Singapore pa tva dagar

Pa torsdagkvallen var vi och kopte biljetterna till Singapore.
Det ar alltid en upplevelse att ga in pa en stor buss-terminal. Det ar massor av mini-baes dar folket, som saljer biljetter, sitter och stracker ut handerna och skriker ”Miss, Miss where you wanna go?”
Helt hysteriskt och faktiskt lite skrammande pa ett lustigt vis… :p

Pa fredagen tog vi det valdigt lugnt och kollade mest pa film.
Den dagen var mest en vantan pa bussresan som gick kl 23.30 fran Puduraya buss-station.
Det ligger i narheten, sa vi vandrade dit vid 23.
Bussen var natt av det skrangligaste vi akt med sa har langt (det lat som om vaxelladan skulle skara sig nar som), men det var iaf 1+2 saten i rad sa vi fick gott om plats.
Sov lite till och fran fram till forsta passkontrollen, som var utresan ur Malaysia. Fick vara stamplar och sen bar det av till inresan i Singapore.
Vi var framme i Singapore stad vid 6.30 och da var det dax att hitta boende.
Jag hade last har pa backpacking att det skulle finns ett stalle som hette Ali’s Nest som skulle vara hyffsat billigt, sa vi akte dit med tunnelbanan.
Det var ingen som ville oppna dorren dar, sa vi fick ta tunnelbanan tillbaka en station till Little India, dar vi fick boende pa McKenzies.
Det kostade 30 Singapore dollars, vilket ar ca 126 Sek.
Det var ett mysigt litet hostel som verkar skotas av en hel familj.
Efter att vi sovit ett par timmar gav vi oss ut i Little India for att kolla pa kamera-priser till Filips pappa. Vi gick till Sim Lim Tower och Sim Lim Square och det fanns ju hur mycket affarer som helst.
Efter elektronik-letandet gav vi oss in i Little Indias sma shoppinggator.

Vi avslutade kvallen med middag pa en indisk restaurang.

Alla sager att Singapore ska vara sa rent, men jag upplevde det inte sa, inte dar vi var iaf.
Men eftersom det fanns skyltar som varnade en for att skrapa ner (boter 500 singapore dollars) sa holl man hart i skrapet tills man antligen hittade en papperskorg.

Pa sondagen checkade vi ut och sen bar det av till Harbor Front for att aka linbanan till Sentosa http://www.sentosa.com.sg/nite.htm. Vi fick gratis buss upp till Mt Faber, som ar 116 meter hogt, sa att vi kunde aka linbanan hela vagen. Det kostade samma att aka halva (fran Harbor Front) som hela. Knepigt, men sant…

Det var schysst utsikt vill jag lova. 🙂 Lagger upp nagra bilder i fotoalbumet.
http://www.backpacking.se/PhotoAlbum.asp?TravelId=3785&SubMenu=2
Sentosas sandstrander ar alla konstgjorda men jattefina. Det kandes lite lustigt att folk verkligen ville bada i havet nar det lag 50-talet stora lastfartyg precis utanfor. Fororenat vatten ar nog bara fornamnet…
Jag blev inte sa imponerad av Sentosa, men jag har svart att slappa minnena av Perhentian och jamfor allting med det numera. Inte bra alls. :p

Det var valdigt mycket varmare i Singapore, sa vi beslot oss for att det fick vara nog och akte till buss-stationen for att kopa biljetter till KL.
KOnstigt nog var det mer an dubbel sa dyrt att aka tillbaka som det var att aka dit.

Vi anlande till KL vid halv 11 och fick det sista rummet pa vart favorit-stalle, Red Dragon.

Idag ar det nast sista dagen for Filip i Malaysia. Imorgon kvall aker han med buss till Krabi och jag blir ensam kvar. Det ar forsta gangen pa denna resan, men det ska nog inte vara nagra problem.
Jag bor nog kvar pa Red Dragon, sa om det ar nagon som ska till KL och kanner for att dela dubbelrum sa hor av er. 🙂

English version:
Thursday evening we went to buy the tickets for Singapore.
It’s always an experience to go in to a big bus-terminal. There are lots of mini-booths where the people who sell tickets sit and reaches out their hands, screaming ”Miss, miss, where do you want to go?”
Hysterical and kind of frightening in a sort of funny way. :p

Friday was a calm day with lots of movies. That day was mostly a wait for the trip, which was at 23.30 from Puduraya bus-station.
It’s close by so we walked there.
The bus was not in the best condition, almost to the point that I was afraid that the gearbox would break, but at least it was a VIP, which meant 2+1 seats in a row.
A little more space than the express buses.
I slept on and off to the first passport-check, which was the Malaysian border. We got our stamps and then we where off to enter Singapore. No problems there either. 🙂

At 6.30 in the morning we arrived in Singapore city and then we had to find accommodation.
I read here on backpacking about a place called Ali’s Nest close to Little India, which should have decent prices, so we went there with the underground train.
Nobody wanted to open the door there, so we had to travel back to Little India and there we got a room at McKenzies.
The room cost 30 Singapore dollars, which is about 126 Sek.
It was a cosy hostel run by a family.
After sleeping a few hours, we went out in Little India to check prices on cameras for Filip’s father.
We went to Slim Lim Tower and Slim Lim Square and there where loads of shops…
After the tech-searching we went to the outdoor market in Little India.

We finished of the evening with a meal on an Indian restaurant.

Everybody says that Singapore is supposed to be so clean, but I didn’t experience that where we were at least.
But since there was signs all over the place saying there will be a 500 Singapore dollars fine for littering, I kept my litter safely in my hands until I found a trashcan.

On Sunday we checked out from the hostel and then we took the underground train to Harbor Front to go by Cable Car to Sentosa Island http://www.sentosa.com.sg/nite.htm . We where offered a free bus trip to Mt Faber which is 116 meters up so we could go all the way with cable car. It was the same price for the whole trip and going from Harbor Front. Strange but true…

It was some nice views I can tell you. 🙂
There are some photos in my photo album on the following address:
http://www.backpacking.se/PhotoAlbum.asp?TravelId=3785&SubMenu=2
Sentosas beaches are all fake but looks really nice. The only thing I wonder about is why people want to swim in that water and looking out on about 50 big cargo ships…
Polluted water is the word…

I wasn’t that impressed with Sentosa, but then again I have a hard time forgetting about the beautiful Perhentian. I compare everything with that nowadays, which isn’t that good. Hard to beat. :p

It was a lot warmer in Singapore so Filip and I decided it was time to go home. We went to the bus station to buy tickets to Kl and strangely enough it was more than double the price to go back. :p
Says it all about Singapore…

We arrived in KL at 22.30 and then checked in to our favorite place, Red Dragon, where we got the last room they had.

Tomorrow is the last day for Filip here in Malaysia. He will then go by bus to Krabi in Thailand and I will be alone for the first time during this trip. I bet it will be OK.:)
I will probably stay at Red Dragon,so if any of you are on your way to KL and wanna share a room, give me a call. 😀