SINGAPORE || travel vlog (Gardens By The Bay, Marina Bay Sands, Merlion) 15 Degrees North
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2023
- 15° North are travelling again! This time we are in Singapore. There we visit: Gardens By The Bay, Marina Bay Sands, Supertree Grove, Merlion, Sri Mariamann Temple and the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple.
Jérémy and Ben here again! We love to travel and to satisfy our wanderlust, we are on a worldwide odyssey exploring the best places for a break around the world. We love to escape Britain to experience the best culture, cuisine and attractions that the globe has to offer. If you’re a tourist like us and just need a good itinerary for what to do and how to do it when you’re in Singapore, we will show you the best things to put on your itinerary.
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Singapore is a microstate that sits on an island off the southern tip of Malaysia. Originally a British colony, it’s fortunes ballooned in the twentieth century as it grew into a metropolis that is one of Asia’s biggest and most advanced. No seriously, something you’ll notice from the moment you arrive is just how embedded technology is within their lives.
This is a country that has embraced the future and nowhere is this more evident than the harbour, where you can see the full breadth of the city’s rapidly growing skyline, as well as its most famous landmark, the Marina Bay Sands hotel. With three skyscrapers linked by a SkyPark on the 57th floor, you have to pay a fee to access it, or stay in the hotel to swim in its sensational infinity pool.
Moving away from the harbour, here you can find the traces of Singapore’s past, as well as fragments of its cultural origins. Singapore was always a trading port, so the city is a total mix of cultures, races and religions.You can see this clearly through the presence of Muslim mosques, Buddhist temples, Hindu shrines and even Christian churches. It’s a melting pot of cultures and this evident all across the city.
Now, we watched Crazy Rich Asians before we came, so we know that Singapore is totally a thing for the rich and famous in Asia. Which is probably why it’s also one of the more expensive places to visit in Asia. However, if you’re smart, you can find ways to stretch your dollar when you’re there. Our biggest tip is to find hawkers for your food during the day, rather than dining at a restaurant.
It’s difficult to pin down exactly what makes Singaporean culture unique from that of its neighbours, however. But like Dubai or Hong Kong, the wealth pouring through its city limits has led to rapid expansion, enormous investment and incredible infrastructure, making it one of the most advanced megacities in the world. It probably wouldn’t work if Singapore were the capital of a larger country. The government is able to funnel all the money taxed from its citizens directly back into improving the city, leading to constant redevelopment and change. The system is pretty totalitarian though... But it does seem to work. It’s just not a great place to be gay, though...
One of Singapore’s greatest achievements is The Gardens By The Bay. At the end of the Twentieth Century, the government set out a plan to transform Singapore into a “City in a Garden”, wanting to improve the lives of its citizens by enhancing and increasing the amount of flora in and around the city. Surrounding the Marina Bay harbour, the vast 101 hectare site has numerous attractions, the most famous of which are the Supertrees.The Supertree Grove consists of 18 tree-like structures, some of which are 50 metres in height. Each one is a vertical garden, covered in foliage on the outside and lights on the inside. Designed to be an eco-friendly utopia, I couldn’t help but feel that I’d wandered onto the set of Avatar and that any second a tribe of Na’Vi were going to come flying in on their pterodactyls and I was going to have to find somewhere to hide in the Pandoran levitating landscape... The best thing about the Supertrees is what they look like at night!Twice each evening, the trees come alive for the “Garden Rhapsody”, a light and sound show that really transforms the grove into Pandora.
We absolutely loved everything about Singapore. It’s a remarkable city where everything just seems to work. It feels like a place where they’ve just got everything right. And who doesn’t want to live somewhere where they’ve got everything right?Unless you’re gay, that is.
Great video
very interesting take on a country vlog
Super duper informative video. Hope more Singapore 🇸🇬 videos coming up❤
Nice video.... love u both ❤
Raffles founded Singapore but it was William Farquhar who was the Resident here for about 5 years, during which, Raffles returned to Singapore for barely 8 months. Raffles (grandiosely) declared that Singapore was a "Free Port", and left Farquhar to managed the growth and development of the city WITHOUT any revenue from port taxes! Farquhar needed money to build roads, clear (650000 sq yards) of jungle, maintain a police force, dredge the Rochor River, etc. So how did he managed? He sold alcohol and opium licences. So the pricey beers and cocktails? Raffles fault! He forced Farquhar to introduce alcohol licences to fund the building of the city. So... why isn't Farquhar more well-known? Why aren't there Farquhar Hotel, or Farquhar Place, or Farquhar Road? Well, how do you pronounce "Farquhar"? (But seriously, Raffles was a dick to Farquhar.)
Thanks for teaching us all about it! Love hearing the history of a place we visit.
There WAS a Farquhar Street in Singapore which was named after him. However, due to redevelopment and street realignment, the street no longer exists.
@@WilsonTan How do you pronounce "Farquhar"?
@@angeluscorpius Far - Quah
@@WilsonTan Well, yes. According to the history teachers. But I don't always trust my "teachers".
According to the democracy index, Singapore is a flawed democracy, also, quickly becoming one of the gay friendly destinations of Asia ❤
Hi,
Are there too many cases of covid there? When did you visit?
It very much seemed like Covid was no longer a problem when we went in August this year.
Sorry not to put too fine a point on it, but being gay has been decriminalised in Singapore. Took us way too long to get here but we did.
My friends in the LGBT community are very much happily thriving in Singapore. 😂