It's been ages since I last blogged. And I think the last one is so "bitin", yet here I go with another adventure...
As always, we booked piso fare from Cebu Pacific for this trip. 14,800 pesos is the total amount we paid for Manila - Singapore and Kuala Lumpur - Manila for 2 adults and 2 children with 20 kilos baggage allowance each route.
By the way, you can apply for reduced travel tax for children 11 years old and below in Tieza Office. Instead of 1620 pesos, you only need to pay for 810 plus 200 for the certification, that's 610 pesos savings that you can allot for the terminal fee, which costs 550 pesos each. Very ideal for families with 2 or more children.
We took the 5:40 am flight to Singapore, and arrived there around 10 in the morning.
We purchased 2 1-day Singapore tourist pass for 20 SGD each, pero there's refundable deposit of 10SGD each (that you need to claim within 7 days upon purchase). So, that's around 340 pesos each. You can use that for unlimited train & bus ride. As for children below 7 years old, they have this child concession card, they ride for free in buses and trains.
We first used AGODA in booking The New Happy Hotel in Geylang area, it is the only hotel that allows 2 children under 7 to stay with 2 adults in one room without extra charge for 2100 pesos. Then I saw a promo for my BPI credit card with AIRBNB, there's this coupon code that will lessen your booking fee with 2000pesos, so I searched for a room which costs around 3000 to 4000 pesos, I found one in Pacific Mansion Condominium along River Valley Close (3500-2000pesos discount), that's 1500 pesos per night, it has cooking facility (we cooked our breakfast to lessen our budget in eating out), swimming pool and gym. Great value indeed.
On our first day, we went to Chinese Garden ( no entrance fee), they have this area na may mga turtles. My children like Ninja Turtles so much that they thought of seeing them there. There's an entrance fee of 5SGD for adults and 3SGD for children. It is an educational and great experience. I've never seen such kinds of turtles in my entire life, not until then. We spent 2-3 hours there, and decided to eat lunch-merienda in the nearby train station. We ordered Nasi Lemak and Chicken Rice for 2SGD each.
We proceed to the Singapore Flyer, kaso we were so tired na we decided to try everything the next morning. We were lost kasi from Promenade train station, we went sa side ng suntec, at ang layo ng nilakad namin.
