Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts

Friday, February 21, 2014

More from Singapore

Singapore is a great little nation state. Clean, safe, harmonious, wealthy and freakishly strict. There are cameras everywhere. We got the feeling of being in some Truman Show meets 1984 sequel. On the plus side, big brother makes it safe enough to carry my iPad around with less fear of theft than in San Francisco. So we snapped a few photos. We're going to try and use the iPad more as those photos are turning out better, but for now bear with me people.

We spent about 20 minutes chatting with an older ethnic Malay Singaporean man at a hawker in Little India. He took this picture of us. 
A little while later we met a Thai lady who has lived in Walnut Creek for several years. She snapped this photo of us outside of a Hindu temple.
Ali took this one around the corner.
Our book told us this is the most attended Hindu temple in Little India. I don't think it's always covered in tarps. 
The new architecture in Singapore is very impressive. But there are some cool restored old store fronts too.
You know your in Singapore when you find a couple Buddhist temples in Little India.
Maybe sunglasses were a good idea...
The downtown is beautiful at night. 
Especially from the top of the Surfboard aka Marina Bay Sands, a must Panorama viewpoint. 
Singapore's Changi Airport is ranked as one of the best in the world. The fantastic dining options are one reason for this.














Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Real time greetings from Singapore

It's official! Apple has made panoramas idiot proof! Here's mine of downtown Singapore, the Merlion fountains, and the surfboard topped building (sometimes known as the Marina Bay Sands Casino). 
There are still a lot of Chinese New Year decorations up.
It's the year of the horse of course...
How many glasses is the beautiful wife wearing?
This is the entrance to Chinatown next to a Hindi temple. It's iconic of Singaporean society. 
Wifey. 
Give me more touristy Ali! That's it!
Here's Ali at the entrance to an unassuming but famous hawker center. Hawker centers are glorified food courts, but they deserve the glorification. 
Ali and Buddha. They say there is a shard of Buddha's tooth upstairs. 
The luggage guy and Buddha. 
I think this is Shabdhuja. 
Ali on the river.
We found the Merlion! Can you find the best footwear in this photo?