Singapore - sept 2012

I went to Singapore for holiday with my friend (finally not office duty) we stayed there 14th -16th September 2012. We stayed at Kam leng hotel in jalan besar, Little India area. It is 3 star hotel with minimalist design. The room is small but still proper for 2 pax. it has no cupboard or drawer, they just provide hanger for your clothes, but you can borrow iron without additional charge here. Bathroom is clean but it has no curtain for shower. so u need to queu, bcos it has no gap between toilet and shower.Good thing about this hotel is there is bus stop in front of the hotel. u can took bus right to the city. And it's walking distance to Mustafa center (well, not actually walking distance since it's quite far around 15 -20 minutes).

 

The Kamleng Hotel Lobby

 

This is the hotel look from cross the street

 

 

 

Hoa nam building bus stop in jln Besar

 

 On the first day we went to Clarke quay, it's a hip place for hang out. Lots of bar and restaurant along the canal. and there's some street performance also. From hotel we took bus no. 130 from Hoa Nam Building) bus stop. we stop at Bugis station and took Bugis MRT and then stop at Orchard.

in Orchard MRT we took blue line to bukit panjang but we stop in little india for MRT exchange into purple line to harbour front. We stop at clarke quay and walk to singapore river

 

 



 Clarke quay

 

Lantern festive along the river

restaurant along the way

 

 Clarke quay is a great place for night out. you can have dinner, go to club or just simply sit along canal and see city lights.

 

On the next day, we went to USS. It's located in Sentosa. i took bus no. 130  (Hoa Nam Building) stop at Bugis station (5 stops), i took Bugis  MRT  (to bukit panjang) – stop at little india (change into purple line to harbour front) – stop at harbour front  – took monorail to sentosa. it's around half an hour from kamleng Hotel.

 

USS is quite hectic so i suggest you to come before 9 to avoid human traffic inside. First game we took is transformer, because it's new and everyone want to ride it. it's my 5th time to USS but i never get bored with all rides. and attraction :D my favorite is transformer, the mummy and steven spielberg. Oh and now they perform sesame street too.. my first time watched it. It's better if you get the map and special performance schedule, it helps you to plan your activity inside so you can watch all performance.

 

After USS we went to marina bay and had dinner at marina Baysands. The mall is big, it has river wit canoe for people who wanna ride it, the concept is like the venetian mall in Macaw (you can read my blog about it).

you can also watch laser performance every 8pm. good place for sightseeing.

 

New sesame street performance

In one of souvenir shop inside USS

 

 in front of marina Bay Sands

 

 it's in Marina Bay ok, no flash, can't see my face

 

 

After that we went to Mustafa center, since it's 24 hours so we spent our midnight there to buy chocolates, souvenirs and body care that is no available in indonesia. Love Mustafa center a lot, my must go place everytime i went to Singapore. Overall staying in Singapore with budget travelling is ok, total spend per pax is only IDR 3,500,000 (flight,hotel,transport,meals,souvnirs). we took Air Asia promo and eat at kopitiam. this kind of holiday is very affordable. Hope this blog will help you.