Since I had to stay at Singapore on Saturday (July 13th, 2019) before going to China on Sunday en route to Dallas.
I went to Marina Park again on Saturday morning, a totally different vista!
The city vista during the days is less mystic, less spectacular than the night scene. It felt more real.
On the way to Marina Park, I passed floats prepared for Singapore National Day ( which would happen 3 weeks later!) parade, and also saw soldiers and students were gathering at a stadium for the rehearsal for the national day parade.
Main shopping streets were full of people, the streets were clean, saw no litters anywhere. On this hot day I was the only person carrying a water bottle. I was told that no one was allowed drinking or eating on public transportation and was advised not drink from my bottle when I was on bus or train.
I went to the observation deck of Sky Park - SG $40 for a view of the whole Singapore downtown. It is very similar to the downtown of any major US cities, such as Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco or NYC.
What makes Singapore* unique is what it does NOT have but plagued many US cities - homeless people, and of course its people, its tidy clean streets.
* Singapore is 3rd most densely populated country and 29th most densely populated city in the world.
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