A couple of weekends ago I had the pleasure of spending a few days in Singapore. The decision to go on the short holiday was due some frequent flyer points I had that were expiring in August so it was either use them or let them expire.

I’ve been to Singapore quite a few times now usually as a stopover destination but this time it was the only destination. My plans were just to eat, shop, do some sightseeing and take a few photos. I also wanted to try Singapore’s famous chili crab which I did. I’ve heard so much about this iconic dish but never got around to trying it. Man, I’m so glad I did. I devoured a 1.4kg mud crab and it was absolutely delicious. To anyone visiting Singapore, this is a must try dish. Very sticky and messy but well worth it.

On this trip I visited the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Marina Bay Sands casino and I also got to watch some of the Singapore National Day rehearsals in the Marina Bay area. The rehearsals included an air-show from the Singapore Air Force. Seeing the aircraft fly so low and hearing the noise from the jet fighters was absolutely awesome. All up it was a great holiday. I love Singapore and I always thoroughly enjoy my visits there.

On our way to London we stopped over in Vietnam and Singapore for a week. It was nice to break the trip up rather than flying straight to London from Melbourne. It also helped us adjust to the 9 hour time difference between Melbourne and London a little better.

The week in Vietnam and Singapore was great. Our trip was split up pretty evenly between Saigon, Nha Trang and Singapore. We spent so much time eating it wasn’t funny. The food everywhere was just amazing especially the seafood which was always so fresh. I think I put on a couple of kilos haha. Anyways, check out some of the photos from the trip.

I was on my way to Thailand to meet David and Nghia who were already holidaying in Phuket. Since I was flying Singapore Airlines to Bangkok from Melbourne I had the usual stopover in Singapore. Transit in Singapore is something I always enjoy since there is so much to do at Changi Airport plus the city is only ever a short 30 minute taxi or train ride away.

Since it was 6:00am in the morning and I had over 4 hours to kill I decided to leave the airport and head to the Mustafa Centre to do a little shopping. The Mustafa Centre is a 24 hour shopping plaza located on Syed Alwi Road in Singapore’s Little India area about 20 minutes from Changi. The centre is famous for it’s big range of jewellery, travel products, electronics and other general household items often at bargain prices.

On our Singapore stopover a week or so ago me, Tu and Nghia braved the G-Max bungy in Singapore and man what an experience that was. This thing takes up to 3 people on a 0 to 200 km/h blast to 60 metres in 2 seconds, experiencing a 5G thrill! It was amazing! Check out the video.

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Man, Singapore is one interesting city. So culturally diverse city with heaps of great places to eat. With everything from the super spicy Indonesian dishes, Indian curries and traditional Chinese yum cha Singapore has got it all. A highlight was the all you can eat steamboat buffet we had on our last night. For SG$12.80 per head which is about USD$8.50 you get half tom yum and half traditional chicken soup steamboat with unlimited small mud crabs, prawns, fish, deer, mutton, various varities of tasty mushroom and all the other traditional steamboat dishes. Nghia ate so much he had to leave the table early and head upstairs to lay down. Haha it was hillarious seeing him complain and shit.

We also did all the touristy things and visited the Night Safari and Sentosa Island.

Anyways, check out the photos. Some of these were taken from my camera phone so the quality isn’t that crash.