Budget holiday in Singapore by public transport .....Day 1

This week , my family and I have a chance spending our holiday in Singapore using a public transport and this is going to be our first experience  . Previously most of our trip to Singapore  by air ie through Changi Airport as our landing point .

We plan to spend our holiday for a night in JB and 3D2N in Singapore  . As usual I prepared the necessary things before going for our trip , changed currency , RM to SGD ie RM2.56 eqv to SGD1.00 and booked our hotel via Agoda.com  for two rooms each . The booking ended with a night in Tune Hotel , Danga Bay , Johor Bahru ( RM100 per night ) and  2 nights in Singapore , a night in Santa Grand Bugis Hotel ( RM600 per night ) and BIG Hotel near the Bocoolen street ( RM 700 per night ). The reason behind why we booked 2 different hotel due to Santa Grand Bugis hotel is fully booked . From my experienced , it is advisable to booked 1 single hotel for the days since it is really troublesome to packed and unpacked our luggage while transfering to another hotel .

Day 1 :

Our journey starts from the Tune hotel . We check out from the hotel and drive to JB Sentral at 8 am . At first it is really confusing to look for the parking lots at the JB Sentral , but after asking for the direction from the police , we managed to find the place by following jalan Que Bee . To our surprised the parking lots really full ! so it is advisable to come early as early as 6 am if you want to park your car over here . Another option is to park your car at Sun City parking lots , it is an open space parking and just next to the JB Sentral and  the charges is RM12 per day . Finally we parked our car over there .

We have our breakfast at JB Sentral food court . After that we start our " walking " journey to the imegresen check point for our passport validate going for " overseas " . Then we walking again to the bus station downstair and we choose the Causeway Link bus CW1 to Kranji MRT station with the fare of RM1 per pax . We took the bus cross the causeway until Woodlands CIQ just a few minute  then we have to go out from the bus and walk to Singapore Imegresen for another passport validation for entering the country . After that we walk back to our CW1 bus and proceed to the Kranji MRT station which only tooks us around 5 min . At Kranji , we buy the MRT ticket for SGD2.50 per pax for the Ang Mo Kio station , where we going to buy the Singapore Tourist Pass . Please look for " Ticket Office " for the pass and it is located in the same building of the station . Don't be like me , proceed to the shopping complex and went to the " Bus Interchange Ticket Office " . For the pass details , please refer to their website .. thesingaporetouristpass.com.sg . For your info , we bought 2 days pass where the fee was SGD26 incl refundable SGD10 if you return the pass as per their term and condition . As a tourist , its really convenient to us since we can used unlimited usage of MRT , LRT or Bus in within 2 days .

After that we took the MRT to the Lavender Station for our Santa Grand Bugis Hotel . Exit from the MRT , my family feel very tired coz of a lot of walks , so we decided to take taxi to the hotel . It is not very far and the fare just SGD3 .

The hotel is really near to the Sultan Mosque and the famous Arab Street . The staff is very nice and friendly . We check in and have our rest for 2 hours . The room is small but it is bigger than Tune hotel . The most important things , the room is very clean and tidy . The room incl with breakfast and they served halal foods ,

At 3 pm , we went out for our lunch at the Tasneem Restaurant near the Arab Street .We ordered for 2 chicken briyani and 1 mutton briyani ( SGD24 ). The taste was very nice . After lunch , we proceed to our next agenda ie to visit Merlion Park , Marina Bay Sands ( MBS ) Sky park and The Garden by the Bay . Merlion park is the famous tourist attraction in Singapore and if you have your picture over there , considered as you have already been in Singapore . Another 2 icons , the MBS , is the hotel , casino and the shopping malls whereas The Garden by the Bay is the garden of tropical Khatulistiwa forest .
We went to the Merlion park via the Raffles Place MRT station . From the station , we walk to the park . Along the way , you can see a really breath taking scenery , the Singapore river , the Museum , the Fullerton Hotel and the high rise building . Not very far , we reached the park . It is really impressive and awesome view of the Merlion with a scenic view of MBS , the esplanade , the theatre , the Art Meseum and another angle view of the high rise building . We spend almost 2 hours over here , tooks picture and enjoyed the view .

Next we proceed to the MBS via the Bayfront MRT station . We proceed to the MBS sky park at the 56th floor with the fee of SGD20 per adult and SGD14 per children . This is another awesome view , the scenic view of the Merlion , the Fullerton hotel , the theatre , the Art Meseum , the Garden by the Bay and the high rise building from the sky . We spends over there for another 2 hours and can see the beautiful view from the sun set , dawn until night ... the glory of the lights and the neons !! Feel really romantic , while watching the view and sat close to each other with my loving wife .

At 8 pm , we went down and back to the Bugis Station for our dinner at the Arab Street . This time we choose the famous ZAM ZAM Restaurant and recommended by most of the bloggers . We ordered for the famous murtabak , nasi briyani and nasi goreng ayam ( SGD34 ) . The taste was unbelievable , very nice .... another compliment from this blog , please give a try ..........

After dinner , we went back to our hotel for a good night rest .... especially ... our feet and legs !!! My wife really excited for tomorrow itenary .... why ????  Just wait for next entry for Day 2 !

Johor Bahru Sentral

we have our brreakfast at this food court of JB Sentral

filling the Imigresen form at Woodlands CIQ

inside the MRT from Kranji Station to Ang Mo Kio Station

the pass that we bought at the " Ticket Office" Ang Mo Kio Station

towards Lavender Station for our Hotel

The Santa Grand Hotel Bugis

have a rest inside the room before lunch 

we have our lunch at this restaurant

infront of Maybank Building at the Marina Bay

on the bridge to the Museum

walking towards to another side of the Fullerton Hotel

almost near to the Merlion Park at the infront of One Fullerton  ,,,the park  just across the road

here were are .... the Merlion statue  ..... careful , the water enter your ear !

Are you thirsty ?? .....Drink the water !

eldest son  @ Merlion Park

the brothers ....

resting with family

photo shoot : Infront of  Marina Bay Sands .... SGD30

Inside the MBS ... lobby area

welcome to the Sky Park ... 56th floor

at the Sky Park

... the stylo .....

wifey with daughter

stairway to heaven !!

The Garden by the bay ... view from the Sky Park

the Singapore Flyer

the high rise building , the Fullerton Hotel , the Merlion park

the esplanade

back to MBS lobby towards the Bayfront station

We have our dinner at Zam Zam Restaurant

back to our hotel

small swimming pool at roof top of the hotel  .... 6th floor.... enough to refresh yourself

beautiful night view from our hotel