Then after almost 4 hours we arrived in Singapore.
We found our hotel which was a bit strange.
It was a capsule hostel, which means, that you get you own little "box" where you sleep in.
The box has a mattress, a folding table, a lamp, a tv. and there is a hard curtain so it can get very dark and
you could get a little strange feeling.
After a good night sleep we went on a river cruise. Here we among other learned some facts and a little about the story of Singapore.
The country Singapore consists of the mainland and 63 smaller islets which lies 137 km. north of equator.
Modern Singapore was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles as a trading post of the East India Company. Singapore became British in 1824. Singapore was occupied by the Japanese during World War II, but became British and remained British until it gained independence in 1963.
The first sight for Carina of the hotel "Marina Bay Sands". The hotel we booked 1 night in. Markus been to Singapore before.
The country has about 5.5 million inhabitants and about 74% are foreigners.
The hotel is the 2nd most expensive building in the world.
When we walked around in the city we discovered, that all the red and white balls in the water are balls where random people wrote wishes for year 2015. We wrote wishes on the balls as well.
People who want to have a car in Singapore needs to pay 50000 euros, 56500 dollars or 372000 danish kroner just for the permit and then you need to buy the car.
Singapore is among the 20 smallest countries in the world with a total land area of 682,7 km2. (Denmark is 43 094 km2) This means that Denmark is about 63 times the size of Singapore.
Apart from Monaco, Singapore is the most densely populated country in the world, with 6430 people per km2.
Raffles Hotel is a colonial-style hotel in Singapore. It is named after Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore.
The Singapore Sling was first served i 1915 at the Long Bar of the Raffles Hotel.
We tasted the drink. It was very strong and very expensive. Almost 35 dollar :)
We rewarded ourselves with a beer after a long day of walking.
We visited Gardens By the Bay and the Supertree Grove.
We took this picture when we walked from "our" hotel "Marina Bay Sands" to the garden.
Supertrees are treelike structures ranging from 25 to 50 meters. We went up and walked on the elevated walkway.
Marina Bay Sands was our hotel for a night. The hotel has 3 200 meters tall hotel towers with the "Sands SkyPark" on top. Our room was on the 57th floor facing the Marina Bay and the Singapore Skyline.
The infinity edge pool in the SkyPark. The SkyPark is longer than the Eiffel tower is tall and large enough to park 4,5 A380 jumbo jets.
It was so cool.
We had amazing weather and
an amazing view.
it was a bit hui :) until we saw the edge...
The view when the sun was going down. We just did not have time to stay up in the pool area for long because we had a very very very good dinner buffet waiting.
The view is still amazing.
