Oh great! Thanks for the tip!

Thanks Siti! Keep your eyes on my Insta for what we get up to 🙂

Just remembered. The Botanic Gardens just finished some renovations. Maybe you wanna check it out.

Omg.. What a coincidence. Enjoy yourself ya.

Hey Siti! Oh my gosh, thank you so much for all these recommendations! Believe it or not, I’m heading to Singapore next week! Sadly I have very little time, but I’m going to try to make the most of it!

So last time you came to Singapore (Spore) was in 2013? You should come again, maybe for 3-4 days next time. And after reading your blog, I assume that you love animals, dreamy sightseeing (ok you’ve seen the night view of Gardens by the Bay, but it looks more beautiful during xmas season – Christmas Wonderland) and arts & culture.

I can suggest these simple visits:
1) Singapore Zoo, River Safari, Night Safari (all around Mandai area)
2) The Mandai/Kranji area also has a few small farms with visitation, like a goat farm, hydroponics vegetables farm, etc.
-> https://kranjicountryside.com/plan-your-visit/farm-visits
3) Sentosa, which has a lot of attractions, from cheap Butterfly Park to the expensive Universal Studios
4) Tripping around the cultural neighbourhoods, eg: Geylang Serai for Malay Culture, Arab St for Arabs Culture, Chinatown (you’ve visited), etc…
5) Watch out for special festivals or celebrations happening in Spore that will leave nice memories, like, night F1 race in Sept, Chingay Parade, Hari Raya Lightup and bazaars during the fasting month, National Day Parade
-> https://www.visitsingapore.com/festivals-events-singapore/
6) If you’re into adventures, we have Forest Adventure in the East, the long Zipline at Sentosa, Clip N Climb in the East & West (wall climbing instead of rock climbing), a waterpark called Wild Wild Wet in the East, GMax Reverse Bungy at Clarke Quay…

Hope to see you in Singapore anytime soon.

Hey Yvonne, that’s unfortunate to hear about the dolphinariums. I don’t visit them and much prefer wild dolphin encounters! I do admit to ordering a Singapore sling, though!

Because you’re a diver (I assume because I saw a few diving jaunts/divemaster words thrown around), I just thought you might want to know that the dolphins at the oceanarium are wild caught, with at least 4 dolphin fatalities since they were caught till they were transported into the oceanarium.

You can read more about them here: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spca-calls-for-release-of-resorts-world-sentosa-dolphins-after-fourth-death

There are more articles on the campaign efforts for their release online if you’re interested. And I hope you’ll share this with any of your friends who are planning a Singapore visit.

Oh! And don’t bother about that Singapore sling, or any dish that has ‘Singapore’ in it, those definitely aren’t what the locals eat! :p

Come back soon! 🙂

You’re so welcome Katy! Hope you had a great time!

Katy