SingaporeThe Republic of Singapore is an independent nation in Southeast Asia. Located at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, separated only by the narrow Strait of Johor from the mainland, it is a prosperous nation whose people enjoy one of the highest standards of living in Asia. Singapore's resident population of over 4.2 million inhabitants is comprised of 77% Chinese, 14% Malay, 8% Indian and 1% others.
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Breakfast in SingaporeWe hopped on a bus with our host and headed to the local market to do some shopping and have breakfast like the locals do - in a word, fantastic!
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Singapore's Flora and FaunaSingapore has a great zoo, wonderful botanic gardens and a must-see aviary. Below are some snapshots. Click on the play button to view the slideshow.
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This is a very short video of a handful of highlites from our ten days in Singapore. We did the harbour tour on a boat which is where the first few clips are from. The three buildings with the ship-like structure on the top is the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. It houses a large casino, huge shopping mall and a concert theatre where we attended the musical "Wicked" - the prequel to the Wizard of Oz. The shot of us sitting down is where we caught the bus everyday to get to the metro station. The animals are, of course, from the Singapore Zoo. It is a small zoo but is very intimate and well designed - you won't see any bars\cages. The shot of us walking is on a boardwalk through a mangrove swamp. The final shot is a time lapse of the downtown area taken from the bedroom window of the home where we stayed. |