Sunday, 12 August 2012

Singa-poor

Singapore on a shoestring is a test for any traveller. Are you able to find a beer for under £8? Can you afford to eat a meal that you haven't found in a bin? What can you visit that costs nothing? Well, we managed it with gusto.

We toured the city on foot for miles, taking in the free sculptures by people like Salvador Dali and admiring some fantastic modern architecture like the ArtScience Museum, while barfing in disgust at some terribly expensive mistakes like Marina Bay Sands. We filled up on free toast from the hostel and ate at the busy hawker stalls. We watched joggers go around and around and around, saw the world's biggest (and probably most disappointing) fountain and we even visited an excellent Andy Warhol exhibition. But was the Singapore Sling at the Raffles Hotel worth £15 in the end? Nah...