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Spick and Span Singapore

  We saw the cleanest Chinatown in Singapore. Well, no wonder because the whole country is a real neat freak nation, in a good way of course. I’ve always been comfortable being in a nice, orderly, and clean place. Who is not, right? Also, back then, there were no reports of haze affecting Singapore; unlike now. Too bad the pollution from Sumatra is getting worse over time. Apart from its tidiness, it is also the first Southeast Asian country I’ve been to where I realized that the sun sets late, at around 7 pm or 8 pm. Later on, living in Malaysia, this sunset time has become a normal thing. There was even a time when we were sweating while dining out at nighttime because the sun was still up at 7:30pm! Haha! In short, mainit talaga sa Singapore. It has humid weather like Manila. Singapore is really small, just at the tip of Malaysia, and is separated from Indonesia by water. So, our stay of four days and three nights was enough to visit some of the must-see places.  First on ...