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40 'Must Do's' In Singapore |
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Written by Visit Singapore
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Friday, 12 August 2005 |
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40 'Must Do's' In
Singapore
1. Enjoy Chilli Crab with the locals at East Coast Seafood Centre. 2.
Pamper yourself at Asia’s largest outdoor spa, Spa Botanica. 3. Try your hand
at being a Trapeze Artiste at Sentosa – A novel beach attraction that
innovatively marries a Pizzeria with Singapore’s first Flying Trapeze
School. 4. Tee off at night under the floodlit fairway at Jurong Country Club
or Orchid Country Club. 5. Enjoy the sights of Singapore from the top of an
open bus on a Hippo Tour. 6. Snap a picture with one of Singapore’s most
photographed personalities – the Raffles Hotel Doorman. 7. Be reinvigorated
by a balanced yin-yang meal at the Imperial Herbal Restaurant and brave some of
the more exotic delicacies including deep-fried scorpions, ants or Buffalo
penis. 8. Party into the wee hours at one of Singapore’s premier clubbing
zones like the latest bars and clubs along Clarke Quay. 9. Meet the white
tigers and feed fruit to the baboons on a Singapore Zoo tour. 10. Dine off a
banana leaf at Banana Leaf Apolo Restaurant. 11. Learn to be a Falconer and
handle the Birds of Prey at the Jurong BirdPark. 12. Catch a world premier
at the highly acclaimed performing arts centre, Esplanade – Theatres on The
Bay. 13. See the world’s largest fountain at Suntec City. 14. Go shopping
at 4am at Singapore’s 24-hour mall, Mustafa Centre, and choose from over 120,000
products. 15. Sample a local beverage – the richly flavoured teh tarik
(pulled tea) or teh halia (with ginger). 16. Trek through the Bukit Timah
Nature Reserve, a tropical rainforest in the heart of Singapore. 17. Take an
evening ride on a traditional bumboat from Clarke Quay to Boat Quay and dine at
one of the trendy al fresco restaurants. 18. Join the locals down for a
traditional breakfast of freshly brewed coffee and Kaya (egg and coconut jam) on
toast along Killiney Road. 19. Don’t go home without trying a Singapore
Sling– first concocted at the Long Bar, at Raffles Hotel. 20. Discover inner
peace with early morning tai chi at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. 21. Sign
up for the “In Harmony Tour” and be amazed at how a modern city like Singapore
has embraced the ancient art of geomancy. 22. Learn to make traditional
Peranakan dumplings at Kim Choo Kueh Chang in Katong. 23. Discover the
Chinatown of yesteryear at the Chinatown Heritage Centre. 24. Enjoy an
affordable meal at one of Singapore’s famous hawker centres. Try a traditional
plate of char kway teow (noodles fried in sweet black sauce) with a class of
sugar cane juice. 25. Immerse yourself in South East Asian art at the Asian
Civilisations Museum at Empress Place. 26. Learn about the medicinal benefits
of spices such as cumin, coriander and lemongrass by visiting the Singapore
Spice Gardens in Fort Canning Park. 27. Take a boat ride to Pulau Ubin and
discover Singapore’s rural countryside. 28. Come face to face with a cougar
at the world famous Night Safari. 29. Shop till you drop along Singapore’s
renowned shopping street, Orchard Road. 30. Have your fortune read to you by
a parrot in Little India. 31. Have a henna painting before scouring through
the gold shops in Little India. 32. Enjoy a foot reflexology session at one
of the many Kenko centres located across the island. 33. Get high by catching
a glass-bottomed cable car from Singapore to Sentosa island. 34. Swim with
the pink dolphins at Dolphin Lagoon. 35. Take part in a Malay wedding or
learn to print batik at the Malay Heritage Centre. 36. Watch barefoot Hindu
devotees walk across a pit of red-hot embers in a show of unflinching faith, at
the Sri Mariamman Temple during the Theemidi Festival in October. 37. Taste a
succulent durian – the King of Fruits, which is said to ‘smell like hell but
taste like heaven’. 38. Get even more shopping bargains by visiting suburbia
via the MRT. 39. Learn the ancient art of tea making in a Chinese Tea
Appreciation class. 40. Embark on a Singapore Original Walks tour of the
historic back lanes of Chinatown, Little India, Kampong Glam and soak in the
sights and smells of the city’s ethnic districts.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 August 2005 )
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