Singapore Sea Travel

Singapore by Sea? You will be suprised by the many options. Checkout travelling by sea to Singapore from Malaysia or Singapore to Indonesia by Malaysia :

• Singapore Cruise centre - SCCPL is the only cruise and ferry port operator in Singapore and manages four passenger terminals - Two (IFT and RPT) located in the Singapore Cruise Centre at HarbourFront, one at Tanah Merah and another at Pasir Panjang.
• International Passenger Terminal (IPT), Harbour FrontThe IPT has two berths for international passenger cruise ships which cater to international cruise passengers.
• Regional Ferry Terminal (RFT), Harbour FrontThe RFT handles passenger traffic to the Indonesian Riau Islands viz. Batam and Karimun.
• Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (TMFT)Complementing the RFT is TMFT - ferry services to the island of Bintan in Indonesia and Sebana Cove (Johor) in eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
• The Domestic Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal takes passengers around Singapore's own Southern islands as well as to the industrial offshore island.
• Changi Ferry Terminal This terminal serves travellers to and from Tg Belungkor, Johor.

Details can be found at:

• Singapore to Malaysia
• Singapore Transport

Flying from Malaysia to Singapore

Great news for travellers who wants to fly from Malaysia to Singapore and Singapore to Malaysia. AirAsia started flying from Penang to Singapore in early 2009. Now Firefly has open several more routes to and from Singapore...

AirAsia flights to Singapore

• Direct Singapore to Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Penang, LCCT KL

New Routes by FireFly to Singapore: KL Subang to Singapore

• Kota Baru to Singapore - From Oct 25, 2009
• Alor Setar to Singapore - From Oct 25, 2009
• Ipoh to Singapore - From July 12, 2009
• Kuala Terengganu to Singapore - From July 14, 2009
• Kuantan to Singapore - From July 22, 2009
• Malacca to Singapore - from Sept 1, 2009
• Tawau to Singapore - from Sept 2009
• Miri to Singapore - from Sept 2009

Details of how to travel from Singapore to Malaysia HERE

Dragon Boat Festival

This festival falls on 28 May 2009
The Chang Festival marks the death of a Chinese poet and scholar Qu Yuan who drowned in 296 BC in Hunan province in China . When people heard of his disappearance, they scoured the river in boats to rescue him, beating their drums to scare off the fishes from nibbling at his body. Unable to find his body, they made glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves and threw them into the river in the hope that the fishes would eat these dumplings instead of his remains. Boats were decorated with dragon heads on their bows.This festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The tradition of making dumplings (called 'chang') is celebrated by the Chinese community in Malaysia and Singapore with the offering of the dumplings to the gods and their ancestors.

• more on Malaysia and Singapore festivals at myMalaysiabooks.
• check out Chang recipe / Chinese Dumpling recipe

From Singapore to Penang and Langkawi

Air Asia and Malaysia Airlines currently offers zero fare (+tax) and low fares from Singapore to Penang and Langkawi (check Air Transport in Malaysia)

Travellers in 2009 can now travel direct from Penang or Langkawi to Singapore. With so much competion between these airlines (plus with Jet Star and Silk Air) flying these routes, be sure to check and compare fares before booking - links to Asian Airlines and airports.