After traveling 40 days in Indonesia, it is a nice feeling spend a few days in a highly-developed city and country. Singapore is impressive; it is clean, without traffic jams (which surprised us greatly), and without the hassling taxi drivers trying to crowd us into their cars. And the food is diverse and delicious, especially after all the Nasi Goreng (fried rice) we had been eating.

We have been kindly invited to stay with Stéphanie & Denis, a couple of Belgians who have called Singapore home for three years now. Denis tells us it would be hard to leave this city, where the expats have such a high quality of life. The older Singaporean people have a harder time following it, but the government helps them.

We spend a day visiting the Botanical Garden, Little India (a neighborhood which feels like another country), and some beautiful colonial buildings. We cap off the evening at the Boat Building in Marina Bay for the view and some very expensive cocktails.

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