Originally Posted by
dhammer53
I was leaning towards Little India. After a little more research, we're staying at the Holiday Inn Express Katong. It's a little closer to the airport, which will be good for our departing 0830 flight. The Katong neighborhood seems to offer an old style Singapore experience.
Thank all for your help. Much appreciated. ^
Just got back. This area is a short 15 - 20 minute ride to/from the airport. If you're in a taxi at 5:00am (0500), there's a steep surcharge. We paid approximately S$17, or USD ~$13.00. If I recall, the regular meter price was under S$10. It was cheap enough.
The neighborhood was perfect. Plenty of shops and restaurants, plus a mall to spend a last night in town. East Coast Road runs just a few blocks.
The Holiday Inn Express is a cute little hotel. It's not like anything in the US. It's small, and 100% functional. The glass bathroom door doubled as the shower door, and it was a fairly large spacious walk in shower. People love this place on Trip Advisor. It was a good hotel to spend the night, but a major letdown after the Grand Hyatt in Bali.
No surprise there.