Andrew Mouser said:

In summary, Singapore is a shopping destination and nothing much more. There is really no Singapore history beyond the 1800’s. There really isn’t a Singapore culture. No rain forests. No ancient temples. Heck, because of land reclamation, there really isn’t even a natural beach on the whole island.

While it was nice to go someplace where English is one of the official languages, I really don’t think I will make a return trip to Singapore.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "American tourist chronicles his week in Singapore."

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The Neo Dimension said:

The whole world knows the success of Singapore but little do they know that we have farms in such a small Lion City.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "I got to know from this blog that there is actually such exotic farm places in Singapore. "

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Japan Today said:

In a statement Friday, Singapore police said they have informed Karuppaya the issue he was planning to raise in his speech ‘‘is a sensitive one impinging on race.’’

‘‘Singapore is a multi-ethnic society and maintaining community harmony is a key imperative that we must not take for granted,’’ it said.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "So if you can't air your grievances at Speaker's Corner, next best step is to look for international press?"

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Times Online reports things you should do and not do in Singapore.

Must do

The Botanical Gardens are amazing. Less obvious, but a real gem, are the walking tours detailed on www.singaporewalks.com. There's a different one every day of the week.

Avoid

A lot of what pass for tourist attractions in Singapore - the Merlion at Marina Bay and the world's largest fountain at Suntec City - are pointless. Don't waste your time.

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Anita said:

People queue, they don’t spit, pee on the roads, don’t rush into the local trains, don’t litter, the cabs folks don’t overcharge, there are no touts, they have a low crime rate and there are hardly any cops (because you’re caught on camera everywhere) – this is almost like paradise – it’s too good to be true actually.

Recommended by quachee: "a tourist view on singapore - will get those complainers something to think about! haha... the grass is always greener on the other side!"

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Ice-Angel said:

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Ever wanted to know what goes behind the scene in MTV? Afew bloggers were invited together with Youth.sg to have a little mtv studio tour.

Many spongebobs seen."

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CNN said:

Perhaps Singapore's biggest handicap is its lack of famous sights: it has no Angkor Wat or Taj Mahal. For many years, it prided itself on its innumerable shopping malls, and promoted its annual "Singapore Sale".

Abroad, it is often better known for its authoritarian ways -- it canes vandals, executes drug offenders, crushes political opposition, and bans the sale of chewing gum. Culturally, its development has been crippled by restrictions on freedom of expression and censorship of films and plays.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Not exactly the celebratory messages we get all the time from the local media."

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tinkertailor said:

There was a real, ice hockey game going on, complete with uniforms and referees!

Recommended by tinkertailor: "International ice hockey tournament in Singapore!"

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Mezzo said:

Did the STB just spend money to ship our Miss Singapore over to a one-horse town, to win a two-bit tinfoil tinsel crown, at a competition that isn't going to do jack squat in terms of publicity for Singaporean lovelies? Or did they spend the money in hopes that we could nab a cheap title if no one else was really competing?

Either way, money well spent? Seriously, why bother? The only publicity that Ms Singapore got for this competition happened because her plane got hijacked.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Miss Singapore was on the Turkish plane that was hijacked yesterday, on the way to a beauty competition that no one will ever hear about. The hijacking was the most publicity STB will get from that competition. "

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^tamago^ said take ur time to read the whole series, and maybe other countries. Its interesting to read about Singapore through the eyes of a visitor (even if there are many humorous mistakes in his description of Singapore)

there are legends that everything is forbidden in Singapore : you have death penalty for selling pornography, drug dealing, prostitution, and many years of jail for some type of political activities, for carrying guns as well as very high fines for spitting, littering, or smoking in public places

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Kai Ruhl said:

If you like tea, bring it with you. Weighs nothing in your backpack and is worth lots because in Singapore you will mostly only find green tea...(Bring) Condoms (those in the southeast asian region are mostly too small and notoriously unreliable).

Recommended by jadeite: "This article is a bit old (dated 2001) but still interesting and amusing to see Singapore /NTU from a German exchange student's POV.

Don't know which supermarket he went to that only sold green tea!"

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Yawning Bread said:

As I have mentioned in the article Here, the first thing people register is your race, Singaporeans have quite a unique habit. We first draw some conclusion about a person's race before we decide what language to use. A Singaporean would not speak to someone who looks Indian in Chinese. Generally, we would use English to him without a moment's thought.

Recommended by gecko: "How we name places in Singapore and how awkward it is to interpret these names."

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Karl, a young and single tourist from NZ is blogging about his visit here:

Man singapore airport is HUGE, MASSIVE and BIG, and they have free computers. hence, its what I am currently typing on.

Ever wondered what a tourist feels about Singapore? Lurk around and you might learn something...

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Ngader gives us an account of her trip to Saigon. She describes her visits to various places of interests like the War Museum.

Visitors looking at the pictures. Unable to tear their eyes away. Fingers to their lips in shock. The quiet dignity of the pictures and our horrors of realization. Then finally, the pictures are over, and you walk into the tiger cages where they kept prisoners of war. Even in the hot noon sun, it feels eerie. At the end of the it, I walked out slightly dazed and disorientated.

I had lost my appetitie.

Hello Saigon: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8

sify.com claims that

Contrary to the common perception that Singapore is among the most expensive Asian shopping destinations, the city has emerged as the most affordable tourist shopping destinations in the Asia-Pacific region in a study conducted by Euromonitor International on retail pricing.

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Threez Frame pleads for legislation against local people who participate in child-sex tourism...

These are CHILDREN we are talking about. ... These girls may be told their going to be doing sales. They just don't realise they're also the product they're selling. ... These girls, who if they were living in Singapore, would be pulling on their uniforms and getting on the bus to school and studying for their Primary Three streaming, are kept in cages, and every 15 minutes some FULL GROWN MAN is going to come along, tap them on the shoulder, take them to a room and rape them.

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