Singapore 2016
Singapore, including Sentosa and Pulau Ubin
Saturday, November 26 through Sunday, December 4
We flew from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Denver, Colorado to San Francisco, California to Singapore on Saturday, November 26. We used public transportation (MRT [train], bus, taxi) for the majority of our movement in Singapore, along with lots of walking–and we rented bicycles on Pulau Ubin. We returned to Oklahoma City by the reverse route.
I tracked most of the trip with a (new) Bad Elf GPS Pro+ GPSr (GPS receiver). The GPS signals were blocked by the Boeing 787 we rode between San Francisco and Singapore (both directions), so those tracks are derived from FlightAware.com instead. NOTE: the downloadable GPX tracks are the full GPX files, while those shown on the provided "view map" links are simplified (with minimal effect on geographic accuracy) for much faster viewing.
Original GPX tracks are unedited.
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Overview
- All GPS tracks / view map—The whole trip, including walking, riding, etc. (MRT trains often went through tunnels, making the GPS track unreliable in those cases). (NOTE: the map fails to properly render our crossings of the 180th Meridian, making long horizontal lines across the map. Please disregard them.
Saturday, November 26
- GPX / view map—Driving to the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- GPX / view map—Flying from the Oklahoma City Airport to Denver International Airport, near Denver, Colorado.
- GPX / view map—The relatively short walk between gates at Denver International Airport.
- GPX / view map—Flying from Denver International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, near San Francisco, California.
- GPX / view map—The (very quick) walk from the arrival to departure gates at San Francisco International Airport.
Monday, November 28
- GPX / view map—Flying from San Francisco International Airport to Changi International Airport in Singapore.
- GPX / view map—Walking from the hotel (Swissôtel The Stamford) to Gardens by the Bay South.
- GPX / view map—Walking in the Bugis area.
- GPX / view map—More walking in the Bugis area.
Tuesday, November 29
- GPX / view map—Travel (MRT + bus) to Jurong Bird Park, walking around the park, and (most of the way) back.
- GPX / view map—Walking to/from Lau Pa Sat Festival Market, a hawker center with many places to eat, including a special satay section.
Wednesday, November 30
- GPX / view map—Travel (MRT) to the Singapore Botanical Garden, including the National Orchid Garden, plus walking around those places. The transport from/to the hotel is a single straight line on the map, since the GPS receiver was unable to get a good signal during the ride.
- GPX / view map—Travel (MRT + bus) to the Night Safari. We arrived at about 10 pm, so we had only two hours to take the tram ride and walk some of the trails through the park. We returned to the hotel in a taxi.
Thursday, December 1
- GPX / view map—Travel (MRT) to Little India, where we walked around (and had dinner). Also, travel (MRT) to Sentosa Island, including the aquarium and the large Merlion.
Friday, December 2
- GPX / view map—Travel (MTR + bus) to Changi Village, lunch there, and boat ride over to Pulau Ubin.
- GPX / view map—Bicycle ride to east end of Pulau Ubin, walking the boardwalk area (east end of island), and biking back. The return ride was on part of the "Sensory Trail" (a jog on the return trip that went south, then west into town).
- GPX / view map—Return to hotel, by roughly the opposite of the route to Changi Village.
Saturday, December 3
Sunday, December 4
- GPX / view map—Flying from Singapore (Changi International Airport) to San Francisco International Airport, California.
- GPX / view map—Flying from San Francisco, California to Denver International Airport, near Denver, Colorado.
- GPX / view map—Flying from Denver, Colorado to Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
