Changi Airport
If you are travelling on Singapore Airlines you can time your stopover at Changi airport to pick up the Singapore Airlines free bus tour of the city. You need to arrive at a time when the tour is running. Allow enough time to take the tour and get back to a connecting flight.
MRT
Free aerial view of Singapore if you have a train (MRT) ticket and take the Light Railway loops.
On the loop via Pending you pass a nearby tower block and the train windows turn white to stop you seeing the buildings windows. Apparently it's a one way block and the people living nearby can see you.
Singapore Airlines Passenger Lounge
Check if you have access to a lounge if you are a frequent flyer. (You might have access to an alternative lounge if your airline is part of an alliance and the airport does not have a lounge for your airline or your airline's lounge is shut for rebuilding.) If your companion (or an acquaintance you've befriended during many hours on the flight) is on another airline, you may be able to take them into your lounge as a guest, or they may be able to take you into their lounge.
The lounges may offer: free TV you can watch from a comfy chair, free wifi, use of terminal if your computer is at home or not charged, free food, free drink, free newspapers; in the higher class lounges free toiletries such as a comb, or disposable toothbrush.
DIY Guided tour
On the train and but the recorded announcement and signs tell you the next stop. So if you research your line in advance, you can look out of the window at each stop and know what you are passing.
With two travellers you can take turns at being the guide. One of you researches the stops at the first half of the line. The other person researches the second half of the line. Print or read on line a couple of sentences about each stop.
http://www.lashworldtour.com/2011/03/10-free-things-to-do-in-singapore.html
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, speaker.
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