Have Perut Will Travel...: JHB Day 2 │ Day Trip to SIN Part 1!

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Sunday, 14 September 2025

JHB Day 2 │ Day Trip to SIN Part 1!

Lion City!

We picked you up again after navigating past the Customs Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex.

We alighted the free shuttle bus from R&F Mall then followed the endless streams of commuters navigating past the Malaysian immigration checkpoint. We then followed everyone along long mazy corridor before pausing to choose between Platforms A and B.

We chose Platform B then followed the same stream of commuters till we finally got to the bus #950 lane. We boarded the bus at 9:20am for a fare of RM2.10 each (approximately USD0.50/EUR0.40)and arrived at the Singapore checkpoint ten minutes later.

Here it took us an hour as we fumbled with the Visit Pass. First with our phones then with the kiosk provided try as we might we could not get our pass application approved, for one reason or another. Eventually a kind lady officer helped us with our application and we finally got past the Singapore Immigration checkpoint at 10:15am.

We were in the third ASEAN country!

We then joined the queue to get on the #950 bus again. After a lengthy wait we boarded the bus at 10:30am for a fare of SGD1.90 (approximately MYR6/USD1/EUR1). We arrived at the Causeway Point fifteen minutes later and made our way to the ticketing counter. Turned out our previous EZ-Link cards had expired, and its shelf life of six years signified the amount of time we've been away.

We then bought three new EZ-Link cards for SGD10.00 each (approximately MYR33/USD8/EUR7) from the kindly lady at the ticketing counter. Although each card carried a value of SGD5.00 we still went to the nearest kiosk to add a value of SGD20.00 (approximately MYR66/USD16/EUR13) to each card.

We wanted to pay the Merlion a visit so we asked for directions from the same kindly lady at the ticketing counter. We were asked to head up to Platform B and catch an LRT to Raffles Place. We caught the Red Line train bound Marina South Pier at eleven and after seventeen stop arrived at Raffles Place forty five minutes later for a fare of SGD2.28 (approximately MYR7/USD2/EUR1).

We exited the station and walked a short distance to the Merlion! We then wandered around taking the customary shots of what the area had to offer before doubling back to the same station. We got back at Raffles Place at half past noon and caught a Green Line train bound for Pasir Ris. We got off at Tanah Merah and walked across to Platform C where we caught another train bound for Changi at 1:00pm.

Stay tuned for the next video to find out how we got on at Changi Airport!