The Greatest City on Earth? Our Honest Experience of Singapore 🇸🇬 

You guys went to MacRitchie Reservoir's Tree Top Walk on your FIRST day in Singapore??? Mad respect to you!! Indeed it's a 'hidden' gem that no tourist would normally visit. You just discovered the tropical side of Singapore with it's (nearly) unspoilt rainforest, after all we're just 1 degree above the equator.

You can chew gum in Singapore. Sale of gum is prohibited. If you bring one or two packets in for personal consumption is ok.

Thanks for the love and come back soon!!🥰

I'm honestly impressed that you guys hit the forest on the first day because most tourists stay in the city area. Our nature is a major plus for us because we actually have a lot of natural diversity despite our size. Other than McRitchie the other location you can hit up is sungei buloh wetland reserve. It's a nice mangrove forest with crabs, birds, crocodiles (yes), fish and other lovely wildlife. If you come at the right times you can also see migratory birds because Singapore is a major stopover point for birds migrating from Eurasia to australia

Just FYI, you can also see the Merlion in Hokkaido. It was brought over as a sign of friendship between Singapore and Japan

I go to Sing frequently as my wife is from there and still has aunts, uncles and cousins there. We typically stay between 4 and 8 days and we find that’s about the limit. You have to remember that these are the main activities for most Singaporeans: 1. Eating 2. Talking about eating 3. Shopping 4. Going to travel agencies to find deals for traveling outside of Singapore We stay near Clarke Quay. It’s well situated for Chinatown as well as being easy walking distance to the Merlion and Bugis. Two MRT lines are quite near and many major bus lines converge here. Besides family, we enjoy hiking and there are quite a few nice hiking areas…..as long as you go early. Bukit Timah, the Southern Ridges and MacRitchie Reservoir are all great hikes early in the day. We like heading out to Katong at least once each trip. Good Laksa at Roxy Square and good Nyonya goodies to eat across the street. We try to avoid Orchard Road, as it’s pretty much all high end stuff, though the basement at Takashimaya (sp?) reminds one of department stores in Japan. When we shop,it’s at neighborhood malls. Eating is generally at hawker centers like Old Airport, Hong Lim and Chomp Chomp. We don’t do much in the way of traditional tourist stuff, but the zoo is supposed to be fantastic, both day and night. Gardens by the Bay is a great place, though the price of the attractions is a little steep. Sentosa has a casino and Universal Studios. So, is Singapore worth a stay? Yes it is.

As a Singaporean I’m proud and impressed that you have spent your day in such a meaningful manner. Going to macritchie just takes the cake omg as a local I’ve not been there for yearsss as I’m too lazy lol. Really looking forward to see you guys come back again. Your perspective is so thorough, accurate and refreshing. Certainly can’t say the same for much of the duplicate Singapore travel blogs out there. P.s The pod is a cool China product. Getting so popular now!

Singaporean here! Its actually fine to bring chewing gum into Singapore. The government start having a problem when you start selling or importing it. Just remember to dispose of your gum properly! We hope to accomodate you again soon. 😊😊

You guys have my utmost respect for going off the regular tourist trail on your first day there. There is deep wisdom in that, a wisdom I admit I don't have. haha Btw you guys have good vibes, whatever you're doing, keep it up

I didn’t know it was physically possible to do all these in 1 day! You guys are epic! 💪💪

Welcome to Singapore!! Thank you for all your nice comments about Singapore. I hope you enjoyed yourselves n had a great time here! Transport, foods n shopping (in certain areas) are relatively inexpensive. I was in London last year n I enjoyed myself so much at my favourite Oxford Street! I went shopping there for 3 days straight! I love e cool weather in London! It’s great that we enjoy other countries when we travel. Do come to Singapore again! Cheers! 👍😀

Nice video. Thanks for such a nice introduction of my country. That flight of stairs after the treetop walk is brutal. Good thing there was a rest stop halfway up.

Singapore's weather: You can take a cold shower, towel up, and leave the shower perspiring. Our national treasure.

Most tourists (and locals) dont realise that the "Supertrees" are not just metal structures to hang lights on.... they are actually giant solar collectors that collect energy in the daytime for the park....hence the awards the park won for sustainability. Next time you are there, read the giant stickers at the Supertrees, they will explain this.

Hi Adam & yaz,I been waiting for your vlog for ages 😀 Holly molly,I love Singapore so much,I'm living in London UK now,I used to work in Singapore when I was young,you guys are match made in heaven 💗 hope you enjoy your day in Singapore. I can't wait to watching more of your vlog 😊 love your guys 😍

Singapore is a mix of Europe, Malaysia, India, and China. It's beautiful.

Really liked the fast paced editing on this one along with fitting background music.

I love how much y'all love Singapore. I've watched a lot of videos and there isn't a lot of enthusiasm about Singapore. I'll be there in March and I look forward to it!

Great to see you two back at it!!! 😊

Hi Adam and Yaz, stumbled upon this video and I must say it is such an awesome video. So glad that both of you enjoyed your stay in Singapore. Thank you for making such an amazing and positive video of my home 🇸🇬.

Living here I can say it IS one of the best places on Earth. 😊

Love love LOVE SG! had the honour to live there for 3 years! Love the people, amazing food, and being able to travel around the island/islands and the monsoons! Miss you dreadfully, SG!❤

Great to see something other than the usual tourist places. Plenty of walks and wildlife around Singapore. Kudos on taking one in on the first day. A majority of the land surface in Singapore is green - enjoy it on future visits. Usually totally missed out by visiting tourists. Expensive pint, yes, but you should have ordered a couple of large bottles of Tiger beer in a local place. Eat and drink local and Singapore is not expensive. World class public transport is cheap too. Accommodation and private cars are the expensive stuff. I moved from UK to live permanently in Singapore 30 years ago. Best thing I have ever done. Fabulous place.

Thank you guys for visiting Singapore and exploring tree top walk. We have more free to visit places here. Loved your vlog. Hope you guys will enjoy your stay here. Cheers!!!

Johor Bahru (in Malaysia) is commonly known as 'JB'. Many Malaysians who live in JB cross the bridge into Singapore each day to work. Singapore is indeed a nice, clean and safe place. Marina Bay is an absolute highlight and features many bars, restaurants and hotels. So is the Boat Quay on the Singapore River.

I never get bored of Singapore, and is as budget as you want If you want free then pop over to the botanic gardens.....fantastic!!

Both of you are so sweet and fun! Glad you made it to the treetop walk.

Sick video guys, reminds me of when I was there. Loving the editing as well guys so good.

Wow! You guys tried the tree top walk...it is not a usual tourist area but really worth the visit!

❤ Welcome to Singapore ! Wishing you guys an enjoyable and fun stay here. 😊🎉

Its comical and iconic that most tourists come for the supertrees, but you guys went for the real trees 😆 Its nice to see though, cus most tourists miss the forests for the concrete. 🎉

Well made travel vlog! I will give it 5 stars! ❤

Really awesome guys

Wow i never laughed on a tour video so much. you guys are super fun and hilarious. Love your energy. Keep up the videos!

It is actually not illegal to chew gum in Singapore. It was the import and sale which fyi, has been lifted since 2004. Why people think it is illegal was actually due to a smear campaign by the US to force/shame Singapore into continuing to import of gum from them

Ohh there you guys are! Woohoo I missed your vids so bad!!! 💛

Brilliant 5 star video editing ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Enjoyed your video abt my own country. So many kind words. Thank you.

You guys should really try out the MBS hotel next time!!!also amazing vlog and as a Singaporean, I'm proud that you guys loved our small garden city!!!!

wow you guys have quite the stamina. 😄 you covered quite a lot in a day. I brought my relatives from overseas around Singapore not long ago, and we couldn't cover as much in a day coz they were exhausted due to the humidity and heat.

If you get the chance to go back, I highly recommend visiting the zoo and bird park. A little far from the downtown core, but absolutely worth it. Budget the whole day for it.

Fantastic video of Singapore 💕👏

As the other people mentioned, you can go to many other nature reserves in Singapore. Maybe you can even take a ferry out to Pulau Ubin which is a small island for hiking. There’s seafood restaurants there but remember to bring adequate water and take note of the ferry timing. The Changi Point Ferry Terminal also has an excellent food centre nearby (Changi Village Food Centre) with amazing food. Cheers!

Im literally 5 months late to this masterpiece?! (i watched in the first few hours but didnt comment) its really impressive that you went to treetop walk on ur first day! its not a usuak tourist spot. thank you for showing the others our tiny little island! love from SG

If you couple like walks through nature and stuff, then you might want to visit Pulau Ubin. It's an island that is an extension of Singapore. You need to take a ferry from the Changi Jetty to get there. It is mostly rainforest, mangrove swamps and beaches there. You can camp at the beach there, if you brought a tent. I camped there during my Secondary School days as a Boy Scout some 20+ years ago. We learned to set up our tents. Then we started our own fires and then were cooking our instant noodles in our own mess tins over the fire. I cheated abit by bringing some solid fuel instead of using the tinder, sticks and leaves we were supposed to find. Some of my friends even brought marshmallows. Remember to bring insect repellent though, or at least the mosquito patches to keep them away. Looking back now, pretty fun times it was indeed.

Literally my favourite place on earth. Last visited over 10 years ago for part of my honeymoon (Also did Langkawi ,Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur) and I still bang on about it! Just had a baby so as soon as she is old enough to cope with humidity and a 12 hour flight im going back :D

As a local, I haven't even had these experiences you've had! Well-planned.

Singapore ❤❤❤❤ love this country

Welcome to Singapore!😊

There is another much more scenic route to the tree top walk via the MacRitchie reservoir boardwalk. However, it will take 4 hr through that longer route. You get to see lots more monkey and serene reservoir from that beautiful route.

Yes, Props to that uncle driving the grab car to introduce the three main seasons to these tourists That chatty personality was to make your ride Hawker centers are the go-to place for good food whenever Singapore are hungry. Yes, you can eat and drink on the street If the monkeys attack you, kick it or try to throw it off you then , Run, but if you are in a group you should be safe as they will be thinking twice before trying to attack. It "got really European" cause Singapore was Colonized by the British in the past

It's great when you're just visiting.

Singapore is most expensive to LIVE, not expensive to VISIT. There's a huge difference. Btw I live in Singapore. It's overrated. Nah... kidding. Its nice here. Just that we have to work till we die in order to keep staying here.

Some fun facts for your kind consideration Fun Fact 1: Local Singaporeans would have consumed the food featured at 6:01 with a fork and a spoon. The fork was mostly used to push the food into the spoon, before lifting the spoon of food into our mouths. I am not too sure but some people even eat with their bare hands. But do note that if you are going to eat a plate of rice with dishes with your bare hands, be sure to use only your right hand. The left hand is deemed as the unclean hand and should never touch the food. Fun Fact 2: Knives are rarely found at stalls that have rice as the base. Exceptions would be stalls that sell Western Food. For stalls that sell rice with accompanying dishes where large pieces of meat are involved, we would use the spoon as a knife to slice through the meat. While it might seem odd to you, it is actually commonly done in Singapore and it works perfectly. But when bone-in meat is involved and using the spoon as a knife doesn't work, that's when using your bare hands is required.

You need to come to Singapore from middle of June till August the 9th. We have fireworks every Saturday from middle of June till August 9th. It is so beautiful, you gonna love Singapore.

I have been to Singapore 3 times and Malaysia 6 times. I have been to Johor Bahru to get to Singapore on one of the trips - the process was quite easy. They were strict on chewing gum but the city is so clean.and beautiful. You can easily do the main tours in 2/3 days without fuss but I did use the metro quite a bit to get to various places

Most foreigners has the misconception that it is illegal to be seen with chewing gum in Singapore😂I often brought over gum for friends and colleagues (not a lot of cause). You are not allowed to sell it (unless for medical reasons via the pharmacies) but you can consume.

The term market or Pa Sat in Lau Pa Sat actually comes from the word Bazaar which in turns influence the Malay word for market which is 'Pasar' (or it could be the other way round) and the Chinese term Ba Sha (Pa Sat is a Chinese Hokkien dialect pronunciation). So Bazaar, Pasar, Pa Sat which all mean the same thing, is just one example of the multi-lingual and multi-racial influence in Singaporean society. For example, the term Pa Sat in Chinese does not exist in China/Taiwan and is only uniquely used by Chinese in Singapore/Malaysia. Several other similar terms such as 'Go Astern' which came from British English has morphed into the word 'Gostan', commonly used here.

HAHAHAHA😂You have done it right by experiencing the causeway. 😅 Glad you made it to the top! I didn’t make it up to the top of Treetop Walk the one time I tried. I felt like fainting halfway and had no choice but to rest and wait for the guide to come back down.

I can't wait to be able to travel and just experience interacting with people from different cultures, different foods and different places, but until then I'll keep watching videos which like this which kinda makes me feel like on the trip with you guys lol.

I am a Singaporean. You may have a couple of chewing gums for your own consumption. No crime unless you are importing them for commercial sales. On several occasions, I cross over to Johor Baru to get chewing gums for myself.

Love!

Amazing vlog! Thanks for featuring our little island to the world. You guys seem so fun to hang out with! If you're ever back in town, please allow me to bring you to the places that the locals head to for a taste of the hidden gems of Singapore. Safe travels, until the next time!

The ending is fab!😂

Welcome mates. Cool couple. There are cheaper food & beer if you travel out of the touristy areas. Jus love your English accent. Jus enjoy your holiday here without any stress of being pickpocket or victim of crime.

nice vid, glad yall love Singapore. btw, locals don't drink rose syrup often... they order "Bandung". try that next time you come. Cheers

Nice vlog

If you are a tourist staying here for a few days, it's nice. But try staying for the rest of your life here.

Cool Have a Nice Sleep!!!

Adam & Yaz ! Adam & Yaz !Adam & Yaz ! it's great to see you again! Jojo

Rare to see tourists visiting the treetop walk! 💪

Wow Singapore looks so beautiful. That passionfruit tea yummy😊

Like your sense of humour.

Singapore is fun city to visit.

Welcome to Singapore 👋👋

Singapore is country nice city Great exsplorr

Nice vlog - thanks. Everyone loves Singapore ! (Why get the bus that sits in traffic when you can get the MRT train?)

wow❤

You two are a nice couple, I really enjoyed your video…

thank you uk for founding singapore.

Next time u should try going 2the:East Coast,the food there's yum

We are a former colony of great Britain, so yeah our old architecture is mainly european 😊

Hey the next time you are back, try cycling, we have an extensive network of cycling paths. This way, you can travel faster and see more. If your bike is a foldie, u can bring it on the SMRT, otherwise, there are many places you can rent a bike by the hour or day.

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Most English speaking you encounter was Singlish ( direct translation from local chinese/malay mixed dialets into english) eg. Lau Pa Sat (chinese/hokkien translation) into Singlish.

Welcome to Singapore, enjoy your stay, free WiFi at airport, mrt n hospital FYI.

Ooh yeah! Public holiday the causeway sure be jam. The day before the public holiday... That why if Singaporean want to drive into Malaysia. Get up every early as 4am onwards to avoid massive jam on the causeway towards Malaysian. And when coming back Singapore, be at the causeway before 6 pm.

Singaporean here. You can bring chewing gum in and you're allowed to eat it. You're just not allowed to sell it here.

Chewing gum is not completely banned in Singapore, but its sale and import are tightly regulated. Singapore implemented strict regulations on chewing gum in the 1990s due to issues related to gum litter and vandalism. The government imposed a ban on the sale of chewing gum for several years, but these restrictions were relaxed over time. Chewing gum with therapeutic or dental benefits is allowed, but it needs to be purchased from a registered pharmacy and is subject to certain restrictions. However, the sale of regular chewing gum is not allowed. You can bring in chewing gum for your personal consumption but importing large quantities may raise questions at the customs as you might be deemed to be selling them in Singapore. So, in short, you can consumed chewing gum brought in by you for your own personal consumption.

Wait till you see Shanghai!

i can imagine the 30000 steps that you guys had on your 1st day in Singapore!

Welcome to Singapore 😘

My daughter's staying in UK there,married recently,misses the:S'pore food,yeah*Enjoy yr stay.....

Look on the Bright Side ...More advantages than disadvantges .

Do you know that those super trees are actually chimneys. The garden uses the waste to energy technology to generate electricity. But, if you noticed....there are no smoke coming out of those super tree chimneys.

Semog bisa saling sharing

actually, you could get drinking water from the water cooler at the ranger station just before the treetop trail

in my 30 years of my life in singapore, i didn't even set foot to MacRitchie Reservoir's Tree Top Walk lol

Not many tourist would go to the treetop. Kudos to you. Btw i have not been there myself 😢

18:31 perfect ! 😂