Last year, just before Christmas, we packed up and jetted over to Singapore for a few days. I knew not much at all about Singapore before our trip. In fact when the team from Tourism Singapore initially called to invite me on the trip I said, “Oh, it must be fate. I bought Singapore noodles last night.”
“Umm… Singapore noodles aren’t really from Singapore,” she laughed.
I did know just two things:
1. It was clean.
2. Spitting was a big no-no.
Every time we mentioned that we were going to Singapore so many people had a story to tell. My Big Sis told me I’d love it. “It’s so you,” she said, “It’s organised, clean but it’s hot.” Other people would always recommend a place to see, stay, eat at or visit. I should have kept notes. No one said a bad thing about Singapore – which excited me.
I went on my first ever plane when I was 18. Lacey is just 4 and been lucky enough to travel to a few places, Singapore being her second overseas trip. I love that very first photo of her below. We’d just landed and were heading for the hotel, she was so excited by ‘Singaport’.
I’ll share more details on what to do, see, stay, eat {oh the eating!} etc in another post. I just wanted to share a few photos first.
I fell in love with Singapore, more than I imagined I could or would. The people were amazing. There were so many things to do. We had a guide for the trip and I was mesmerized by the stories he told. Singapore is a young-ish country, younger than Australia. It has no natural resources – so it has to work hard for it’s money. We flew in with the President on our plane. Nobody knew that he was coming, but we did because a birdy told us. I love that he holidayed on the Gold Coast and flew home on a budget airline with us.
Singapore is constantly evolving, trying to better itself. This excited me, because I get kinda bored easily, but also because the Singapore that I saw recently won’t be the same Singapore that I might visit in a few year’s time. And it was pretty darn amazing when I visited, how could it possibly evolve into something more amazing?
I’ve never traveled overseas at Christmas time – so I really only know how Australia does Christmas. Now I want to travel more in the Silly Season. The spirit was well and truly alive, as was the City. It was just a bit magic.
Anyways… I’ll leave you with a few photos of our trip and leave the details for later.
Where is the last place you traveled to? How do you rate it?
Lacey and I traveled as guests of Singapore Tourism. We paid for Shane to come along for the ride.
