I got up knowing that we had lots planned for the day. Counting today made six more days in Singapore and I was determined to pack as much as I could in them.
First things first though. We purchased two Tourist MRT cards (our Mercedes taxi of the previous day wasn’t going to be feasible the entire trip!) Singapore is very well connected by MRT and everything is very systematically divided into four lines which are color coded. One can go from any point to another with no trouble at all.
Yes and the fact that I’m from India (need I even describe our packed beyond capacity trains) made me very impressed with everything – all the stations & all the trains being Air-Conditioned and everything being totally clean (of course you expect this in Singapore).
First on our day’s itinerary was the Singapore Science Centre. For that we had to travel all the way to Jurong East.
We were totally unprepared for the Science Center. We started off not really sure we’d like it - it seemingly was a place for young kids - but then…!!
It wasn’t long before we lost ourselves in the fantastic worlds of Aviation, Discovery, Chemistry, the Human Body, Energy and Space Science to name but a few.
You’d not even IMAGINE how amazingly fun these worlds are made in the Science center. There are 1000s of interative games and we found ourselves turned into little adventures & discoverers as we played and interacted in the so so many different fun innovative things we did.
We also managed to catch a special exhibition of Star Wars that they had.
The mission of the center is to:
To promote interest, learning and creativity in science and technology, through imaginative and enjoyable experience and contribute to the nation’s development of its human resource.
And, this, undoubtedly is more than accomplished. We could have spent the entire day at the center but it was a tad tiring - if you’re doing Singapore with kids I definetely suggest you keep a day aside for this.
After lunch and more shopping we retired home in the evening before our further adventures for the day.
What we did next was without doubt THE BEST thing of my entire Singapore trip and as such it wins my Pick of the Holiday Award!
Clarke Quay (pronounced Key for the uninitiated, lol)
Clarke Quay was so amazing I don’t know where to start! It’s on the banks of the Singapore River and “play host to a colourful kaleidoscope of restaurants, wine bars, entertainment spots and retail shops”
I loved the way the whole Quay was joined under a collage of tented-roof-like structure which had lights which changed ever so often changing the entire ambience of the place as it did… fabulous!
The Singapore Ministry of Sound is also here at the Quay and as you can see from the pic below the line to enter just went on and on and on and on….!!!
The advertising tag line of the Quay is “Wine. Dine. Good times” and it sure sure is!
Of course, the main reason I love Clarke Quay is because of the G-Max Reverse Bungy - Singapore’s first and only reverse bungy!!!
The Reverse bungy throws you up ‘200km per hour to a dazzling height of 60 meters (198 feet)! Experience up to five G-Forces forces similar to those experienced by astronauts in a rocket launch!!!’
The bungy seats three at a time & I went with this very cute Singapore chick E & her friend who great company on the crazy ride!
It was by far the craziest, most fabulous, ride of my life.
If I ever go back to Singapore, I’m going back to Clark Quay & I’m riding that bungy again!
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