The Many Facets of Singapore

Now that it's been a few weeks here, I can personally attest to the fact that Singapore is a city within a jungle- it's a slightly bizarre melange of uber-modern architecture with bits of British, Asian, European, and rainforest charm. Last Sunday I went on a private tour of Singapore with a true Singaporean, who showed me highlights and significant places here, shown below: "Wait a sec.....am I seeing things?? Why is there a ship in the sky? And is it just me, or do those silver domes on the left look like Durian fruit?" Yes, there is actually a ship laying across 3 tall buildings. Well, at the very least, it definately is original! The pointy silver domes are theaters shaped like durian- the fruit which smells like dirty feet- and have some of the best accoustics designed in the world!

Posing with Sir Raffles himself- the founder of Singapore!
Note the quaint terra-cotta roofs and "bum boat" in the foreground with the sleek silver monsterous skyscrapers towering behind- quite the contrast!
Kinda strange, right?
Now for some temples:
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple shown above.
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown
And lastly, you will see my favorite sight of all, MONKEY and rainforest:


TADA! And that concludes today's post. Next post will be about Litte India, so stay tuned!