I arrived just before 1 AM, but wandered around looking for a place to sleep. I don't like pushing a trolley loaded with a buggy and a 90-liter duffel bag.
The area behind the elevator on the second floor seemed quiet, so I decided to sleep there on a aluminum sheet.
Even though it was quiet, the lights were on all night and the announcements were loud.
I woke up at 4 AM and started PC work.
The airport was a little chilly because of the air conditioning.
I bought 1.5 liters of water, 500ml of orange juice, and two croissants at a convenience store for 1,400 Japanese yen!?
Singapore is said to be one of the most expensive countries in the world. It must be even more expensive because it's an airport.
I finished blogging and other work until 7 AM, and as it began to get light, I assembled my buggy and left just after 8 AM.
Pedestrians are not allowed to pass in front of the second-floor exit because of the express way. I asked the security guard and he told me there was a walkway on the first floor.
The airport is incredibly large. There are several terminals and numerous warehouses on the premises.
Soon after, I found myself on the Jurassic Mile, a dinosaur-themed promenade.
It felt like a recreation of the movie "Jurassic Park," and it was quite interesting.
It's about 20 kilometers from the airport to the city center. 15 kilometers of that is occupied by East Coast Park, stretching east to west.
There are numerous gazebos and restrooms, so I had no trouble finding a place to rest.
The road was wet when I set off, and it was drizzling on and off. But it wasn't heavy enough to require rain gear, and with the temperature at 27 degrees, it was actually more comfortable being wet.
The sun cleared up in the afternoon, and it suddenly became humid. But it was cool and comfortable in the shade. It was similar to the weather in Osaka in August.
However, I'm sure Japan was probably experiencing similar weather in the past (around the 1960s), when there was no air conditioning and only electric fans.
It seems like there are tropical downpours almost every day, but the rain didn't last long. It just got moderately humid.
I made slow progress, taking photos, having a drink, and eating something along the way.
Traveling from the airport to the city center, or vice versa, is usually a terrifying experience in any country, but this time I only took the road for a short distance.
Two years ago in Spain, I had a pretty scary experience getting from Seville city center to the airport on a expressway-like road.
Because of this, I make it a point to research routes in advance, and for similar reasons in Taiwan, I took a taxi from Taipei Airport to the city center.
Around 2 PM, I arrived near my hotel, but check-in wasn't until 3 PM. I had a late lunch of fish and chips and lemon juice at a nearby Indian restaurant (about 1,500 yen in total).
The convenience store didn't have much to offer. I miss the convenience stores in Taiwan that sold boiled eggs and oden.
The temperature rose to 31°C in the afternoon, making it quite hot. I experienced a phenomenon where heat builds up inside my body (I can't think of a better name to describe it). This caused me a lot of trouble when I was running through the northwest part of Taiwan, right at the start of my trek around the country.
I checked in at exactly 3:00 PM. It was a new, clean hotel. It was a dormitory, but it was only about 5,000 yen per night if I booked online.
I stayed in the city for three nights, and then left Johor Bahru on March 2nd to Malaysia.
I had planned to run overland, but pushing a buggy across from Woodlands Checkpoint to Johor Bahru is a bit dangerous, and I've heard that immigration takes 4-5 hours. I found out that crossing the border by international taxi is an easy way to pass through by simply showing your passport from the car, and it turns out that international taxis depart and arrive within Singapore city.
That means I only travel less than 20 kilometers in Singapore, from the airport to the city center.
I don't plan on staying too long because it's an expensive country, but most of my trek this time will be in Malaysia.
Since I splurged on lunch, for dinner I had tea and instant noodles from 7-Eleven. That alone cost 600 yen.
During Japan's bubble economy, a foreign student once said...
"Prices are so high in Japan that I eat potato chips for 3 meals."
This reminded me of that saying.
Today's distance: 18.6 km
Total distance from Changi Airport: 18.6 km
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