Singapore

I arrived at my hostel, Fern Loft in Little India, in Singapore at 7PM local time after an hour ride from the metro into town and maneuvering the elaborate airport. The hostel in more upscale than some of the places I have stayed in Thailand and cost about 5 times more, but after a weekend in Singapore I have realized that everything is more upscale, more developed, and more innovative. I have had an amazing impression of Singapore. It is a country that is constantly striving to be the most innovative, most developed and always moving forward -although this is possible when the entire country is only 3 million people, encompassed on a small Island, and one of the business centers of the world.

I find the whole concept of Singapore fascinating, but I will explain more about the adventure now and digest some of the academic argument later. 

At the Hostel we enjoyed an 11 A.M breakfast with complementary  coffee, toast  and Singapore egg jam (Egg with lots of sugar and some cream).  We started the morning walking around Arab street, an area of town that was populated with Middle eastern shops, foods, and centered around an Sultan Mosque.  We were there during prayer time so we could hear the prayers and smell the incense.  From there we ate some  amazing India food – Murtabock, chicken curry, and warm naan. 

From there we ventured around the city. The most amazing part was stumbling upon the marina where the architecture was out of this world- so contemporay. We walked through a Helix bridge, and intense indoor mall, and a durian shaped opera house, and saw the giant ferris wheel (a sympol of Thailand).

We were taken in a car to the east side of Singapore to eat chili crab with sweet buns, oysters and glass noodle, barbe-q fish, Tofu, morning glory, and Malaysian noodles. We were so luck that one Leah had a friend in Singapore who was able to take us around and answer so many questions about the culture, the country, and the history. After dinner we looked out into the ocean. We Saw hundred of boats parked in the bay. It looked like another city out in the ocean.