Dear Luke and Leia,
We are on our way to Panama and have a short layover in Singapore, so with a day or so to kill we decided to pay the city a visit. What a beautiful, modern and clean city it is. Singapore is a city-country that is on an island just south of Malaysia but north of Bali, Indonesia.
Night in Singapore
Same shot in the daylight.
Singapore really comes aglow at night when the plain buildings take on the wonderful colors of the lights. I set up the camera to take a photo at night our first night and then again for the morning capturing the same buildings in daylight. Now you can see the difference.
City Tours Hop-on Hop-off bus
We are going to take a Hop-on Hop-off tour bus that will allow us to cover this city in the limited time we are here. The buses are open on the top floor and the trip includes a ride on the Singapore river for a different angle to see it.
City Tours HIPPO River cruise boat
We saw so much that we want to come back to Singapore and will write to you again tomorrow. We saw the Singapore Flyer which we will ride tomorrow for a different view.
Singapore Flyer with tons of ships in the background
We saw a bid boat on top of three towers that is an icon of Singapore. This is called the Marina Bay Sands hotel and at night it has a light show. If you stay there, you can get a spectacular view from a disappearing edge pool on the roof.
Marina Bay Sands from the river boat.
While on the river cruise, we saw a bunch of boys jumping into the river. Okay Luke, not really but it is an artwork done by Chong Fah Cheong, a Singaporean and it is named The First Generation. It was hot and the water looked perfect to jump in, but we moved on.
The First Generation by Chong Fah Cheong
Next we saw a huge lion spitting water out at us. Actually this is Merlion in Merlion Park along the Singapore river. This is really a sea-lion head with a fish body.
Merlion in Merlion Park with the cityscape of Singapore
After the boat ride we got back on the bus and headed to Little India. This is a section of town where people from India have settled in and brought their culture.
Little India in Singapore
Most of the people of India are Hindu just like many of those on Bali. They have very colorful idols that they make and worship like this picture of Sri Mariamman Temple. The cow is a sacred animal to them, but dinner for us.
Sri Mariamman Temple in Little India, Singapore
Hindu Sacred Cow idols.
Well, time to head back to our hotel. We are staying at the Pan Pacific near the top floor. We love the hotel, the service and the views. We will write again soon.
Pan Pacific hotel, Singapore
We miss you two. Behave.
Love,
Nana and Pap
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