Singapore – Singapore Botanical Gardens

Hello from probably your only reader from Singapore! I should check this blog more often, could have given you an enormous list of sightseeing and food recommendations to save a little bit of disappointment. 

The basics for future visits and other people’s visits  
- Follow the locals to find out where people eat. There are super cheap gems everywhere – in hawker centres and basement foodcourts.
- Singapore is like starter Asia, but it has its own authentic culture that takes time to unearth (hang out in a Geylang coffee shop, Arab Street shisha cafe or Little India in the evening…). It’s not going to be in your face, and if you just visit the tourist spots, touristy stuff is all you’re going to get. 
- There are secret and not-so-secret pockets of wild spaces – Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve, the organic farms and farm cafes at Kranji, and the even smaller island of Pulau Ubin. 
- And of course the shopping is great (but I don’t really like shopping so can’t give good recommendations on that).  

Wow, i’ve never heard of the botanical gardens in Singapore. Definitely a visit when I’m there next!