Our First Impressions of SINGAPORE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, we explore Singapore for the first time and give all of our first impressions.
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🎥 Vlog #155 | Filmed on April 29, 2022
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Let’s Talk Green Space
01:21 - What is the weather like?
01:57 - Designated smoking areas…outside?
02:16 - Is Singapore walkable?
03:03 - Subtle, but notable differences
03:37 - Orchards Ave. is…
03:46 - Singapore’s MRT System
04:11 - Best App to Navigate Singapore
04:33 - How to pay for the MRT
04:47 - Bike Share and Grab Rides
05:13 - Singapore’s Official Language(s)
05:36 - Marina Bay Street Circuit (F1)
06:17 - Why is Singapore so expensive?
07:23 - Marina Bay Area
08:55 - Singapore’s Hawker Markets (Newton Food Centre)
11:06 - Singapore’s Currency
11:27 - Our first impressions of Singapore
11:55 - Bloops
Glad you enjoyed our city state, we are not perfect like how some media portrayed us to be, but we like to keep things working efficiently for everyone incl our foreigner guests. Do visit again for the more local side of life in Singapore.
Thank you for leaving us a comment Viwen 🙌 We loved our time in Singapore and agree it is very efficiently operated and we felt very warmly welcomed 🙌 We will definitely be back and next time will venture out a little farther 😀 Thank you for the thoughtful comment 👏
There are lots of extensive underground walkways in Singapore. From your video, we see you taken a super long route above ground, There is a much shorter and direct route from Tang's to Shake Shack at Liat towers.The "crossbox" is underground so as not to impede vehicle traffic flow. Pedestrian flow are smooth and efficient in Singapore and with aircon,
Thank you for letting us know, that is so helpful and such a smart idea. We will keep an eye out for the crossbox in the future. Singapore is so impressive and so well thought out 🇸🇬💛
Been going through your Singapore vids last few days as you guys popped up on my feed and we’re travelling to Singapore next week. Really enjoying them - the style and editing works really well and some great content.
Thanks Peter, this is such an awesome comment for us to receive 🙌 We are glad the videos have been helpful and we hope you have an amazing trip to Singapore 🧳✈️🇸🇬 Feel free to reach out if you have any questions 😀
Thanks for loving my country 🇸🇬
Loved this video! Can't wait for your other Singapore vlogs 😊
Thanks Megan, that means the world to us 😀 Our next Singapore video will be out on Friday 🇸🇬 Thanks again for watching 🙌
I can see from the comments that you really value and appreciate your viewers by replying to almost every single one of those who commented here. I always believe that this is the correct way to go if you want to produce TH-cam videos. You are one of those rare ones and am impressed enough by the quality of your clip and your sincere effort to reach out to your viewers, and have subscribed. Keep up the good work!!
Hi Lawrenz 👋 You have made our day, this was such a kind and thoughtful comment 😀 We are so grateful for those who take time to watch our videos. It literally means the world to us. So when someone takes the time to leave us a comment we definitely want to express our thanks and gratitude. Thank you for reaching out, thank you for your kindness, we really appreciate it 😀 And thank you for subscribing, we are excited to share many more fun adventures 🥳
Drink plenty of water while here in Singapore. When in Orchard Road, use the underground walkways. Ask the locals for help or directions. We locals don't talk much or are relatively shy, but we are friendly and helpful. Enjoy your stay here.
Lots of water is a great tip, as is the underground walkways (we must have walked right by them). We will definitely ask for help next time as they seem like a great way to get around during the hottest parts of the day. Thanks for the kind comment and advice 🙌😀
True lol at first I thought locals just hate tourist but after awhile you wouldn't need Google maps
The content quality is so sooo good!!😍❤️
Thank you so much 😊
Welcome to Singapore! Nice, lighthearted, generous and pretty correct info. Have fun!
Thank you Crosby, we appreciate the amazing comment. Singapore is such an amazing place 🇸🇬💛
Love the videos , guys 🥹
Thank you Jorge 🙌
First video I’ve watched of yours and it was nice to see your impressions of the place I was born (but didn’t grow up). I was surprised to see you only have 5K subs, keep up the great work 👍🏼
Singapore is an amazing country so we were very happy to be able to experience it 🇸🇬💛Thanks for the awesome comment Jordiano, we really appreciate it 🙌
So glad there's little to no misinformation in the video, love the quality of your content! 😍💚
Thank you so much, we are glad you enjoyed the video 😀
Thank you for visiting! Hope you come back again ! ☺️👍
Singapore looked amazing! It looked so clean 👍
Amazing and clean are very accurate descriptions. We loved it 🇸🇬💛
So funny and informative at the same time! Race on the F1 track was awesome!
Thanks Joel, that means a lot 🙌 The "F1 Race" was definitely our favorite part of day 😀
Glad you enjoyed! So come again! 🎉
Thank you Gregory, we really enjoyed Singapore 🇸🇬💛 We can't wait to visit again 🧳✈️
Born and bred in Singapore, and I still can't get used to the heat and humidity.
That is too funny, and after traveling through Singapore 🇸🇬 and other countries in SE Asia, we can definitely relate 😅
Right 😭😭
OMG! I couldn't do it. You are so brave. "The gills? Does it taste the same?" Wow! 😄
Amazing video!!❤️
Thank you so much 🙌
Excellent vid guys👍
Thank you Martin, we really appreciate it 🙌
Welcome to Singapore and thank you for your kind and great comments. Stay indoor due to UV and have umbrella handy. Have a small tower ready to wipe and rinse in wash room to cool yourself at times.
Thank you for such an amazing comment Melvin, we really appreciate it 🙌 Everything you mentioned are great tips for exploring Singapore 🇸🇬💛 Thanks again 😀
Wow I’ve always wanted to visit Singapore ever since I was little! Love your vlog!
Thanks Jamie, it is an amazing place that we highly recommend. Thanks for leaving us such an awesome comment 🙌
To cross roads at the Ion/Wheelock/Tangs/Isetan intersection which was where Shake Shack was, taking the underground footpaths would have been only 5 mins long. It's also air-conditioned and protects you from the sun rays :)
It is a well thought out and carefully designed city state, some eyesores you commonly see in SE Asia city are mostly hidden from public view here.
Singapore is very well thought out, we were really impressed 🇸🇬👏 And, hey, every country has eyesores, including our home country of the U.S. 🇺🇸 Thanks for watching and for leaving us a comment, we appreciate it 🙌
Welcome to Singapore :D usually the more popular areas like Newton Food Centre or Lau Pa Sat are more expensive. The local neighbourhood hawker centres are where you'll find food for under 5SGD (usually the basic ones like mixed veg rice, noodle soup or chicken rice. Japanese/Korean/Western cuisine stalls usually sell from 6-10+ and premium meals like whole lobster, crab, hotpot will always be past 10SGD)
This is great information and spot on. Every meal we tried at Hawker Centres, which ranged in price, were phenomenal 👏 We Miss the food in Singapore and can’t wait to try more on our next trip 🧳✈️🇸🇬
Come across you channel. Love it.
Ra, from Singapore
Hi Ra 👋 Thanks for leaving us this amazing comment, we really appreciate it 🙌
I think the other commenters have said it, but the rest of the country is very well connected for pedestrians and you can cross easily. It’s orchard road where you need to walk underground, the underground network lets you cross under the roads.
Thank you so much for sharing, this is a great recommendation 🙌 Singapore is so well designed and even better connected than we originally thought. Thanks again for sharing 🙌
Alicia, you rock a bucket hat!!
Aww, thank you 😊 It's one of my favorite hats, I got it in Thailand this year.
Love your vlog..I m a new fan
Thank you Paul, this means so much to us 🙌🥳
Well... as a Singaporean...
Would like to thank you for explaining why we have the COE System and why Singapore its considered to be so expensive (for Expats) to live in... Its mainly because of cost of a private Cars... and Accommodations... Both greatly in demand and in short supply...
Thanks for the awesome comment, and we were happy to share more about this system. We thought it was so fascinating and a unique way to keep traffic manageable. We love Singapore and truly understand the demand to live there 🇸🇬💛
The "F1 race" you ran is really hilarious and exciting....
Thank you so much, we just couldn't resist once we realized you could walk or "race" on the track 😀 It was so much fun 🏃♀️💨🏃
2:36 There is actually an underpass to cross that junction. You'll need to enter it from the mall. Not sure why Google Map didn't suggest that route and gave you a big detour route.
We're not sure why it didn't recommend that either, it certainly sounds like a much better way to go. Thanks so much for sharing that 🙌
Our currency are plastic notes so they don't disintegrate when they are wet (or accidentally left in pockets when clothes are being washed).. Prefer them over paper notes that some other countries might still use.
Thanks for this amazing information Nisa 🙌 As is the case with everything we encountered in Singapore, the currency is well thought out in it's design. We definitely prefer the plastic notes over paper 👍
Use the underground walkways. That’s how you can get to places faster and they are air conditioned.
Thank you for the heads up, that is a really helpful tip. Singapore is such a well designed city 🇸🇬👏
Singapore historically is part of the Malay peninsular. The natives are Malay and Malay is our national language. So, no, not Malay language from malaysia, Malay from Singapore.
Hi Muhammad 👋 This is amazing information, thank you for clarifying and sharing this with us. We appreciate the thoughtful comments 🙌
frankly speaking been to nyc multiple times on business trips. Would not compare it to Singapore, they are in different leagues.Definitely not the unclean and rat infested subway. Other than that hope you enjoy your stay in Singapore. Looking foward to go on a vacation there again since pre covid!
Thanks Dr. John 🙌 You make a good point. I think we just got caught up in all of the energy there and that is what reminded us of NYC 🗽 but you are right, Singapore is impressively clean. We hope you can get back to Singapore soon ✈️🇸🇬
Welcome to Singapore the passport couple!
Even though Singapore is a small country, Singapore kinda looks like a fancy and expensive country(Singapore is actually the richest country country in Asia)I hope you guys can give some recommendation about the country and get to visit other places
And i almost forgot Singapore is mostly hot sometimes and it doesn't really rain here that often.I hope you guys have great time in a luxurious country(yep thats right Singapore is a luxurious country) :)
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment, we really appreciate it 🙌 We positively loved Singapore and really enjoyed our time there. We are looking forward to visiting again in the future 🧳✈️🇸🇬💛
It’s cool that you covered the car portion, basically buying a car is actually renting it long term due to the COE sadly, born & raised here, however I much prefer Europe due to the 4 seasons weather. Although nothing beats the food in Asia 😌
Hi Wensheng 👋 Thanks for the awesome comment, we appreciate it 🙌 It is the most unique take on car ownership (or renting) we have seen in any country we have visited so we felt it was definitely worth mentioning. We love the four seasons too, but you are right too that you can't beat the food in Asia. It is sooo good 👏
Great review👍
Thank you so much 🙌
Keep success stay healthy🙏
@@andrewwlt5330 Thank you so much, we will 😀
You guys should try the thai village restaurant at GoodWood Park Hotel next time in Singapore.
Thank you for the awesome recommendation, we will definitely try it out the next time we are in Singapore 🧳✈️🇸🇬
Loved the way ya'll described the sambal stingray as "Mexican" hahah can't unsee it now!
Thanks Shawn, that is too funny 🙌 We are sure most wouldn't describe it that way, but we love Mexican cuisine and for some reason, the seasoning and spice just reminded us of it 😀 Thanks for leaving us such an awesome comment 🙌
@@ThePassportCouple The ‘tubes’ in the stingray are actually the bones of the fin. You need to scrap the layer of meat off the top, then flip over and scrap the other layer.
@@pingteo6104 That is great information, thank you. We will definitely have to try it that way next time. Thank you so much 😀
Welcome to Singapore! We are a small country, that’s why all our power cables, pipes etc are all underground and that’s the reason why u can’t see “nest of wires” above u.. 😂 Do venture into our heartlands to experience our lifestyle. Food is cheaper than tourist spot like newton. Also If u notice, there’s usually a shopping mall above every MRT station, so it’s really convenient!
Hi Janessa 👋 Thanks for leaving such an amazing comment, we really appreciate it 😀 Singapore was just so pristine and impressive, we really enjoyed it. And so many generous comments have recommended venturing into the heartlands that I know we have to come back to experience that side of Singapore too. And, yes, we did notice the shopping malls above the MRT and it was convenient...maybe too convenient because I feel like we always bought something before we went home for the day 😀
Wau...amazing singapore
Amazing indeed, we loved it 😀
Lol...Newton Food centre? That's a tourist trap that locals know not to go when you want to get good and inexpensive food. Most of the neighborhood food centres in the "suburbs" are accessible by MRT. For sure, you won't get anything under $5 in this hawker centre.
We had to try the Spicy Sting Ray, but many comments have recommended the hawker centres in the suburbs so we will definitely add that to our next Singapore itinerary 🇸🇬💛 Thanks for reaching out 🙌
Newton hawker center is one of the expensive ones in Singapore
Thanks for leaving us a comment Warren, we appreciate it 🙌 People have mentioned that about Newton, but we really enjoyed it and we’re able to try some other awesome Hawker centres as well. Can’t wait to come back and eat more amazing food 🧳✈️🇸🇬
Thanks for Sharing.This vlog is shoot on Canon M50?
Thanks for watching 🙌 It was shot on our Canon M50, Canon EOS 6D Mark II, GoPro HERO9, and an iPhone 11 📸🤳📱
Hope for you to come to Indonesia especially Bali or Jakarta for some chance.
Hi Gurun 👋 A family trip to Bali is up next 😀
Welcome to Singapore
Hope you guys enjoy yourself and things here are actually quite affordable other than cars.
Example; our food here.
You can get cheap food at less than $3.
Thanks you for leaving us a comment 🙌 Singapore is an amazing country 🇸🇬💛 and much more affordable than we originally thought 👍 And the food is absolutely amazing 👏
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Hope you guys can visit us again!
@@leongyet9896 Thank you, we hope so too. We really enjoyed our time in Singapore 🇸🇬💛
At orchard road, you need to walk in underground connected paths.
Thank you so much for letting us know, this is very helpful 🙌 We are continually impressed with how well thought out, and well designed Singapore is 🇸🇬💛
@@ThePassportCouple oh yes while you guys are in town, do visit Golden Mile complex, also known as Little Thailand, it will be demolished next year. This shopping mall won architecture awards when it was first built. It is one of the few brutalist style shopping mall left in the country. That place has many nice Thai food and Thai supermarket.
@@whyudontaddme Awesome information. We actually did grab lunch there with a friend. The food was really good. It is a very cool spot, but we are sad to hear it is being demolished. Thanks for the great recommendation 🙌
Singapore is waayyyy ahead of Newyork in almost all aspects. I've been there a couple of times, and its down right stinking and almost dirty everywhere.
had to look up the temps in celsius😅
Sorry about that, we usually put the conversion on the screen. Thanks for the friendly reminder 🙌
The food is so good there and you ate at Shake Shack, lol.
The food is amazing there and we ate at countless numbers of Hawker stalls. And yes, we are guilty, we also ate Burger Shack. We are on the road approximately 340 days out of the year so whenever we see a Burger Shack, we stop 😀 What can we say, it reminds us of home 🏡 Thanks for watching and for leaving us a comment, we appreciate it 🙌
@@ThePassportCouple I live in South Korea, so I understand comfort food. Lol
@@StaceyPetersdbspouse We were just in South Korea and loved it 🇰🇷 💛 That is amazing that you live there 👏We are honestly thinking about renting an apartment in South Korea next year as a working destination between our trips. Thanks for relating with us on comfort food 😀
Oh.. there is yet to explored outskirt of Singapore
This has been highly recommended to us and we will definitely explore more outside the city center when we are in Singapore next 🇸🇬💛
Singapore thì đẹp.dien đại.dinh của chóp
Singapore rainfall is not more than half an hr,mostly btw 10 mins and 20 mins only.
The reason why you won’t see wires running over your head is Becos they are buried underground. You won’t believe how much it cost to get the COE. It just hit 110k SGD a couple of months ago to own a piece of paper.
That is amazing engineering and creates such a clean look 👏 And we can't believe they raised the COE's, it is such an incredible amount of money 😬 Thanks for leaving us a comment, we really appreciate it 🙌
Can ask, when you pay with your credit card (say on the MRT) do you not incur a credit card fee? How about carrying cash, or withdrawing - how does that work, meaning can you go to a bank and use their ATM to withdraw cash, but then what would the fee be like? I'd like to hear about your experience with that please.
Hi Robin 👋 We did not incur a fee when using our credit card on the MRT. We did incur an ATM fee when withdrawing cash, but our debit card refunds is for all ATM fees. If you would like to learn more about the credit cards we use, here are a couple of links to our website:
thepassportcouple.com/best-bank-accounts-for-travel/
thepassportcouple.com/travel-credit-cards/
Hope this helps 🙌
@@ThePassportCouple This is super helpful! Thank you so much! I also visited my bank and discussed after seeing your reply above, and they confirmed the same details as well. Feeling good about planning my solo travel now 😀
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Guys, please try Malay food next time if you ever visits Singapore again. Something that you're probably unfamiliar with. 😊
Will do, thank you for the great recommendation 🙌
no freaking way.. Orchard road is way ahead of fifth avenue.. Fifth avenue is defunct with boarded shops and homesless people tent on the pavements just like frisco and Seattle..
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts Azhar, we always appreciate different perspectives. We have only window shopped at both, but had fun in both areas nontheless 🙌
The Lifespan of a car/COE is only short 10years! Renewable of course, in 5 or 10 years tenors.
But hey, awesome factual vlog about SG,. Thank you
Thanks for the great comment, we appreciate it 🙌 The COE system is a very interesting concept, and we hadn't heard of anything like it in any other country we have traveled to.
I see how you compare it to NYC but singapore is on a different level. I mean for 1 month stay I've only seen 1 police car
There are many differences, we agree, we just meant that Singapore reminds us of all of the things we love about NYC 🇸🇬 💛🗽
Now COE I’m Singapore is a 100 000! So expensive!
Wow, that is really expensive. Thank goodness the public transportation is so good there 😅
Orchard is underground city
This is a great tip Muhammad, we totally missed this one. Next time we are in Singapore we will definitely be using the underground walkways in the heat of the day. Thanks again 🙌
The many flashy cars you saw are NOT representative of Singapore. It’s because you were at Orchard where the rich hang out. Most people don’t drive Mercedes Benz as well.
Thanks so much for taking time to share your thoughts, we are visitors in every country we travel to, but we really appreciate getting input from those that live there and experience it every day. Thanks for reaching out 🙌
Why would you eat hambergers when you could have roast duck rice chilli crab and thousands of other great hawker foods. And before anyone says chilli crab is too expensive go to No1 Maxwells - 25.00!
Hi Chris 👋 This is a great point. The hawker foods are absolutely amazing and we ate a lot of it, and still talk about it on a regular basis. But we live on the road and Burger Shack is one of our favorite restaurants from back home so whenever we see one (which is pretty rare), we have to stop. But chili crab sounds amazing so we will add to our list of things to try next time we are in Singapore. Thanks for watching and sharing this awesome recommendation 🙌
Grab is not expensive actually... it is just ridiculously expensive
That is very true 😅 We were meeting a friend for lunch and had to take one since we were running behind. Needless to say, that was the last one we took aside from our early morning flight. Thanks for leaving us a comment, we really appreciate it 🙌
If we could put an air-conditioned dome over Singapore, we would.
Thanks for leaving us a comment Victor 🙌 I believe they would, the technology in Singapore is pretty incredible 👏 🇸🇬
Singapore isn't New York tho. I think Hong Kong more like New York. But gosh I miss Singapore. Stuck in the us for work for now. Can't wait to go back. I'm tired getting chase by homeless people day and night. And finally can be able to go out without worrying about getting rob.
Google map suck. Use streetdirectory. I'm a local.
Amazing tip Ron, thank you. We will definitely use this next time we are in Singapore 🧳✈️🇸🇬
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Yup. It's ironically more detailed than google. I only use google for streetview.
@@RonLarhz Very cool, definitely going to give it a try. Thanks again 🙌
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Hong Kong is more of the NYC of Asia in terms of density, diversity, buzz, grit etc. Even though Tokyo is the largest city on earth and you can fit 30 Manhattans in Tokyo, it doesn't have the diversity and grit of Hong Kong, that is more similar to NYC. Singapore is too tiny to be the NYC.
Amazing information, thanks for sharing 🙌 We are truly excited to visit both cities when we can. In fact, we have been looking at the news daily to see when Japan is opening. We are thinking early 2023 if all goes according to plan. And I had no idea you could fit 30 Manhattans in Tokyo. That is a pretty incredible stat 😀
Americans may think calling a city "like NYC" is a compliment, but its actually an insult. We don't want your homelessness, your violent crime rate, your rat infested graffiti covered subways, your police brutality, etc
Honestly, I did not enjoy Singapore as much I envisioned when I visited there. The city is just too sanitized, almost boring even.
We appreciate the honesty Victor. The great thing is there are so many amazing countries out there that if you don't enjoy one, there is another one waiting to be explored. Thanks for leaving us a comment and Happy Travels 🧳✈️💛
Hahahah lots of underpass…..dont use your google
Such an amazing tip, thank you for letting us know. We will definitely keep that in mind moving forward 🙌
it does not rain here all the time. :p please get the facts right. :)
Maybe not all the time, but we did get caught without an umbrella on more than one occasion 😂 But in the end, it was just a great excuse to play in the rain 🌧😀 Thanks for watching and leaving such a fun comment 🙌
Singapore is a boring country long term and definitely not sustainable but yes, green, with trees.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We were only there a short time, but really enjoyed it and were impressed by their dedication to pairing green space in their development projects 🇸🇬💛
Singapore is what Vietnam should have been without communism.
Stop migrating to singapore! Our country is too crowded and jobs are not enough for locals. Please kindly go to other countries.
Thanks for leaving us a comment 🙌 We were just visiting and do not live in Singapore. With that said, we can understand why people are moving there as it is a wonderful country 🇸🇬💛
my first impressions is everything in singapore are SUPER EXPANSIVE AND NOTHING ARE NATURAL TO EXPOSE ...
Thanks for sharing your first impressions, it’s always good to have different perspectives 🙌
Dj do you comment in every travel videos on Singapore and put Singapore down just to say how good malaysia is?😂 I’ve seen you everywhere dude.