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Little India, Singapore - What an experience

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4 Aug 8th, 2005 

11 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
Traditional Indian Ingredients, Clothing Stores,Allows you to experience a piece of India

Disadvantages:
Pushy sellers, pressurised environment,

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KELLYLOUJ

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Just got back from the Maldives again.....heaven will try to get round to r/r/c

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I travelled to Singapore in September and having worked in the travel industry for the past 4 years had done a lot of research on exactly what I wanted to get from my holiday.

Little India is a small area of Singapore where the streets have market stalls, small grocers stores and temples, basically it feels like you are in India as you walk around. After studying a tourism map of Singapore I thought it would be great to spend an afternoon walking through little India and learning about their culture.

Through the streets were music stores with traditional hand made instruments, and gorgeous clothing stores that made outfits from scratch with your design and your choice of material it was lovely.. that was until we went to the indoor market and we got absolutely harrassed, each market stall wanted you to buy from them to come in and place an order for a traditional Indian dress or kimono or buy a sita after sepnding over 30minutes in one particular stall and explaining that I simply did not want to purchase any goods as I did not have any money one me I was still struggling to shake off the market sellers. I am not confident enought to actually say to someone I have no interest as I did not want to appear rude but it seems very much that you have to say this in order to get around to your sightseeing or you will be stuck for hours at a time being pushed into purchasing something you really do not want.

That however is my only complaint about little india the aromas and items that are for sale are absolutely divine and I am so glad that I had the opportunity to see such a place and should I return, I know exactly what I am in for and how to deal with it a bit better.

If you are planning a trip to Singapore Little India is a must and there is so much to see in such a small area, the temples are out of this world and it was a pleasure to be able to visit them and see such a site in Singapore. 

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Comments about this review »

tashat 15.08.2005 15:40

I know we all don't like pushy sales people - but it is their livelyhood! xx

MAFARRIMOND 09.08.2005 05:58

If ever I get to Singapore I will be sure to pay it a visit. Maureen

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