Sunday, July 10, 2016

Travel Notes from Singapore (with photos)

I am back in India from an expedition to Singapore. I recommend you to save money and make a trip to the country that is disciplined as well as progressive. Alongside a professional work environment, there are several opportunities for shopping, entertainment and recreation.


Before the flight I had a brief halt at Hotel Le Seasons, New Delhi
My flight landed Monday morning and then we set off for Hotel Holiday Inn Atrium. After a sumptuous breakfast buffet that had decent vegan options, we had a quick nap and hopped onto a bus. A brief city tour was followed by lunch at an Indian restaurant, Mughal Mahal at Novotel. Then we went to Sentosa island, VivoCity mall, Bugis Street and Mustafa mall. We did a fair amount of shopping from these places, with Mustafa having far too many options in electronics, utensils, chocolates, fruits including Indian mangoes, etc you name it they had it. There is Arya Samaj opposite Mustafa 1 in an area called ‘Little India’ because it has a lot of people of Indian origin. Tamil is one of Singapore's official languages, and I could see signboards in Tamil almost everywhere I went including the metro rail, buses, public spots, etc.


Singapore's Official Languages are English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Punjabi can wait.