A CITY WHERE IT IS FREEZING INDOORS

"Unique" and "unsurpassed" are the epithets most suited to describing Singapore. Past and present, exotic ethnic quarters and state-of-the-art business-centres, tranquil parks and gleaming skyscrapers â€“ they are all intricately intertwined here

The Metro is Not the Metro

In Singapore, many things are not what they are someplace else. Here, people get cold inside big malls or office buildings, warming up outside instead. Such are the peculiarities of a country where the temperature is incredibly consistent: over 30°C all year round.

Public transportation is another thing that takes you by surprise. What we in Russia call the Metro does exist here, but under a different name. Well, no, it's not the subway, either. Singapore's transport network is known as the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit).

Unlike in India where trishaws are the cheapest way to get around, on this island they are viewed as a legacy of its historic past, which makes their services pretty expensive. Driving trishaws in Singapore is a licenced vocation; each driver has a special driving licence.