Singapore

Are you fond of technology and eager to take a trip into the future? No need to look further. The destination for you is Singapore, the technological miracle of Asia! A modern, most densely populated multicultural city-state, that erected its soaring skyscrapers in no time and manages with stringent and resourceful legislation to maintain a balance on a financial, environmental and social level.

In the melting pot of Singapore, among blocks of glass structures, colorful ethnic “nests” of Chinese, Tamil and Malaysians can be found. If you wish to make a journey into a country where modern infrastructure, impeccable cleanliness, luxurious shopping centers, vast parks, fashionable design hotels and the social conscience of citizens, are all amicably combined with the colorful streets of Chinatown, the fortunetellers, the magicians, the calligraphy artists and the worshipers in the temples, then the destination for you is one-of-a-kind Singapore!

On your journey to the “City of Lions” or the “Orchid Island”, as Singapore is also known as, you must definitely see St. Andrew’s cathedral, the lovely Parliament House, as well as the theatres and opera house and, of course, the top travel destination is no other than the first Universal Studios in Asia and the first Formula 1 Night Race in the world.

Singapore, nonetheless, is also the “Asian temple” of compulsive shoppers from all over the world. You can buy a top quality shari in Little India, have tailor-made suit ftted in just a few hours, purchase watches and jewelry at scandalous prices. In its numerous shopping centers of Orchard Road one can (cheaply) purchase the best electronic devices globally, designer clothes while simultaneously enjoying a reflexologist’s techniques applied on the sole of his foot!

Another destination you must spend some time on while in Singapore is the town center. It’s a visual document of the colonial period which will allow for a trip back in time.

The historical monuments of this island-country are virtually displayed in high tech museums, the history of its tribes is reimagined in live shows with actors, wax figures and multimedia applications, and the commercial complex of the buildings in Suntec City built accordingly to the principles of Feng-Sui, houses the Fountain of Wealth, the biggest lucky fountain in the world.

A little outside Singapore, exotic fauna specimens munch on the flora of the Night Safari, probably the sole zoo worldwide where the animals roam free! Last(?) destination, the artificial paradise of Sentosa island, where humongous rays swim over the heads of the visitors to the S.E.A Aquarium. It is mind-blowing!

Singapore in the 21st century is a gate for civilization, religions and morals, while being a frenetic joyride for every well-versed traveler. It is the past along with the 21st century in an explosive mixture.