MG4 Spotted! : Was it you?

[Rolfe]

It's pronounced Poo-KET. Or maybe Boo-KET. Shades of Hyacinth .

 

[securespark]

Then there was Singapore, where we left the ship and stayed for a couple of days. Most cars were either EVs or hybrids running on their battery cycles, and the quiet, low-pollution streets were amazing.

In 1981 I went to Singapore.

The place stank of petrol fumes, but one of my lasting memories was the taxi ride we had where it was so cold, it was like stepping into a fridge! Lovely!

 

[Rolfe]

Not really stinking of petrol fumes now. Unlike Denpasar, Djakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and a few more.

 

[GaryMG4]

Unfortunately it's not like it used to be.
But I guess there aren't many places that are.

Visited in 1980 after John Carter (Holiday TV presenter) suggested visiting whilst it was an unspoilt destination, never did make it back there again.

Then there was Singapore, where we left the ship and stayed for a couple of days. Most cars were either EVs or hybrids running on their battery cycles, and the quiet, low-pollution streets were amazing.
Currently on a sun bed on a beach in the Maldives, coming home on Sunday. No cars here.

Not sure what Singapore is like now, when I visited in 1980 it was somewhere you felt completely safe wandering around at night but somehow uncomfortable. The tour guides had to be government approved and appeared to be reading from the same script while travelling through areas, whereas the boat crews doing trips around the bay were a bit more forthcoming.

The Maldives are a great place to chill, did you speedboat or floatplane to your island?

 

[Martinonline]

I was in Singapore in 1976. Fascinating place. Fell into a monsoon ditch. Went back in 2005 and was not impressed - took clean and tidy.