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The Journey of Parenthood: 48 Hours in Singapore


On account of some final minute flight cancellations, we ended up with solely simply over 48 hours in Singapore.  We had by no means deliberate to spend too lengthy there as after Thailand and Vietnam we knew it might be costly, however we had hoped for slightly extra time to discover.  Singapore was the final nation we visited earlier than heading residence so we had been all getting drained and there’s a lot extra to see and try this we needed to simply decide a few issues and be content material with that. If you wish to make amends for the primary components of our journey, that is our Thailand Itinerary and our Vietnam Itinerary.

Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary
We arrived within the night and left the airport to seek out our lodge.  After we had settled in, we went for a stroll across the native space and to seek out some dinner.  We stayed at 5/6 Splendour Resort within the Geylang district and had been delighted to have protected flat pavements after the loopy Vietnamese streets.  The lodge was sadly 3x as costly as what we had been used to and nowhere close to as good, however that is what we had anticipated from Singapore.

For our full day in Singapore (which additionally occurred to be my birthday), we headed over to vibrant Chinatown to take a look at the world’s most cost-effective Michelin Starred meals at Hawker Chan.  The youngsters had been actually excited to strive it, though none had been that enamoured by it in actuality.  Positively one thing to tick off the bucket listing although!

Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary
Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary

After lunch, we needed to discover Gardens by The Bay and we determined to stroll there so we may soak up extra of Singapore.  You’ll be able to actually see a metropolis once you stroll via it and the buildings had included bushes and nature in so many superb methods, it was fascinating to see such a constructed up metropolis attempting to be inexperienced.  Singapore seems like such a protected place to stroll round and I want we had extra time to discover on foot.

Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary

Gardens by the Bay is a large space of nature and artwork.  A lot of it’s free to get pleasure from together with the youngsters’s gardens and splash zone and the Supertree Grove, however there are areas you’ll be able to pay to go in as effectively.  We purchased tickets for the flower dome and the cloud forest and each had been unimaginable to discover.  The long-lasting buildings are filled with color and nature in partaking and delightful methods and we beloved the person made waterfall within the centre of the cloud forest in addition to the walkways excessive up.  The closest I can suppose to explain it’s Singapore’s model of the Eden Challenge. 
Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary
Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary

Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary

We spent all afternoon exploring and because the night set in, there was a lightweight and music present within the 

supertree grove celebrating the multicultural side of Singapore’s historical past.  It was incredible to look at and utterly free with the well-known Marina Bay Sands lodge within the background. To go away the gardens we truly ended up strolling via MBS and we headed to a Singaporean restaurant for a birthday meal.

Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary

Our last day in Singapore was additionally the ultimate day of our Asian Journey and I needed to get to the Haig Avenue Hawker Market.  Hawker markets are the most affordable solution to eat in Singapore, they’re like an enormous meals courtroom filled with particular person distributors and I had watched an episode of a road meals documentary on Netflix a couple of stall promoting the normal dessert of Putu Piring. We headed over there to get some lunch and take a look at the dessert earlier than heading again to the airport to examine in our baggage.  We nonetheless had many hours till our flight however one factor on our vacation listing that we did not wish to miss out on was the Jewel centre in Singapore’s Changi Airport.

Singapore has probably the most unimaginable airports and all of us needed to see the waterfall within the centre.  Not solely is there a climbing nets centre, a cinema and a swimming pool within the airport, there are additionally so many interactive displays and a lot to see and do.  Our prime precedence was the Pokemon Centre the place there have been unique video games to play and restricted version merchandise to purchase. It didn’t disappoint and was one of many highlights of the youngsters’s journey.  We spent all afternoon exploring the airport, consuming on the meals courtroom downstairs and watching the sunshine present on the waterfall.  As we had already checked in our suitcases, we may benefit from the Changi airport till an hour earlier than our 11pm flight residence.

Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary
Singapore with children, 48 hour singapore itinerary

It was a really fast cease in Singapore and I discovered it so exhausting to decide on what to spend our time on.  I might have beloved to do the Evening Safari, go to Common Studios or the water park over on Sentosa Island, spend extra time strolling the colorful and quirky streets and have a Singapore Sling at Raffles lodge.  It was a good way to finish our journey and hopefully we are able to go to once more sooner or later.



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