Singapore Trip - Day 3 & Tips

On day 3, it was just a very relaxing morning, compared to day 1 and 2. We were supposed to get to the airport for check-in at 2pm. Thus, we just took our time in the morning to enjoy more food and do shopping at the supermarkets.

We went to a nearby cafe, called the coffee connoisseur, for breakfast. The environment at the cafe was excellent. It was something like a designer cafe with a unique and peaceful atmosphere, especially when we were the only pair of guests there. :)

The food quality was also far above expectation. The food served was what you would expect nomally at a five-star hotel. We loved that cafe. To me, it was a great morning, with a long forgotten feeling, that I could read my newspaper quietly in a nicely decorated cafe on a Sunday morning. I used to do that quite often when I was living in Prague...

In fact, apart from the existence of that excellent cafe, the environment around Robertson quay was really nice. I suppose it's regarded as a top-notch residential area. There's also a nice cake shop, as recommended in our travel guidebook. The blackforest cake was outstanding. I told candy that she should look at living near Robertson quay if she would have chance to work in Singapore one day :P

For the third time, we went to Maxwell food centre to ensure we left no regret at Singapore. We tried Tian tian chicken rice and bak kut teh again. They were the main reason we went there again. That time I also tried an iced drink made from soursop. Quite good wor!

That's roughly our 3-day trip!

Here are some tips I can think of:

1. It takes about 30 minutes to travel between the airport and the Sinapore city. For 1-2 travellers or night arrival (50% charge will be added to the taxi fare at late night), hotel shuttle should be a better choice. It costs S$9 per passenger and can be summoned at service desk at each terminal anytime. For more travellers, you can consider taking a taxi. It costed us only S$18 to get to the airport on a Sunday afternoon.

2. To take MRT, you can buy single trip ticket at each MRT station. Every time you need to pay S$1 extra as a deposit for the ticket. You can get a S$1 refund by returning the ticket at the ticketing machine.

3. It could be less costly to exchange Singaporean Dollars (SGD) in Hong Kong than in Singapore. We compared quite many local money chargers and banks (using USD) with the Fx rate we got for SGD exchange in HK and found that it was still cheaper to exchange in Hong Kong. Surprisingly, ICBC was offering the best rate, even cheaper than the 10 money changers we visited.

3. Singapore offers free wifi all over the city as long as you have a local mobile phone number. You can register your local mobile phone number for free wifi access. However, if you do not have one, like us, then just enjoy a 'wifi-free' vacation in Singapore!