Thursday April 7, 2016 – Singapore Pictures. It is located at the southern end of Malaysia and a very sophisticated city / state / island with International Banking and Trade being at the heart of the economy and a very clean city.
Arrival at Singapore Harbour
Scenes / buildings in Singapore to get an idea of the City.
Bridge over the river above.
Botanical Gardens and specifically the Orchid Garden Below
Pitcher Plant
The national flower / orchid of Singapore above.
Little India Below
Malay Heritage Center above.
Sultan Mosque below
Clarke Quay where we had a nice Chinese lunch.
Chinatown
Entering the Buddhist Temple
Chinese Heritage Museum which re-creates the tailor shop and living quarters for immigrants – Each had an 8 X 8 Ft cubicle to call home for the whole family to work, sleep etc and all families in the building shared a communal kitchen and toilet. Up to 100 people lived in this small house.
These were the toilets in the kitchen area for the whole house
Opium was omnipresent. Our guide grew up in one of these places which made it all the more real.
The super elegant Raffles Hotel.
Interiors
Where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented
The Merlion – Mermaid bottom and Lion top – Symbol of Singapore.
Dylans Candy Shop from New York makes a presence in Singapore
Time to go back to the terminal and depart after an amazing day.
The newest billion dollar casino and resort by Winn (from Las Vegas)
We all had to have a Singapore Sling to toast our departure
The girls went a little too far!!!!! Finally sunset over Singapore
Roger & Anne Travels 