Matt Down Under
Ruby developer, founder of choc media, bushwalker, MacGyver fan and hobby photographer, German citizen and Australian Permanent Resident.
In 2008 I moved from Germany to Australia, the best decision of my life. On this blog you can find stories and photos about hiking in Tasmania and on the mainland, travelling, and life in Australia — my journey from Working Holiday to Permanent Residency.
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Singapore - Day 3: Sentosa
This had already been my last day in Singapore, my flight to Melbourne was scheduled for around 8pm. I checked out early, called a taxi to the airport, put my luggage in storage and went back into town with another taxi. I wanted to spend my last day on Sentosa, some sort of theme park island in the south of Singapore, with beaches, all sorts of attractions - I was sure it would be a lot of fun.
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Singapore - Day 2: City tour and botanic garden
A city tour was part of my travel package so I was picked up early and driven to a bus company in the city from where the tour started.
We stopped at various points in the city, including a Chinese temple and a gem factory (no tour without a visit in at least one gem factory where you can spend all your money on stuff you don’t need). I found the tour was totally fascinating, mostly because Singapore was such a green city, exotic trees everywhere, not much traffic, great architecture, probably the cleanest city I’ve ever seen. Everything looked so well-kept and modern, I loved it.
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Singapore - Day 1: Indian cuisine
When I returned from my visit to Germany on Christmas I didn’t fly back to Australia immediately, instead I had another stop-over for a couple of days, this time in Singapore. I had been in Singapore before, when I first traveled to Australia in 2008, but I didn’t leave the airport then. This time I brought enough time to check out the city.
