River View Hotel, Singapore

Advantages: Shopping, Cleanliness, Nice People
Disadvantages: HEAT!!!

...is the largest mall in Singapore with over 78,000 square metres of shops and resturants! It is here you will find the Fountain of Wealth. The Fountain of Wealth is the World's Largest water fountain. The Fountain Of Wealth is upported by four 13.8 metres high bronze legs and spreading over an area of 1683.07 metres! I creates a spectacular view! The flowing water from the Fountain is a potent symbol as water is the essence of life in almost every culture. Make sure to have a walk around it to ensure your own good fortune and wealth! Retracing our steps we headed back to our hotel to prepare for the evening. However, Chijmes seemed to be calling to me and we made a quick walk around this beautiful, converted girl's convent. Here you will find little shops that open from 11 am to 10 pm daily and restaurants that are opened from 11 am until... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, clean and safe
Disadvantages: Not for the faint-hearted if you don't like the real world

...especally when well-meaning people sometimes tag on to you - it pays so much to be understanding, and try not to cause offense. I had some interesting company including visiting American sailors and some tourists, as well as some local Chinese and Indians. All of my three seperate evenings in this little part of Singapore were highly memorable, and I ate well. This cannot be a review of Singapore as a whole but I did go to the city centre and I would recommend a visit to the Raffles Hotel, a bastion of the old Colonial days, but throughly modernised with an interesting shopping and eating interior which welcomes casual visitors. I walked around the Singapore River, with lovely pedestrian free precincts and I discovered , much to my pleasant surprise, a large and beautiful sculpture of a large black bird by the world-acclaimed Colombian... Read review

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Advantages: Shopping, food
Disadvantages: Hot, humid

.... This is something like Clark quay but you won’t find that many shops in this area. But it is filled with bars and restaurants. If you walk a bit further you are in the downtown business area where you will find some of the skyscrapers and big banks. On the opposite side of the river is the place where Raffles landed his boat originally and there are a couple of statues of him. Many of the older buildings are located here including the old parliament, theater, courts and so on. But there are also new buildings such as the new parliament and Raffles City Shopping Center. Mount Faber is the highest mountain in Singapore but that doesn’t really say much cause it is pretty flat. And it is not very high at least to Norwegian standard. But we drove to the top and the view from the top at night is pretty nice and there is even a restaurant on top... Read review

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