).

The main event consisted of going to a Chinese restaurant and eating three different restaurants food from here; we tried chilli crab, crunchy baby squid, fried frog, squid cooked in its own ink and much much more. Needless to say we were all very full afterwards and there was still plenty of leftovers!

We were completely bombarded with great insider information, covering everything from strange laws; cost of housing; how the economy works; what people earn; how much cars cost - SHIT LOADS - and more. Alongside the choices of food throughout the whole 6 hours, it was an incredibly worthwhile experience.

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Today we had an early start; 7am wake up. We packed up our stuff and said goodbye to those in the hostel as we were off on the bus to Kuala Lumpur via a coach.

The bus itself was awesome, great air con - too cold if anything - and big comfy seats. It was a 27 seater bus but only had eight other passengers!

Out of pure coincidence we started talking to a Singaporean girl in the seat opposite mine, who as it turns out used to work for a couple years in the hostel we just came from!

We checked into our hostel, Reggae Mansions in Chinatown KL, which is a notorious party hostel, which should be good fun!

First impressions of KL are good; everything is way cheaper than Singapore! I think it will be a good stepping stone to introduce us to the dirtier parts of South East Asia, with the city being less refined and first world than Singapore, but not quite as full-on culture shock as Bangkok and beyond is sure to be!