Singapore: too perfect to be true!
A picture perfect city with not so happy people: Singapore is the hub of the east and only Hong Kong can compete against the infrastructure of this city. It's organised, regimental and reflects the true spirit of a nation desperate to rise and shine in just four decades.
My visit to Singapore was a brief 4 day experience that was a business tour. I was sent to attend the 3-day workshop on LafargeHolcim Awards on Sustainable Construction. Accommodation and plane fare are as follows:
Ticket= 42,000/- (Biman Bangladesh)
Accommodation with breakfast= 58,000/- (14,500/- per night at Holiday Inn, Atrium, Outram Road)
Yes, it's a pretty expensive city but the experience is absolutely worth it.
Singapore is a small, beautiful island that is now completely focused on building a green country. You will find green anywhere and everywhere. In fact, they have moved from a “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden”- which is the motto of greening the urban landscape.
To begin with, Changi Airport is towards the South West of the country and a taxi ride from there to the happening South of Singapore will take about SGD 20/-
Two places I recommend for everyone (specially solo travellers) is the walk down from Clark Quay towards Esplanade Park. My pictures will do no justice to it. The air is fresh and energetic, people are jogging around or drinking beer at the many bars by the river.
Check out the pictures on the left. I had the most amazing strawberry Pina Colada at this river-side Italian cafe called Supply and Demand.  |
| A messy affair with crabs! |
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| Oh those buns and crab! |
The 3-day experience was a lot more learning too and I will be sharing another piece about the Sustainable Architectural projects of the country!
