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I must confess, I was keen to get out of Singapore as quick as possible because I thought that we would do nothing but haemorrhage money. We did in fact spend a lot of money, but it was all convenience items that we found dirt cheap after having lived in New Zealand for three and a half years. Stephanie now has a new phone. I have some camera extras. Aurora an Mp3 player, and all of us some portable charging devices. Nothing we needed, but we left so much more that we wanted!
I feared Singapore, the city country, because it was uber-developed, and I imagined it crowded and devoid of any sort of culture. While it is not brimming with the ancient sites you will find in its neighbouring countries, Singapore does have a great culture. We stayed in Little India, and I counted about 20 curry joints on the short walk from the MRT to our hotel. Public transit from the airport, a significant journey, cost us $2.50SIN for the whole family, or less than the price of a single trip fare on the LRT in Edmonton, or the buses in CHCH! Transit in general was dirt cheap and went pretty much anywhere you needed to go. If you missed a train, the next was by in 2 minutes. I later discovered that there is an obnoxious tax on getting a car on the road in Singapore, that can make ordinary vehicles worth about $100000!
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