Dan's Adventure

At 6pm twelve of us rolled out of the Inn Crowd hostel and set out on a free tour of Singapore. Over the next five hours, the tour covered a lot of distance. Starting in Little India, we went as far east as China town and as south as the Merlion – a half fish, half lion water fountain. We hit all of Singapore’s main sights, at least all of the ones that the tour buses visit, but without the need for a bus. We were travelling by kick scooter.

I hadn’t used a kick scooter since I was a child, but after a few minutes I’d got the hang of it and was flying down the street, darting passed the queued up traffic. It certainly beat walking around in the humid conditions. Amazingly, the only injury of the night was suffered by our tour guide who took one corner too quickly and ended up lying on the pavement.

The Inn Crowd conducts the free scooter tours several times a week. To join one, you just need to sign up at reception with places being given on a first come first served basis. I can thoroughly recommend the scooter tour as a fun way to see the city.