The Travel Peoples

  (Photos and blog by Jay De Jesus, a community manager of an embassy in Singapore. He is an online expert or a “social media DJ” as he calls himself, Google Local Guides contributor, and blogger. Follow him on Twitter @jaydj and his blog sites jaydj.net and aidemlaicos.net) Accidentally added and ticked this off my “Travel Bucket List.”   Sentosa is one of the most visited places in Singapore.  Known as an entertainment destination with the likes of Universal Studios, Resorts World, Sea Aquarium, and Madame Tussauds Museum, this island located in the southern part of Singapore, is also a good destination for nature lovers.  There’s a coastline you could check out from Siloso beach to Palawan beach and all the way to Tanjong beach, each with their own features. I took the Sentosa express, the tram that takes you from the main island to Sentosa Island. I got off Beach station, the last station. I leisurely walked towards the left not really knowing what to expect...

  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 ...