Singapore

Pros: Before you start to see Singapore, a day tour will give you an overview
Cons: None

We arrived in Singapore by ship from Indonesia, and the first thing that I noticed was it kept getting hotter as we got closer to our destination. Singapore is just 80 miles north of the equator, and it has two temperatures, hot and hotter. Although all...

Pros: Shopping, the night safari at the Zoo, coffee & food...
Cons: Too complex to be summarized in a 'Cons' section!

One of the books I read on my travels was an autobiography. Authored by Tiziano Ternani, an Italian journalist and Asia correspondent, it was entitled "A Fortune Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East". In this book, Ternani documents ...

Pros: Plenty to see, do, eat, buy, visit. Clean and concise Asia-in-a-box. SAFE!
Cons: Clean and concise Asia-in-a-box.Some find it too sterile and contrived. Very little natural outdoors.

When I first moved here two years ago to join my husband, I had my reservations. I had heard plenty about Singapore, and had visited it a few times, but never lived here. I am still trying to decide if I could live here long term, but I have no doubts at ...

Pros: Friendly citizens, great food, a clean and safe city
Cons: a long flight, somewhat limited attractions compared to other great cities

Singapore offers so much for tourists: English is a universally spoken official language, the locals are invariably courteous, friendly, and honest, the public transportation system is economical and efficient, the entire city is cleaner than our living...

Pros: Quality of life is phenomenal in Singapore
Cons: Crest just doesn't taste the same, bring your own.

I was doing the jig of joy when my husband came home and informed me we were moving to Singapore. While our two years on Guam were ok, I was more than ready to hop on the next plane out of “paradise”. The tremendously big multi-national company...

Pros: Great getaway for couples, families, even singles. Great climate, food and people.
Cons: None

Intro
Some call Singapore the Switzerland of South-East Asia (see penultimate para). Some call it sterile, others boring. I like it. It’s a slick yet safe and friendly place which is easily accessible to Australians, although the Ozzie...

Pros: Clean, safe, well-organized, excellent infrastructure, great food, polite people, lots to do, cheap cabs.
Cons: Hot and humid, difficult to get a cab, pricey at times.

This is the last of a marathon of epinions I’m posting today. Enjoy…and please see the relevant links to my other epinions below. If you haven’t read any of my travel reviews, I do tend to focus more upon the small facts that can make or ...

Pros: A Thai Food Lover's Paradise
Cons: reservations weren't always available

I have a running list of favorite restaurants in Singapore but there are a few that deserve extra special attention. Thanying would qualify as my favorite Thai restaurant in Singapore and one that I’ve visited at least 25 times (I was a...

Pros: Friendly people ; Excellent food ; Transportation is quick and efficient.
Cons: Heat ; Not many bargains when shopping ; Having to leave Singapore.

I had the opportunity to visit Singapore back in 1999 to visit a friend of mine who had visited me here in the US one year earlier. This was my first trip alone outside of the US, and I was excited, scared, and ready to be immersed in the Asian culture...

Pros: Excellent service everywhere. Geared to tourism. A clean, safe, fragrant oriental city.
Cons: Lacks the spectacular natural scenery of some other Asian destinations.

Singapore is a fragrant city. Fly in to Singapore and step out into the night air and you will smell the scent of Singapore. It's orchids, spices & a thousand other olfactory influences heightened by the warm moist air.

Readers,if you...

Pros: A comfortable place for US expatriates to call home while living or traveling in Singapore.
Cons: none of any significance.

Are you traveling through Asia and stopping in Singapore? Are you traveling to Singapore to visit friends or family? Are you moving to Singapore in the not too distant future? If you said “yes” to any of the previous questions, then you simply must...

Pros: Shopping, food
Cons: Hot, humid

Once again it turns out that it is great having friends around the world. The trip to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur was triggered by an invitation to a wedding in Kuala Lumpur (called KL from now on). We didn’t get that much time to plan the trip...

Pros: Everything....
Cons: Well, it's outdoors - thus, it's hot and humid. Mosquito repellent highly recommended.

Singapore Zoo I have signed up the family for membership to the Singapore Zoo. The membership by itself is not so significant but going to the Zoo every 2 months is, and i have been doing that (going to the Zoo every 2 months from 9am to 6pm, ...

Pros: Singaporeans are human after all
Cons: It took a disaster to find out.

Review Topic:  Overview

I am from Malaysia, and Singapore is our next door neighbour to the south. Our two countries are separated by less than a mile of water (the straights of Johore). There has always been a keen rivalry...

Pros: Clean, orderly, little traffic, little pollution plenty to see and do.
Cons: Can be expensive if not careful. Hot and Humid

Singapore Sling
Three nights in Singapore is just not enough when your busting your backside at work. The first two nights were more less shot as by the time we finished with the job at hand we were too exhausted to even think about going...