{"id":246,"date":"2020-04-13T08:21:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T08:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=246"},"modified":"2020-04-14T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:30:47","slug":"on-a-little-street-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"On a Little Street in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written 100 years ago, many of us will know this song from Glenn Miller, Bob Dylan or Manhattan Transfer. Today, it’s the attraction of those “Little Streets” that draw us to this Island State. Those “Little Streets” are the result of Singapore\u2019s multi-cultural, colonial and wartime past and make it a destination in its own right rather than just a stopover. Being uniquely placed at the tip of the Malay peninsula, at the cross roads of trade routes it has been the meeting point for Asian and European cultures.  British influence is clearly evident as many of us are familiar with the Raffles Hotel named after Sir Thomas Raffles who brought the British to the island and the Anderson Bridge named after the Governor of the Region in 1910.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Due to its size and history there is so much to see and do, it\u2019s all very easy to access and so much can be packed into such a short space of time.\u00a0 On the one hand you have traditional Chinatown and on the other the Sands Skypark and shopping in Orchard Street.\u00a0 Singapore\u2019s nickname is \u201cCity in a Garden\u201d and it\u2019s possible to get away from it all at the National Orchid Garden and the Jurong Bird Park which home to 400 species of birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you are ready to travel call Maggie<\/a> to book your ultimate Singapore adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shop from home. Make it more rewarding with the British Airways e-store and your British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card<\/a>. Collect Avios without flying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written 100 years ago, many of us will know this song from Glenn Miller, Bob Dylan or Manhattan Transfer. Today, it’s the attraction of those “Little Streets” that draw us to this Island State. Those “Little Streets” are the result of Singapore\u2019s multi-cultural, colonial and wartime past and make it a destination in its own … <\/p>\n

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