Pictures from Singapore

Here are more photos from my 10 weeks in Singapore this past summer:


The National Museum of Singapore

View from Mt Faber Park

Kaya Toast, a typical breakfast dish

Bar on the first floor of Parkview Square, on of the
most expensive office buildings in Singapore

Arab Street

Sultan Mosque

19th century Chinatown in the foreground, and
the Pinnacle Duxton in the background. The Pinnacle
is actually public housing; over 80% of locals live
in subsidized housing, so it's definitely not the
same as the projects back in the US!

These are more common HDB units

Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, near Toa Payoh station; about 3/4ths of
Singaporean citizens are ethnically Chinese, with significant Malay
and Indian minorities (plus lots of temporary residents)




I was surprised to find a Burmese temple;
like I said, there are lots of temporary workers in Singapore

Trail near MacRitchie Reservoir; despite its high
population density, Singapore has numerous parks
and walking trails scattered around the city

Sunbathing in the botanical gardens

Singapore isn't primarily a beach destination, but in the northeast
Changi Beach Park has some white sand (as well as Sentosa)

The Chinese Gardens, on the western part of the island (the island is
shaped like a diamond stretched east to west, with the widest point
only about 30 miles / 50 kilometers across)


Changi Airport, possibly the nicest in the world--particularly
the new Terminal 4, where I departed from to Japan

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