We are in Singapore, the financial capital of Asia ... and boy, can see at a glance is that the city is at a different level from other capital cities in the area. is a super modern city that reminded us a lot to Sydney. It has many rides glued to the river with a mix of skyscrapers and old colonial buildings that complement each other surprisingly very showy. Maybe it's because the massive skyscrapers are not gaudy but cuadradotes mills architectural shapes.
only thing wrong with this city from my point of view, is the amount of surreal standards that exist for the 'right' daily life.
I think a good legal system is one that has few rules, Sinpapur obviously think otherwise, so you end up reading standards as obvious as you can be fined for shitting on the floor ... and I think I, what if you do it on a chair or a rug that is ridiculous ... we itemize certain laws and that the number of possibilities would be endless. We
here wanting to buy some fancy electronic, attracted by the fame of cheap place in this city for that. As is always more beautiful fiction than reality, after patearnos thousand and malls, we have come to the conclusion that in certain articles, there are differences (eg cellphone) and others will save between 10 and 20% ... better than nothing so I'm going to buy the psp here is a success. Walking through a shopping center store we found this product supposedly spanish .... which only knew a couple. In the evenings, tired and so many prices and gadgets, we took a couple of really cool rides. In one de ellos, terminamos llegando junto a una estatua muy famosa de Singapur: el "merlion", mitad pez, mitad leon. La comparan con el "manneken pis" de Bruselas, el entorno desde luego es bastante mas bonito que el belga.
Otro paseillo nos lo dimos por el llamado barrio arabe, que en su dia fue un pueblo aledanho mayoritariamente poblado por malayos (de ahi la religion musulmana), que termino siendo engullido por el crecimiento natural de la ciudad. Hoy dia segun lo que nosotros vimos, cuenta con una gran cantidad de personas de oriente proximo y esta repleto de tiendas de alfombras y sedas y algun que otro bar con shishas. 
And silently we reached the big day .... Marta s birthday! thinking of something special, we went to a giant Ferris wheel is in the east end of town to enjoy the views. Say it is the world's highest observation wheel ... he was certainly higher than that of London. The views were stunning especially in its highest point ... but we had a bit of bad luck and it rained part of the way, shit happens! 
As could not be otherwise, much of the rest of the day we spent on a train to Malaysia. So we again had dinner picnic and cakes with candles, to the rhythm of the rattle of the engine (a little violent at some stages of the trip).
To whet the appetite, we tested some of the typical specialties of the area with mixed success. The "satays (kebabs) and" Popiah "(a kind of spring roll but with the crepe-like outer) were very rich, however the" laksa "which was a kind of soup we do not really like curry. To end we tested the carrot cake, that does not carry more CONH or carrot and not sweet, but rather a kind of tortilla with cooked radish .... oddly enough was good.
We need to try the chili crab that seems the most authentic, we will prove it around. In this first batch were a little afraid of how similar they were also the prices to Sydney. Note to self: a budget level, Singapore is not part of Southeast Asia. Well sadly
Singapore did not give us this for more .... with the approaching end of the journey we are entering the rush and we're already into Malaysia.
A kiss for everyone. Juan and Marta
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