Singapore, the City of Happy Hour

On my trip back from Indonesia to Germany I had a 12 hours layover in Singapore.
Of course I wanted to take the chance to visit Singapore city. First thing first, I had to bring my luggage to a storage place. 🧳In Changi Airport in Terminal 3 on the First floor you can find a Luggage storage room. It will cost you 15 Singapore Dollar to store a luggage of over 10kg. The service operates 24h⏳ and is safe.
Then in order to go into the city, I got myself a MRT 1 day Tourist Pass Card so I can move around in the by subway🚇. You can buy the card in Terminal 2 at the level where the MRT station is. It will cost you 25 Singapore dollar (10 Singapore dollar is the deposit which you can claim back after your visit. The card can be returned at Terminal 2 at the MRT counter where you bought it).

At around 1pm first thing I wanted to visit is the Singapore Botanical Garden. 🪴🌿The metro station is called Botanic Gardens and is about 40min away by MRT from the airport. Entrance is free and the Garden is huge and beautiful.🌺 You can spend at least 2 hours there, wandering around and even relax on the grass next to the lake or inside small huts to hide from the sun. There are different kinds of birds and I even came across a monitor lizard. 🦎That was quite impressive.

Next area I have visited is Clarke Quay.🍸 I went there by MRT and it’s about 15min away from Botanical Garden. Once I arrived there I walked around towards China Town. 🏯You will come across a lot of little streets with bars and restaurants.🥢 In the evening it’s the place where socializing and happy hours are happening. Clarke Quay is really cute. China Town is also lively. It’s a street full of little shops selling souvenirs and typical Chinese things. There are also a lot of Chinese restaurants and drinking spots.🍻

From China Town I walked to Laut Pa Sat à huge food court area with a South East Asian street food vibe. They have the best Sate in town. But you will find all kinds of food there and it's a very lively dinner spot! 🍲😋🍜 Then I walked all the way to Raffles Place, Singapore’s Financial Center🏦🏙️ . The sun started to set🌇 and the view on the Marina Bay🌅 was magical. By the time I was there around 6pm business people started to be off work and enjoying after work drinks🥂🥃 with the view on the Marina Bay. If you don’t want to sit in a bar, there are also a lot of seating places, very peaceful to rest or read a book. That’s also where you find the famous statue The Merlin, Singapore’s symbol and the famous Flight Bar & Lounge with the infinity pool.🥰

🛫My flight leaving Singapore was at 11:50pm. So I made sure I was at the airport at 10:30pm. I am amazed how efficient and fast Changi Airport is. The process from picking up my luggage from the storage room in T3 , Check in in T3 and passing through security and immigration literally took me 15min. 🚀
Amazing 12h layover in Singapore! Definitely will stay 3days next time 🤩

Post by miss banzai | Mar 29, 2023