I've only been here for three full days but as the city itself is quite small, that was more than enough time to see everything I wanted to. The journey down here was great compared to the one to Kuala Lumpur! The coach was nice and the seats were massive and really comfortable. Once the bus dropped us off, I went in search of a taxi to the hostel in Little India where I was staying.

The first taxi I flagged down just drove off when I said I was going to Little India, and the second guy who's taxi I got into didn't have a clue where he was going. He was after just dropping me off on the outskirts of Little India (which is like a maze), so I could find my own way there. I argued with him though, and he eventually asked someone himself and I made it to my hostel.

On my first day, Johnny, who works behind reception, took me and this Israeli guy whose name I can't remember, on a little walk to the "real" Chinatown. We saw the Kwan Im Temple where a lot of the locals go, and a Hindu Temple that had really nice carvings round the front of it. He bought us both an ice cream sandwich as they're traditional over here. The bread was green and pink, and you could choose what flavour ice cream went into it. I had sweetcorn flavour, just to make it a little bit more weird - It was very strange. We then went to the National Library, as the view from the top floor is pretty good, plus it's free, which is always a bonus, and then onto the National Museum of Singapore where we walked round with headsets and learned about Singapore's history. After the museum we went to see the Merlion, which is half lion - half fish, and is Singapore's national symbol. It wasn't as big as I thought it would be, but the view over the water at the surrounding city was really nice. We wandered along Boat Quay, got a drink from Starbucks, then went onto to "tourist" Chinatown. The amount of tat being sold was unbelievable, the only problem being that it wasn't cheap! We got the MRT (bit like the underground) back to Little India and had a lazy evening in the hostel.

I booked to go on the Night Safari the next day, so I just wandered round a few malls during the day, trying to resist going into Topshop. Once 6:30pm came around we got picked up and driven to the zoo. The Night Safari is basically just a tour of the zoo at night. The animals are more awake as it isn't as hot, but we weren't allowed to use flash photography, and although the animals were lit up, the light wasn't strong enough to get a good photograph without it. We had a tram ride with a very amusing commentry. We all thought that the girl at the front speaking was trying to put on the most seductive voice she could, but it just ended up being funny. We then got off the tram half way round, did a few walking trails, then back on the tram for the last half of the journey. We just had time to go and see the 'Creatures of the Night' show, with it's recycling otters and terrified children, before getting a massive hot fudge sundae from Ben and Jerry's and getting picked up to go back to the hostel.

Yesterday, my last day, was spent seeing everything I hadn't already. I went on the MRT down to Fort Canning Park and had a wander round there. I was going to go to the Battle Box Museum, an old bunker that was used during the war, but they were "out to lunch" when I got there and I didn't want to be waiting around. I went to see the Cenotaph in Esplanade Park, had a MASSIVE Starbucks muffin then went round to see Raffles Hotel. Had I been wearing the right clothes and had a spare $25, I'd have gone in for a Singapore Sling, but I didn't, so I went to one of the many food courts for food instead. I made it back to the hostel just before it started pouring down! Last night a few of us went to an authentic Indian Restaurant for tea, and I got to have a Masala Thosai so I was happy. Today is just being spent waiting to go to the airport to catch my flight to Australia at 9:30pm.

Everybody i'd spoken to about Singapore before getting here had commented about how clean it was and how it's just one big shopping centre! It really is! There is even a shopping centre called CityLink Mall, which basically does what it says on the tin, it's a mall underground that links different parts of the city. There are lots of parks though, so, although the buidlings are very tall, you don't feel closed in and there are lots of places to go to get away from it all.

Next stop: Cairns.