As one of the main ways to get to Southeast Asia, the island city of Singapore has grown into a wide, modern park. Huge skyscrapers will be there, and the next big technological advance will be hidden inside their shiny exteriors.

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If you get tired of shopping at the city’s high-end stores, go to Little India for a late of chicken tikka masala or Chinatown for a cup of tea and spring rolls. See why Singapore is called the “Garden City” by going to the National Orchid Garden, a green oasis with 60,000 colorful displays of exotic flowers. Visit any of the fifty community arks, arts and heritage arks, nature arks, or botanical gardens in the city to meet other people who live there.

This island country has museums that show Singapore’s colonial past and excavation sites that have found small treasures. It’s also a lively, modern city with an interesting culture that has continued to grow since the country got its independence in 1965.

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