Comments on: Singapore, the Old and the New https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/ Taking the road less traveled Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/#comment-13381 Tue, 29 May 2018 09:59:41 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=4398#comment-13381 In reply to Singapore Tourism.

I’m glad you enjoyed it despite its length!

]]> By: Singapore Tourism https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/#comment-13380 Tue, 29 May 2018 09:56:46 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=4398#comment-13380 WOW! That was long. But I enjoyed reading through. Great list of information for travelers. Thank you so much for sharing it.

]]> By: Michele {Malaysian Meanders} https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/#comment-5097 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:35:41 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=4398#comment-5097 Looking at your photos of Emerald Hill, it reminds me a lot of Penang, Malaysia with a lot of the same Straits Colonial architecture. We didn’t have a chance to visit Emerald Hill, but we did stop at Gardens by the Bay. I liked the nightly lights show, and the Cool Moist Conservatory was really interesting.

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/#comment-5031 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 17:49:50 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=4398#comment-5031 In reply to Victoria@ The British Berliner.

I had the exact same impression of Singapore the first time I went: too new, too unfriendly. But it was different this time, partly because I stayed in an Airbnb, which gave me access to a local person, and partly because of meeting Krislyn’s local family. And I found this older neighborhood and visited Pulau Ubin too, so I got to see an older Singapore.

]]> By: Victoria@ The British Berliner https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/#comment-5024 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:35:02 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=4398#comment-5024 Cool post Rachel. Thank goodness you found the “historic” Singapore.
I have been to Singapore but I didn’t like it. It was far too modern for my taste and I kept bumping into so many expats from Britain when really I was on a mission to interact with the locals.(this was in the 90’s)…

Singapore was also the only country in my travels where I wasn’t able to “connect” with the locals. I did my very best but the locals were unfriendly and even a little standoffish and quite nonchalant which to me at the time, was quite shocking as I had just left Hong Kong and within 20 minutes (in HK) I had been invited to parties and outings here, there and everywhere!

I liked the Night Safari and the zoo though. That was pretty cool!

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/#comment-4988 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:09:54 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=4398#comment-4988 In reply to Su Yuen.

I did! And thanks so much for making my short time in Singapore so special! I have about 15 posts ready to go from this trip already, and a bunch more still in note form or still ruminating. I guess it was a trip full of impressions!

]]> By: Su Yuen https://rachelsruminations.com/singapore-the-old-and-the-new/#comment-4987 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:55:42 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=4398#comment-4987 Yay! Finally you posted this. Was watching your blog for a while wondering when you’d put it up haha! Hope you had a great Asian trip! 🙂

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