hi

we stayed at swiss hotel merchant court, that was 5 years ago tho, ontop of the train station, the river at the back of the hotel

sentosa was really nice to take your kids

we are going to melly in our summer this year

i want to go on the A380 which means singapore, i will defo take the kids to sentosa, her indoors not too keen on going back (only because we have been before)

singapore is the cleanest place i have ever been, amazing....

when in sentosa your are stood on the end of asia (big sign on a rope bridge), like been on the end of world but very very nice




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Swissotel Merchant Court is a nice hotel, we lived there for a fortnight when we first arrived in Singapore, but it's now been pretty much surrounded by a shopping mall. Clarke Quay - the quay it's on - has also changed alarmingly in that time and lost a lot of character but I have to be honest and say it's totally regenerated the area. Tons more bars and restaurants and very busy.

There is a lot of building work on Sentosa. There always is, but at the moment they're building one of the Integrated Resorts (i.e., casinos) there. I believe it's due to open soon. They're building the other one on the mainland at Marina Bay; that's another huge building site. Actually Singapore is always one big building site.

I really do recommend all you stopover folks get off the beaten track and see the real Singapore as well as the glitz. I love it but in places it is far from clean. I did voluntary work with some of the poorest families and it was a real eye-opener.

Don't forget to take a walk up Geylang Road at night for fantastic food and people-watching. Hookers, gangsters, drug-dealers...

That's assuming the OP meant tourist visa for Singapore, and their Aussie visa is sorted.