"Ignore The Common Local Understanding Of What Singapore's Offers To The Short Time Traveler. Yes, There Is A Lot To Discover Besides Shopping And Eating!"

Continue Reading for 10 unique things you can do in Singapore, to beat the touristic crowd and experience this country from a whole new side!

There Are Actually Hawker Centers In Singapore Where You Get A Regular Dinner For Less Then 500 Dollar

Writing about Singapore from a foreigners point of view, not loosing your objectivity and digging below the artificial surface is a challenging thing to do. Controversial for some and interesting for others.
But there is one thing I always wondered about. How do locals feel in a strange, new other country? What does it mean to be a Singaporean over seas? Do they experience the same that I did?

Before I had Moved To Singapore I Proudly Told My Friends I Would Be Able To Swim In The Ocean Everyday At My New Home, Now I Tell Them Not To Bring Their Swim Suits When Visiting Me

For the first timer Singapore's seaside and beaches will be most likely a disappointment, big ships, brown water, garbage and man made beaches...

By now Singapore is most famous for its popular laws against Chewing Gums, executing Drug traffickers and being the cleanest city of the world. The more advanced tourist will also be aware of the Durian fruit, the Merlion, Sentosa and probably the first F1 night race. That’s it. Boring.

By now Singapore is most famous for its popular laws against Chewing Gums, executing Drug traffickers and being the cleanest city of the world. The more advanced tourist will also be aware of the Durian fruit, the Merlion, Sentosa and probably the first F1 night race. That's it. Boring.

"... Where there is Raffles Place you see The Ocean, where there are Shopping Centers you see nothing but palm trees. The Travel Film Archive has a 11 minute documentary called "Singapore - Crossroads of the East" which gives us a tour of the British colony of Singapore in 1938. ..."

Singapore Like You've Never Seen Her Before

Most times I love this country, this most untypical island in the tropics with its unique character. But there are other times I desperately search for answers without any help in sight.
Answers to strange things and behavior that I want to understand for not having to complain about them anymore. For the Ang Moh most confusing, for the local not mentioning worse. Please help!

Who doesn't remember "Seven" and Brad Pit on his hunt for the mysterious murder killing people after the "Seven Sins" only to find his wifes head in some Fedex box delivered to his doorstep in the end...

Last year I had a fantastic time. Where others spend hundreds of Dollars for even less of the same experience that I got. I volunteered in Singapore, met world stars and got to places others would do anything for being able to see.

Continue reading To Find Out What I Did And How You Can Volunteer (And Have a Great Time) In Singapore.