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The Red Bridge by Panoramio user Paulo Tan View original.
Sentosa Island-Hard Rock Hotel by Panoramio user Samaee View original.
Mandai Orchid Garden by Panoramio user Maziyar Heydari View original.
Sea Dragons by Panoramio user Paulo Tan View original.
National Orchid Garden by Panoramio user Samaee View original.
Reflection under the Bridge-Singapore by Panoramio user funtor View original.
Marina Bay Sands by Panoramio user Samaee View original.
Singapore by Panoramio user dywin View original.
Marina Bay Sands with Low Clouds by Panoramio user SEIMA View original.
Singapore by Panoramio user dywin View original.
Twilight Panorama View of Marina Bay by Panoramio user SEIMA View original.
The Singapore Flyer by Panoramio user Paulo Tan View original.
View of Marina Bay from Singapore Flyer by Panoramio user SEIMA View original.
This way! - باور کنيد هدفم پرندهه بود by Panoramio user Samaee View original.
Sentosa Island-Megazip by Panoramio user Samaee View original.
Sultan mosque by Panoramio user Samaee View original.
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore by Panoramio user aalccc View original.

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Singapore (新加坡) is a city-state in Southeast Asia. Founded as a British trading colony in 1819, since independence it has become one of the world's most prosperous countries and boasts the world's busiest port. Combining the skyscrapers and subways of a modern, affluent city with a medley of Chinese, Malay and Indian influences and a tropical climate, with tasty food, good shopping and a vibrant nightlife scene, this Garden City makes a great stopover or springboard into the region.

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Singapore is a microcosm of Asia, populated by Chinese, Malays, Indians, and a large group of workers and expatriates from all across the globe. Singapore has a partly deserved reputation for sterile predictability that has earned it descriptions like William Gibson's "Disneyland with the death penalty" or the "world's only shopping mall with a seat in the United Nations". Nevertheless, the Switzerland of Asia is for many a welcome respite from the poverty, chaos, and crime of much of the Asian mainland, and if you scratch below the squeaky clean surface and get away from the tourist trail you'll soon find more than meets the eye.

Singaporean food is legendary, with bustling hawker centres and 24-hour coffee shops offering cheap food from all parts of Asia, and shoppers can bust their baggage allowances in shopping meccas like Orchard Road and Suntec City. In recent years some societal restrictions have also loosened up, and now you can bu