Travel Experiences in Singapore

Singapore, renowned as a modern country, beautiful, clean and most secure in the world. We can say, this is the ideal destination for young people passionate about traveling. however, the Singapore Tourism also requires you to have a large sum of money, because the cost here is very expensive. The following I'll share one bit of experience when traveling richest countries in Southeast Asia.

Singapore

Prepare what when traveling in Singapore ?

Take it for what you really need and listed provisions are allowed to carry items when Immigration. Such as:

• Remember to bring your cup noodles and fried foods offline. = > Save Money.

• Toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, bath soap, towels, caps, medicine, phone ...

• Passport : Extremely important, without it you can not fly to Singapore. Do it before the trip about 1 month.

• Identification, cash ( cash converted into Singapore ).

• Languages ​​: The Singapore communicate in English, Singapore and Malaysia. Ideally you should have a little bit of English offline. Because on arrival in Singapore, you will be asked some questions like : Why do you come here ? ; For how long ? ; Who do you come with ? ; Do you have family here ? ( If you can not answer, you must return to its place of origin ) . Also english is also very handy when you ask for directions, book lodging, dining , ... .

Selection of time for the trip

Singapore is a country that you can travel to any point in the year. However, to add meaningful trip you should come to the time of the festival here as :

• Taipusam, a fascinating festival of the Hindus take place around February each year ;

• Singapore Food Festival in April ;

• Season promotions agency in June ( do you love shopping , then go into it this time )

• July and August are very few tourists, so you can negotiate cheaper prices for rooms and food while in Singapore. This is a 2 -month experience should follow my cheap travel.

• Should not go to Singapore in May, November, December and January 1. Because this is the time Singapore was covered with forest fire smoke and rain lasted empty.

A few notes as to Singapore

• When traveling in Singapore, you should bring visa / master card to book tickets online or hotel will save a significant expense.

• Try to use the right hand when shaking hands , giving / receiving gifts, ... with Singapore. Because they only use his left hand while using the toilet.

• Remove shoes when entering the house outside of Singapore and only woman smiling with Singapore instead embarked offline.

• When the Singapore exchange, " business card " with two hands, then get off and see through before putting it into his pocket. This is the way to show respect for them there.

• Between May 6-12 is the peak tourist months in Singapore, so if you go to the room booking and book a few months ago.

Means the Singapore Tourism

- Public transport is the number one priority is always to save. Bus and MRT system ( MRT ) in Singapore is ranked among the best with the layout of stops, guests disembark extremely reasonable.

- When boarded the subway or bus, you can reach almost all the most famous tourist destinations in Lion Island. Particularly with MRT, Singapore has three main lines : red line ( North South ), purple ( North East ), blue (East West ), the name of the running direction of the route is on the subway. And convenient to take MRT, MRT maps you need. This map has at Changi airport. You can ask any Singaporean presence in MRT, they are always willing to help you.

- To avoid having to wait in line to buy tickets when preparing to MRT, you can buy EZ Link card available. Cards with expiry date of 5 years , the price of S$ 15, of which S $ 5 value cards, S$ 3 is a bond refundable if you return the card and S$ 7 is money you can use to get around. You get recharge cards as you like, you should buy a ticket electronic EZ- link available at the station beneath the airport. The tag is used several times, for a variety of means including the MRT, bus and monorail (a tram out Sentosa ), help users navigate more economical than a taxi.

- If you buy subway tickets with cash , you have to buy tickets at the automatic ticket machines. Automatic machine accepts all types of coins, paper money, it was the highest value is S $ 10 daily. If your pockets full of money in $ 50 then you can contact Passenger Service desk for small change. To buy a ticket you do the following :

- Choose standard Buy ticket

- Select the station name you want to ( hand tap MRT station names on the map displayed on the screen ).

- If you buy 1 ticket, you put money into the machine individually or paper money based on the value that the machine notify you. In case you pay more than you need to pay the fare, the machine will return the money to you.

- If you buy multiple tickets for multiple people, you pick and choose more tickets you want to purchase the tickets. Then put the money into the machine.

- When you spend enough money on the machine, the machine will manufacture tags ( cards ) for you .Nho cardholder during his journey. Keep the ticket because they can return and get back to S$ 1 at automatic ticket machines .

If you do not have much time and had to move a lot, you should consider the following two options :

1. Buy tickets Bus Hop-on hop - off: Take a tour around the city with 22 stops is the scenery, play area, Singapore 's most famous shopping. Within 24 hours you can plan your trip and stop where you want. Ticket price is S $ 12 per day, to find out more information here :

2. The Singapore Tourist Pass Buy card : Using a media delight MRT, LRT or bus usually for a period and a fixed fee . There are 3 choices for guests is S$ 20 (1 day ), S$ 26 ( 2 days ), S$ 30 ( 3 days ). Bond which about 8-10 S $ is returned after your journey.

Cheap Food

- Street food, or selling at the Hawker center or food court area will be the first ideal choice if you want to eat cheap food. Hawker centers are a form as hawkers zone, where you can find lots of local food from the stalls. The famous Hawker centers is Lau Pa Sat and Newton. Food court also usually sold more than Western cuisine and the hotel 's Spa. Food court is usually found in large shopping malls such as Vivo and Orchard.

Tax refund

- In Singapore, when buying anything that we have to pay tax is the abbreviation GST ( good service tax ). This tax can be refunded you when leaving Singapore on the condition you have to get the correct bill as stipulated by Singapore. As to the airport, you should find a terminal 1 or 2, or 3, and came to customer service asking them to complete tax procedures will be directed. When buying memory requires bills (same in his country 's finance bill ) to be refunded 7 % .

This is one of my experiences while traveling in Singapore, there are many shortcomings, hope you can comment and make suggestions so that I can acquire different experience .