Singapore

Sep 12

Yesterday was an interesting day. Obviously it took forever to get to Changi, but once I was there, customs and immigration was a breeze. I quickly got my bag, and taxi’d to my hotel. I stayed at the Duxton Reserve, and they gave me a pretty “suite” upgrade. It’s a former shophouse converted into a hotel room. Two floors and all. It was like 1am, so I zonked out pretty much immediately.

Around lunchtime I woke up for real, and walked over to a hawker center. There I had some chicken rice, which was pretty good. I don’t see it as the “Michelin grade” restaurant it’s sold as, but it’s a cheap solid meal. The hype was just a little too high.

Chicken rice at a Singapore hawker center, Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on the tray.

From there I went back and took a nap, woke back up around 6pm, where I got an espresso martini from the lounge, and followed it up with a city walk from Clarke Quay along the Singapore River all the way to Marina Bay Sands. There I took in the very impressive view of the city (which is used as a stock background on my work PC!), and watched the Spectra light show.

Marina Bay Sands and the ArtScience Museum at night, seen from the water.

Selfie along the Singapore River at night, CBD lights behind, Rays cap.

After that, I went to “Satay Street,” or Lau Pa Sat. There I just went stall to stall, eating an irresponsible amount of skewers, and drinking Tiger beer.

Grilled squid, prawns, and satay with peanut sauce at Lau Pa Sat, Singapore.

After that I went home. All in all, a 10/10 day. Singapore is great.

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