Singapore - or how many malls can a city cope with

I was truly looking forward visiting Singapore! Most of all I wanted to proof the stories told to me about the cleanliness of the city and the restrictive laws regarding public habits...

So here's what I have learned...

- Well, The city is really really tidy, but not perfectly clean to the end - but I didn't dare to throw away the littlest fluff nor to drink or to eat in the metro (500SGD fine!! = 325€) 

- Everything looks so cool, clean, new and plain... but it is almost too perfect. At most sites I've missed something like a soul. Maybe because Singapores history is only about 200 years old...

- Shopping Malls. You can't escape them... ;-) But they are perfect places to escape the heat or - much more important - to find a restroom... :-) I think it would be able to walk through the whole town just by passing through the malls. ;-)

- my absolute favorite sites: 

• the new "Gardens by the Sea". This is a totally new site opend this year. It consists of nicley gardens, futuristic trees and two large glas domes, one contains a rainforest, the other one different climate zones - the dryer ones ;-) - from throughout the world.
• ArtSience museum, because it is looking incredible and because of the fantastic temporary Andy Warhol exhibition shown in there. (Ok, I like Popart... ;-))

To get a glimpse of what I've seen take a look at these pics...

Hang loose!!

Rainer