singapore oh singapore

Whew! We spent about 19 hours on a train this weekend. We thought a quick (!) trip to Singapore was in order, so boarded a train from KL on Saturday night. We thought it would be fun to spend some time on a train, see some country side, chat about this and that, that sort of thing. What is wrong with us? What induced us? Well, visa renewal for one. And the idea that you can get on a train to visit another country (a concept unknown in Australia). Even though we took the overnight train we decided to book out seats in the seating section, and not the sleepers. We were trying to save a bit of money. Saving a bit of sleep would have been the better option... But it wasn't that bad, really.

View of National Museum in Singapore

We did have a wonderful time in Singapore! Singapore is an island off the bottom of Peninsular Malaysia and was just so different to KL!! Footpaths, they had footpaths! We spent our time in the Arts district which was AWESOME. Galleries and museums and fountains. We really didn't spend much time in Singapore but did see a bit from taxi windows. Yes, it is very very clean. And at customs you must declare chewing gum. It's as hot as KL, but with so much art around does it matter?
Sunday afternoon we got back on the train. It was shorter this time as it wasn't an overnight train (they slow the overnight train down for a full nights sleep). We got home late anyway. Monday was a public holiday so we headed into Bangsar for lunch at our favourite Indian eatery and a spot of food shopping. Bangsar is beginning to feel a little bit like home, which is lovely! But we shall definitely try and get back to Singapore and spend some serious time there.

Singapore Art Museum