You may wonder why I am writing an article about an airport. Well, this airport deserves some mention because it was designed with something particular in mind: people. Imagine that – an airport where you actually don’t mind staying for a while! Many airports were built only for the most basic functions – check-in counter, departure gates, baggage claim – but this airport has so much more.

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On our last day in Singapore we decided to take a quick cab ride to the botanical gardens, within which the National Orchid Garden resides. We were particularly interested in the latter because a recent episode of the hit TV show “The Amazing Race” had contestants race through the gardens to find the Margaret Thatcher orchid.

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I flew to Singapore last Tuesday. Actually, after the 22 hour flight moving across several time-zones it was Friday when I landed… I think. Considering I don’t even know what today is, I am not really in any condition to try and figure out what I was doing this time last week.

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Saturday night we grabbed a taxi from our hotel and headed north to the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoological Gardens. The safari opens around dusk; about 90% of all tropical animals are nocturnal, and therefore most active after dusk.

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Written accounts of the early history of Singapore are sketchy and the names used to refer to the country are varied. In the third century, a Chinese account gave reference to Singapore as Pu-luo-chung, or "island at the end of a peninsula".

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