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Have the best fun ever in Singapore SINGAPORE  LOCAL  HISTORY Harry’s Quayside Bar & Upstairs at Harry’s Wine Bar – 28 Boat Much of Southeast Asia’s attraction Quay. Harry’s is known for its live was its position in between two monsoon Jazz  and  R&B  music. seasons. One half of the year saw winds that carried sailing vessels from China to There is airy riverside seating or cozy Southeast Asia, while the other half of the tables next to the stage. This is a classy year carried sailing vessels from India and place and even though it is very popular, you Arabia to Southeast Asia. The English, Dutch, can always get a seat. The wine bar is very Portuguese, French and Spanish saw that there laid back with plush sofas and a dimly lit was an advantage to having a trading post in seating area. This is the hottest hub for Southeast Asia. Sir Stamford Raffles arrived musicians and other artiste types. Happy hour in 1819, signed a treaty with Temenggong is  from  11  am  to  9  pm. Abdu’r Rahman so that a trading post could be set up on the island, in return an Liquid Room – 76 Robertson Quay. annual payment to the Sultanate was made. In Liquid Room was the first dance club to spin 1824 the Dutch signed a treaty with Britain, techno, trance and house music nightly in acknowledging Singapore as a permanent Singapore. The DJ’s are very selective British possession. In 1869, the Suez Canal only playing the best of each genre. This opened which linked the Mediterranean and the club generally attracts the young and Red Sea, this put Singapore in a prime energetic. Upstairs is the dance floor while position  and  less dependent on trade winds. downstairs is a moody lounge, which provides some down time. Happy hour is from 7 to 9 pm. Singapore was virtually untouched by World War I, but with increased pressure by the SINGAPORE  BEACHES U.S, Britain broke off relations with Japan and this made the defenses in Singapore a From Changi Point at Changi Village you have primary concern. In 1941 the first bombs were a panoramic view of Malaysia, Indonesia and dropped  on  Singapore. several of the Islands that belong to Singapore. The beach is calm, frequented by Japanese ground forces attacked on 8 February locals who set up camps and barbecues and 1942, driving the British forces back. The enjoy  a  day  on  the  beach. occupation was harsh, mass executions were everyday events and prisoners of war were You can rent kayaks along the beach to do tortured and killed. On 5 September 1945, the some water sports. There is a huge hawker Japanese surrender to Lord Louis Mountbatten. center, international restaurants and pubs, which serve fresh seafood for lunch when you In 1959 the Peoples Action Party (PAP) swept get  hungry. 43 seats in the country’s first elections and Lee Kuan Yew became the first On Kusu and St. John’s islands there prime minister of Singapore. In 1963 are swimming lagoons, which are quiet out of Singapore was admitted to the Federation of the way places to go. Some of them have great Malaysia, but due to the PAP wanting to views  of  the  city. become a national entity rather than a local Singaporean party, Singapore was expelled Central Beach is the best beach that you will from the Federation on 9 August 1965. In 1971 find in Singapore. It is located on Sentosa the last of the British forces left the Island. There are varies water sports to island and Singapore gained its independence. choose from and fun beach activities. Occasionally there will be a night dance SINGAPORE  ATTRACTIONS party here. There are also a variety of restraints  and  pubs  to  choose  from  to. Kuda Kepang – This is not your average traditional dance. Once in a while on a SINGAPORE PARKS & GARDENS Chinese and Saturday night you can see young men on Japanese Gardens – Located at 1 wooden horses who move like warriors, Chinese Garden Road. The Chinese Garden whirling, spinning and slapping the horses to dedicates most of its area to the make intimidating sounds out of them. There ‘northern style’ of landscape is rhythmic, repetitive traditional Malay architecture. This is mainly the style of the music, which the warriors dance to in unison Imperial gardens, with brightly coloured and staging battles with each other, and by buildings to compensate for the absence of the end of a long series of dances, the rich plant growth and natural scenery in horsemen are in a trance. From a pot of China. The Stone boat is a replica of the burning frankincense, the warriors inhale stone boat at the Summer Palace in Beijing. this, and then all hell breaks loose. The Special attention has been paid to the dancers are whipped, fed glass (which they placement of rock formations to resemble true chew and swallow), walk on glass shards and nature. In the Japanese Garden marble-chip shred coconuts with their teeth. What is paths have been laid so that you can hear you really amazing is that the next day the own footsteps, but they also serve to slow dancers don’t recall what they did the down your journey so that you can gaze upon previous night. The dance is not performed on the scenery. This garden was designed to a  regular  basis. evoke feeling. There are plenty of benches so that you can sit down and take in the sights. Asian Civilisations Museum – Located at 39 Armenian Street. The old Tao Nan School Singapore Botanic Gardens – The first dates from 1910 and was completely renovated botanic garden was started at Fort Canning by and reopened in 1997 to house the Asian Sir  Stamford  Raffles  in  1822. Civilisations Museum. There are various displays of calligraphy, ceramics, furniture, There is a rose garden, sundial garden with artwork and fine collections of jade. The pruned hedges, a banana plantation, a spice exhibits in the galleries are continuously garden and sculptures by international changing to represent the other Asian artists. The National Orchid Garden is 3 civilisations  as  well. hectares of gorgeous orchids. There is a gift shop, which sells live hydroponics orchids in Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom Museum of test tubes. There are also three lakes. The Singapore – Located on Sentosa Island. Botanic gardens also offers ‘concert in This is a walk in enclosure, which provides the park’ with various local and an up close and personal view of some of the international performers Esplanade Park and 60 live species of native butterflies, from Queen Elizabeth Walk – These two parks cocoon  to  adult. are the most famous in Singapore and were established in 1943 on reclaimed land. There The exhibits here are mostly dead, but are several memorials located in the parks. extensive. The collection carries more than Theatres on the Bay opened in October 2002 2500  bugs. this is a unique double-domed structure and is locally known as the Durians because of SINGAPORE  CUISINE its spiky domes, which resemble halves of durian  shells. These spikes are sun shields. Singapore has a variety of cuisine’s, which its local restaurants and eating-places SINGAPORE  SHOPPING specialize  in. Hilton Shopping Gallery – 581 Orchard There is New Asia cuisine also called fusion Road. This shopping Gallery is at the Hilton food, which combines Eastern and Western International Hotel and has the most ingredients and cooking styles for a whole exclusive shopping in Singapore. A few new eating experience. You also get Cantonese international design houses have made this cuisine, Beijing cuisine, Shanghai cuisine, their Singapore home, such as Gucci and Donna Indian cuisine, Malay cuisine, Peranakan Karan. cuisine  and  Chinese  cuisine. Shaw House – 350 Orchard Road. Isetan, SINGAPORE  RESTAURANTS a large Japanese department store, which sells designer boutiques for men and women, Ah Hoi’s Kitchen – 1A Cuscaden accessories and cosmetics, takes up the main Road. floor. This restaurant specialized in local cuisine. Specialists’ Shopping Centre – The menu is extensive covering most things. 277 Orchard Road. The anchor store is John The atmosphere is real ‘vacation in the Little, which is Singapore’s oldest tropics’. This is a great alternative department store. The store opened its doors for tasting seafood if you can’t get in 1845. The shop might be old, however, the to  the  east  coast. prices  are  very  today. Da Paolo e Judie – 81 Neil Road. This Tang’s Plaza – 320 Orchard restaurant has been modeled in contemporary Road.  C.K. elegance with alfresco dining and a wine bar. The wine list has wines from Italy. There are Pang peddled goods from an old cart in the modern as well as classic recipes to choose street of Singapore, an industrious fellow, from using the freshest seafood. The his small business grew and made it into a qualities of food as well as service are department store. This store has been a impeccable. success over the decades, and now competes with all the other international mega stores. Indochine – 49 Club Street. There is Tang’s is truly Singaporean and its an air of romance and mystery created by the history  is  a  local  legend. Indochinese artifacts and subtle lighting. A French twist is added to the popular regional SINGAPORE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES Volcano Land favorites. This is a place to try new things. – Sentosa Island. This is a walk The Cuisine is a mixture of Vietnamese, through exhibit, which take you on a journey Laotian  and  Cambodian. to the center of the Earth. A mythological explorer and his Jules Verne-style robot Palm Beach – 5 Stadium Walk. Depends buddy talk you though the exhibit. Inside the on what you are in the mood for. For an volcano is a multimedia show, which depicts underdressed, informal evening, you can sit the mysteries of life and the universe and in the downstairs dining hall, or if you feel there  is  also  a simulation of an eruption. like getting all dressed up and fancy, then sit upstairs in the lovely upscale setting. Underwater World – Sentosa Island. The The menu is the same and reasonably priced highlight of this attraction is the tunnel, focusing on seafood cuisine. Located outside which is 83 meters of transparent acrylic the restaurant is a gift shop, which allows where you glide on a conveyor belt. There are you to bring home jars of the hot pot sauce, plenty of views of the sharks, stingrays, a char, chili sauce and sambal. This is a eels and other sea creatures. In the smaller very popular restaurant; so on weekends if tanks you can view the usual sea life. A you don’t book you will have to queue. display of bamboo shark embryos, which are developing within egg cases, is something SINGAPORE BARS & CLUBS Anywhere Music Pub that  is  totally  amazing. –  19  Tanglin  Road. Jurong Bird Park – 2 Jurong Hill. This is one of Singapore’s oldest and There is a collection of 8000 birds from more most established bars. It is a casual joint than 600 species. There is a Waterfall with a mixed crowd of mostly 30’s and Aviary; this is the world’s largest up. The house band plays pop and rock covers walk-in aviary, a pretty walk over pathways to packed crowds who dance on the dance and babbling brooks through the landscaped floor. Happy hours are weekdays from 6 to 9 tropical forest. The world’s tallest pm. man-made waterfall can also be seen here. Every day at noon this aviary experiences a Bar None – 320 Orchard Road. There are man-made  thunderstorms. regular theme parties and comedy nights, a resident band, which is the best club band in There are two shows, which feature birds of town that play a high voltage mix of R&B, Top prey either acting out their natural 40 and rock. This club is extremely popular, instincts or performing falconry tricks, and so be prepared to stand queue. There is a a show of trained parrots that race bikes and cover charge of $15 US, which includes 1 free other birds that perform all sorts’ drink. tricks. 1 A B C D 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117