An Adventurous Trip to Singapore

Singapore is known as the garden city of Asia. It is a major e-commerce and trade centre. It has also been greatly developed as a tourist destination. With a population of about 4 million people, Singapore has people of almost every origin staying there. Chinese, Indians, Europeans or Malaysians, you will find all of them there displaying blend of different cultures and traditions.

You can reach out to places like Malaysia or the key islands of the Riau archipelago of Indonesia through bus, train or even a ferry ride. Other nearby destinations like Thailand and the Philippines can be reached through a short plane journey. Visitors can easily move around in Singapore because of the good transportation systems and also because of English speaking people all around.

You should go to visit the Underwater World located in Sentosa. It is Asia's first and the largest tropical fish aquarium having more than 2,500 marine lives and also has the Largest Display of Sand Tiger Sharks. Once you are done with visiting the exclusive marine collection at this place, you can look for some nice place to eat.

You can move on to a restaurant called Holland Village. It has charming shops, cafes and restaurants enclosed within the structure. It is famous for expatriates and yuppies. For those interested in shopping some artistic stuff, Holland Village Shopping Centre and the Holland Village Complex are a good option. You can also have a look at the Jurong Bird Park, which is the largest in the Asia Pacific and has collection of about 9,000 birds of some 600 species.

This park mainly specializes in birds from Southeast Asia. You can get a good option of practising falconry for a day and can try to handle the trained birds of prey. As described, falconry is a kind of sport which is associated with royalty and aristocracy. You can visit the web site of the park in case you want to have greater details on the same while you are travelling.

Whenever you would want to relax, you can take some time out and can have a nice time out for relaxation. Singapore offers various means for relaxing. One of them is light shopping. You can cool down you excitement by doing some shopping at Bugis Street which is the largest permanent street bazaar in Singapore. You can get some great deals out here. All you need to do is bargain and to contrary to your expectations you can get some unexpected bargains. You can also find interesting sights seeing places over here like the co-existence of a Buddhist and an Indian temple on the side ways. Another such exclusive place is the Bugis Junction. It is the only shopping mall in Singapore which has a shopping way that is fully glass-covered and air-conditioned. It also has a rich historical background and interesting architecture for shopping around.

You can have a complete different view of Singapore by going to Clarke Quay and the Reverse Bungy Jump. You can feel speed and have a heart throbbing experience out there.

After all the work, you can have nice meal at Join the Magical Makansutra Food Safari, a place offering some really nice Singapore's street food. Most of these safari's last about three hours and features five food types. Favourite and famous food items include: Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs in Tea Soup); Laksa (noodles in a spicy coconut broth); Roti Prata (Indian pancakes).