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'''Singapore''' is a city-state in South-Eastern [[Asia]]. It has a road border with [[Malaysia]] to the north and a sea border with [[Indonesia]] to the south and west. The currency is the Singapore Dollar.
Singaporean here! (jon)Welcome '''Singapore''' is a city-state in South-Eastern Asia] It has a road border with [[Malaysia]] to the north and a sea border with Indonesia to the smallest country in Asia. Not even kiddingsouth and west. But also The currency is the richest countrySingapore Dollar.
== Affordability ==
in my travels folks say Singapore is expensive, but I disagree! Compared to Western countries, Singapore still gives you so many great prices which are otherwise inflated up north for a city with the best infrastructure and technology.
It's more expensive relative to the rest of Asia, no doubt. What could cost you 1USD for a bowl of noodles in Malaysia would cost you 3/4USD here.
But if you need to eat cheaply, supermarkets are still amazingly affordable - a packet of bread would go for around 2USD, ham for 2USD, cheese for 2 - you can get by. And hawker centres offer the cheapest and fastest selections of food ALL OVER the island - Singapore is famous for these stalls. People run these stalls for 30 years + and get to become experts in the art of making just one dish.
Public transport is cheap and I would recommend getting an Ez-Link card if you're planning to stay for more than 5 days. It's more worth it than the ticket.
There is one ferry to an [[Indonesia]]n island.
Forget about entering the Singaporean port, I think the only way might be to get a ride on a yacht from a marina. There is one marina that might let you also enter without being member right next to Tuas checkpoint.
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Most Singaporeans speak an almost perfect English, often as their first language. Don't be surprised when you walk in and you might find folks speaking better English than their western counterparts.
If you arrive by flight to SIN, and plan to cross the border overland, check the "Airport" section!
== Hitchhiking In ==
But if you've managed to hitchhike in good on you. Once you get into Singapore there are public toilets galore and malls for wifi just about everywhere.
== Hitchhiking out ==
You can either take public transportation to Malaysia, hitch from the border or hitch a boat to leave the city / country.
=== Bus or Metro ===
From the Airport, take the "JB Shuttle Bus" which takes you to JB = [[, Johor Bahru]] in Malaysia, just over the border. Cost: $10 SGD (feb 2020)
Or take the MRT (Mass Rapid Transport = Metro) : Red Line to "Marsiling station" (Attention: the border checkpoint is called Woodlands, don't get out at Woodlands station but in Marsiling which is closer).
From there take the bus 950 that takes you to JB. Then you can hitch out of customs just walking up the road. It is definitely illegal, but it is rare to be harassed by police for standing right on the freeway in Malaysia.
Take the MRT from the airport (Changi Airport) from the Green Line and transfer to the Red Line, to woodlands station. You can take multiple buses to JB, just type into google maps "JB Sentral Mall" and you'll see a number of buses come up, they're pretty reasonable.
It's more likely that you're to be questioned by police in Singapore for hitchhiking, and get lots of curious stares, than if you do it in Singapore. Singaporeans have only heard of the concept of hitchhiking through movies and books, because the country takes literally 30 minutes to traverse from one end to the other, and due to the dense road usage, it's generally not heard of.
=== Hitchhiking from Singapore ===
Take the metro red line to Marsiling station and walk 15 minutes to Woodlands Immigration Checkpoint. After passport and customs control, you will come out at the bus station for buses to the Malaysian immigration checkpoint across the causeway separating Singapore from Malaysia. From here, you can either take the bus or try to walk there. Walking will take about 25 minutes: walk to the end of the bus platform and follow the "walking man" sign, down to the bottom of the spiral stairway, and through a small tunnel to the bridge across the causeway. There is a narrow pavement where it is possible to walk safely on the bridge until the road climbs and splits into various lanes. At this point, carefully cross over to the lane for cars and then later the one for buses (it can feel somewhat scary to walk this part without the pavement but usually the traffic is backed up from the checkpoint and going slow) and you will arrive at the point where the buses off-load their passengers for Malaysian immigration and customs control. Just follow the people up the escalators to the immigration hall. Once past immigration, you will arrive at the bus station. Just follow the road out a short while… this road eventually leads onto the highway to KL. You can start hitching here (1.46640°N 103.76821°E) although there isn’t much room for cars to pull over, or you can walk down the road 500m to where the trucks coming out from immigration and customs control and heading in the direction of KL join this main road to the highway (1°28'05.6"N 103°46'07.1"E).
It could be possible to hitch from the centre of the bridge where there is a small lay-by but often this is full of scooters and it’s not possible for cars to pull over. Also, the fact that this is a border area makes drivers nervous about picking up hitchhikers and there is also a ‘no-pedestrian’ sign on the bridge. Better to get past immigration and start hitching on the Malaysian side.
=== By boat ===
There is one ferry to an Indonesian island. Forget about entering the Singaporean port, I think the only way might be to get a ride on a yacht from a marina. There is one marina that might let you also enter without being member right next to Tuas checkpoint.
== Airport ==
If you arrive by flight to SIN, and plan to cross the border overland, make sure you made a fake return e-ticket from SIN (to anywhere). There is a high chance that they ask you for your return itinerary at the check-in counter of the departure airport. It's a new regulation in Singapore Customs. While in some cases if you explain you go overland they may let you in, they also can be annoying. While leaving CDG to SIN with Singapore Airlines they accepted my explanations, but when I left MEL to SIN with Jetstar they just didn't accept any explanation and I had to buy a ticket I would never use departing from SIN, at last minute leaving me no choice ([[User:toortoth|toortoth]]). So make a fake, with a frame from another airline (in case they want to check in their own system, but they never do, it would be too long to check itineraries of all passengers, especially calling other companies). Cheapest ticket out of the country is most likely the Singapore-Batam ferry
== Sleeping ==
If you reaaaally want to wildcamp ... you can try lower pierce resevoir or upper pierce resevoir, two of the more deserted resevoirs at night. There isn't usually crime in Singapore so ... you'll be mostly safe.
== Food ==
'''Singapore Buddhist Lodge.''' The Kim Yan Road temple serves free vegetarian breakfast (07:00-09:00), lunch (11:30-14:00) and dinner (17:00-19:00). All are welcome regardless of their race or religion. In the queue one can find all sorts of people, from the homeless, unemployed, foreign students, foreign construction workers and of course some freeloaders who work nearby.
=== From Competitions ===
'''The Terminator ($58)''' is a towering burger of 6 Wagyu Beef patties, layered with cheese, pieces of bacon and caramelised onions; with coleslaw and fries. Wolf it down in less than 20 minutes and the burger will be on the house.
''Address:'' 13 Dempsey Road Singapore 249674
'''The Chupitos Bar's''' What Dozen Kill You Makes You Stronger Challenge will satisfy the alcoholic in you. Finish 12 shooters in 30 minutes.
''Address:'' 3B River Valley Road #01-05 Singapore 179021
=== Other ===
The Marina Bay Sands Casino offers unlimited free drinks. Coffee, soda, juice, etc. Also if you sign up for the free rewards program you get a complimentary 5 dollars to use anywhere in the mall. There is no minimum purchase to use the 5 dollars which means one can treat themselves to a free meal or very cheap meal depending on how hard you look around.
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