Memories of Singapore

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China Town Museum386 viewsAn upstairs food preparation area in the museum.
The opposite side of the same room
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Botanic Gardens385 viewsThe same lake once again photographed from the opposite side looking back up from the previous photo.
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Sentosa Island385 viewsI took this during the cable car crossing while still over the main land, apparently its 80m up, not for the faint hearted
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China Town Museum385 viewsThe building in the centre, (China Town) with the blue doors was a former opium den and is in Pagoda Street
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New Bugis Street385 viewsAnother photo of the Bugis Street area, also showing the original Street now a market, (and much cleaned up from what is was in the sixties)
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Pagoda Street China Town385 viewsPagoda Street China Town, this structure has been built over the original street and forms part of a bridge running over the main road alongside. The escalators go down directly to China Town MRT station
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Sentosa Island384 viewsPhoto of the cable car system from Mount Faber
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Smith Street, China Town384 viewsThis shop in Smith Street, China Town sold mainly paper goods, e.g. hell bank notes for burning to the hungry ghosts. The locals clearly move with the times, just above the archway you can see a laptop!
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Chinese Hell note381 viewsThe obverse side of a Chinese Hell note. They were burnt often just after someone’s death, very often in the street, which is where I found this one
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Botanic Gardens381 viewsOne of the many paths in the gardens.
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touch me not379 viewsThis plant, nicknamed “touch me not” has leaves which folded up when touched, I found these at Pasir Ris
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Botanic Gardens378 viewsAnother lake in the gardens, I believe a newer one.
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