Bali, June 15, 2010
reluctantly leaving the paradise of Tioman return to the mainland and take a bus that will take us to the border with another "state": Singapore ...
Singapore is in the same pensisola Malaysia but it is a fully independent nation, is also one of the richest states in Asia and also the smallest. The state is practically the same city more than the suburbs of Singapore. We arrived at night and inziamo now looking for a hotel for 4 days we stay in the city. Prices in Singapore are much higher than the rest of Asia. One Singapore dollar is worth € 1.7, the change does not help much. We find a hotel for $ 16 SR (7 € per person) for a room with three beds, a reasonable price considering the level of local life.
The next day, visiting the city with the help of Derrick, who lives and studies here, we are appalled by the luxury, modernity, architecture and lifestyle of Singapore. Is something completely different from that of which we are accustomed to traveling here in Asia. You really feel in the first world, the standard of living, the city on a human scale, green in the middle of the skyscrapers and all the comforts possible are far ahead of our city \u200b\u200bin Italy (but much more ...!!).
The beauty of the buildings, the architecture of next generation massive roads, transport functioning flawlessly, shops, restaurants and luxury hotels make it a super modern city and completely oriented to the future. Huge number of skyscrapers that already exist and those that are being built. GranPremio his famous Formula 1 circuit in the city, the only Grand Prix night.
Singapore is a very cosmopolitan city. Europeans, mostly French, Australian and Asian (Japanese, Chinese, Korean), to study in this city that has the most prestigious universities in Asia. Regarding
food, there are many restaurants of Asian cuisine ranging from Indian-Malaysian, from Chinese to Vietnamese, Indonesian from the Japanese. Being a mixed city Singapore does not have a traditional kitchen, you can find all kinds of cuisine, even the European Union, several restaurants are Italian, French, English, but all are quite expensive. The
eateries in Singapore have a peculiar, are all in very large, such as large shopping centers, markets, or large areas reserved in special points of the city where the common spaces relies small (3 to 6 square meters) to only cooks for the kitchen, tables and chairs for the lunch are at the heart of these corridors on Asian cuisines, the idea is you take your place and then decide how you serve the meal restaurant, pick up your tray and sit, a bit like a buffet Peró cooked right now. The municipality in this case, rent the 3 square feet to the restaurant and then he deals with contract staff to clean tables and wash dishes, in this case the restaurant does not bother to haggle waiters or dishwashers, and this saves the cost of plate that oscillates between 1 and 3 € max and you can choose from dozens and dozens of different cuisines. We lost the hours each time deciding what to eat, because 99% of the things we have had no idea what it was. Here
finally bought my new camera. I take that prices of electronic and computer products is lower than in Europe (though I think it was a lot more) and buy a Nikon Coolpix P100, a camera with a 26x optical zoom, a power.
I spend four days in Singapore in a hurry, here, unlike other places already visited, we do not meet any interesting people, no passengers who can enrich us with his experience of life, we took a step toward the West, was a bit like returning home, reviewing the stress of everyday life, people incravattata entering into his office and came out tired after 8 hours with the desire to get home, traffic, smog, big buildings, little room for nature, well-being, socialization, exchange of experiences between people, only individualism and capitalism. It was like returning to reality after 5 months of travel in places that have enriched the mind and spirit. At least, after all, Singapore holds a special charm. I can compare it to New York but with an Eastern heart.
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