Jonny Ingbar
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Any tips from the travellers on here greatly received, spending 5 days in each city.
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We've actually got a camper for a bit after leaving Sydney, so the Blur Mountains are on our route; three sisters, scenic world etc.Have a day at the Blue mountains, easily reached by train from Sydney. But check the weather first, you see b***r all if it's misty.
Ferry to Manly is a good cheap way of a nice boat ride through the main harbour area
5 days might be a bit long in Singapore, you'll need to head out of the city centre, sure others will have good suggestions
Absolutely fantastic that, thank you, exactly what I was looking forSingapore -
I really enjoyed Night Safari at the zoo ( if you are ok with zoos) Was a while since I went but I’ll never forget walking along this path in the dark and I turned a corner only to be staring at a tiger 6ft away on the other side of the glass. Cos it was dark with dim lighting everywhere, and nearly deserted paths in some areas, it was completely different to seeing animals in the day time.
Breakfast with the orangutans. Again, it’s at the zoo but you basically head over early before it opens, and you have breakfast in the restaurant and orangutans come down from the canopy and sit on a bench nearby and you get to see them pretty close up. The keepers clearly love them, and last time I did it they put one in a golf car and drove it back to its favourite tree, which cracked me up. Then you can just see the zoo afterwards, as normal. I’m conflicted about zoos, but Singapore is a pretty decent one and their orangutan program is fantastic.
Obviously Singapore sling and lobbing monkey nut shells on the floor of the long bar at Raffles is an expensive tourist trap thing, but I enjoyed it.
Cocktail at the top of Marina Bay Sands hotel looking out over the bay at all the ships is pretty cool. You can’t have a swim up there unless you are staying in the hotel. ( I did that on my honeymoon and it was a good way to waste an afternoon.
There is a Universal Studios theme park on Sentosa island, if roller coasters are your thing. Not really anything Singapore about it, but good fun nonetheless.
There is lots of other stuff to see and do, I quite enjoyed the little modern art museum near the big Singapore flyer ( big wheel, bigger than the London Eye I believe)
Also a walk through the Gardens by the Bay is quite nice, including the cloud forest exhibit in the massive greenhouse type building. There was also a nightly laser/water lights show on the water by Marina Bay Sands that was quite impressive and worth swinging by to see if you are in the area. Other than that, just mooching about Singapore is cool. Bugis street for a bit of street food and Tiger beer from the Tiger girls. Clarke quay for lots of bars and restaurants, including chains like hooters and the like.
Think there is also a tiger brewery tour, but I’ve never done that. It’s a bit of a marmite place, some hate it and find it sterile, and others (me) love it. It is expensive but where isn’t these days? We’ve been a few times as a stopover for holidays out in Thailand/Indonesia, and we usually do the same type of stuff each time, but like most people who were/are in the Merchant Navy, I think it’s a great place.
Edit - the zoo is a massive complex . Night Safari is different from the main zoo, but same area. I think there is also a boat Safari you can do there, but that wasn’t finished last time I was there. You can do both the zoo and the night Safari - they are separate things, night Safari isn’t just walking around the same place in the dark
What were your highlights from what you saw? Sounds like you saw a lot of the city.We pre-hired a private guide in Singapore. Took my wife and I all over. Into various temples. Food halls. On the rapid transport system all the various districts . Cost me £ 400 but was worth every penny and was really usefull for the remaining 2/ 3 days we had on stop over.
I can get you the guides firm if you want they do groups which are a lot cheaper.
Are you going all the way to Australia just for 5 days ? or is that just the time in Sydney ?Any tips from the travellers on here greatly received, spending 5 days in each city.
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No tips but I hope you have better luck than my son who flew to Auckland from Manchester via Heathrow, Singapore and Sydney last week. Every flight he was on was delayed and he missed every connection arriving in Auckland over 24hrs behind schedule. Good luck!Any tips from the travellers on here greatly received, spending 5 days in each city.
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The highlights include.What were your highlights from what you saw? Sounds like you saw a lot of the city.