Singapore on a Long Weekend

📅 Itinerary
Day1：Land in SG at 5 am from a midnight flight from Pudong. If you want to experience The Jewel, this isn’t the most advisable. Since this is too early, almost everything is not open. However, if you want a full day then this is the flight to take. Buy a Travel Pass at the airport if you plan to use the bus and metro to go around. We depended on Grab and moved around in a car (faster than public transport).
Leave the airport and head downtown. We booked Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay, and although we couldn’t check in right away, our request was accommodated and got in our room at noon instead of the usual 15:00.
After leaving our bags, we headed to bay front to look for the authentic SG breakfast of kaya toast, runny eggs, and coffee.
After seeing the Merlion sans the crowd, you can start your walk from towards Telok Ayer to explore China town district. We also saw the Mint Museum of Toys (this is worth another post). You can end your jaunt at Kampong Glam. If you’re okay to walk under the heat and humidity, go around on foot. Otherwise, use grab!

Day2: We headed to Sentosa Island to enjoy a whole day at Universal Studios. We booked Hotel Michael, so you don’t have to leave the resort.

Day3: Take the big bus tour if you want to see the city. Then we headed to Hell’s Museum at Haw Par Villa (another post!). Explore bayfront from Marina Bay side and spend the afternoon at Gardens by the Bay. Be early at these sites, as wait times can go as long as 1hr to enter.

🏨 Accommodation
Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay (🌟🌟🌟)—stay here if you’re only staying downtown
Hotel Michael at Resorts World (⭐️⭐️⭐️)—stay here if you’re spending time at Sentosa Island
M Social (❤️❤️❤️)—above average budget stay (if you don’t want to stay in pods)

🍴 Food Recommendations
I am super biased. Living in mainland China, I always seek Jollibee where they’re available. You have to try the spicy chicken joy! It’s fire!

Other than that, go to hawker districts!

📌 Tips
* Public transport is cheap. I got a $15 subway card since $5 went to deposit. At the end, the card still had about $4+ left).
* GrabCar takes you faster anywhere than the bus or metro. Dropping the pin can sometimes be tricky though (consider that SG is a right-side driving country)
* It’s very humid. Invest in a handheld fan like JisuLife. Worth it!
* Always carry a refillable water bottle around. You’ll end up finding water anywhere anyway.
* No tipping in SG.