| Here are the top 5 things to do in Singapore if | | | | Bay. It is dubbed as the world's tallest Ferris |
| you are just there for a few days: | | | | wheel at 540 feet. |
| 1. Go straight to People's Park Complex in | | | | 4. Go and see the 3,000 odd animals that roam |
| Chinatown. This is the first high-rise shopping | | | | freely in open-style areas in Singapore Zoo. This is |
| center in Southeast Asia and you can experience | | | | the closest you will ever get to a real safari. You |
| the local flavor. You can even get a foot | | | | can see animals like elephants, kangaroos, lions |
| reflexology treatment for $10 and then spend | | | | and giraffes in their nearly-natural environment. |
| time picking up cheap but good souvenirs. | | | | 5. You cannot say you have experienced |
| 2. Take a guided walking tour to see the real | | | | Singapore unless you taste the local cuisine. The |
| Singapore. You can explore ethnic neighborhoods | | | | best place for soup dumplings is Paragon Mall. This |
| like Little India or Arab Street, find Chinese | | | | is the place where the locals flock to so that they |
| medicines, see temples and architecture or head | | | | can eat affordable and authentic Singaporean |
| to the island's famous black and white bungalows, | | | | food. You can sample everything at the hawker |
| which are vestiges of the colonial rule from a | | | | center ranging from chicken rice to chili crab to |
| century ago. A private walking tour can cost up | | | | popiah spring rolls to spicy Malay coconut milk to |
| to S$100 an hour per group. | | | | laksa. The hawker center is located on the |
| 3. If you are not afraid of heights and do not | | | | Esplanade Mall and is just steps from the Merlion |
| suffer from vertigo, take a ride on Singapore | | | | statue. |
| Flyer which opened in March 2008 on the Marina | | | | |