Friday, September 21, 2007
Singapore Departure
At the airport ready for departure from Singapore to Shenzhen in China. Leave here at 7:10pm and arrive in China at 11pm. Came a little early and were going to make use of all the facilities the brochures said were available at the airport (free internet, xbox, showers, pool etc) but they are only available to passengers departing from Terminal 2 and we are departing from the Budget Terminal. Went to the outer east areas of Singapore yesterday to a water park. It was closed for annual maintenance. Used the bus system and went to Changi War Museum. Museum was free and very interesting. Buses were air conditioned, clean, cheap and the drivers spoke pretty good english. There is no graffiti in singapore. Saw a news article on the way over to say that several years ago Singapore introduced several lashes, jail time and payment for clean up of graffiti as punishment for those caught, leading to no graffiti. They seem to have a big push on green areas as there is lots of open land and gardens.
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Yes they were always big on the gardens bit. When I was first there in early 80's many of the Kampongs (village type things) were being pulled odwn to make way for huge apartment buildings. The penalty for littering and long hair (for males) was very steep as well. Wouldn't let males with long hair into the country.
The railway was a later push - late 80's early 90's and they used the land fill from the tunnels to recalim land. Yes the mass transprt system is extremly good.
The base where we stayed then was known as Tengah and still had bullet holes in things from WW2. They have vowed they will never be taken like that again.
We used to eat off the local stalls - never a problem but might be a bit spicy for you.
God's blessings to you & yours.
Darryl V
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