We arrived in Singapore at 8am local time after a 1hour boat ride, 1 hour taxi ride, 3 hour wait at a shady coach station and finally the 12 hour coach ride, so it was safe to say we arrived knackered. We planned to spend our 4 days in Singapore staying with friends who had recently relocated from London to a plush apartment in the heart of Singapore city, so we jumped into a taxi and headed to their home. The taxi was our first taster of how 'Western' Singapore feels, a far cry from some of the taxis we had taken in Asia. This taxi was on the meter no questions about it, it went directly to our destination without taking neither the long way nor the wrong way, and even showed off with it's
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