Gardens by the Bay 11/14-15/24
The Gardens by the Bay (GBTB) is an urban park spanning 105 hectares (260 acres) in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent…
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Foods in Singapore 11/14-17/24
Primarily with leadership of our food tour guide Jane Goh - we sent several hours touring many aspects and culture of Singaporian food. So much so it…
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Orchard Street Explorations 11/16/24
Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major 2.5 km (1.6 mi)-long road in the Central Area of Singapore. A famous tourist attraction, it…
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Merlion Park 11/15-17/24
Merlion Park[a] is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, near the Central Business District (CBD).…
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Videos 12/31/03
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Singapore Cruise Centre
SCC was built in 1991 by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA)and was upgraded at the cost of $23 million in 1998. It is next to HarbourFront Centre , formerly…
Singapore Cruise Centre
Reflections at Keppel Bay in Singapore is a luxury waterfront residential complex on approx 84,000 m² of land with 750m of shoreline. It was completed in 2011,…
Singapore Cruise Centre
The Singapore Cable Car , officially opened on 15 February 1974, is a gondola lift in Singapore, providing an aerial link from Mount Faber (Faber Peak…
Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
The Rendezvous Hotel Singapore (formerly the Rendezvous Grand Hotel Singapore) is is located on the historic site of the Hock Lock Kee Restaurant which began…
Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
The courtyard of the Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
Interior art on the elevator doors
Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
Reception area
Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
Porcelain dress on a disco mannequin
Rendezvous Hotel Singapore
Universal signage
Tiger Balm
Basically most Asians use Tiger balm for everything: ailments, stomache aches, and vapor rub for sweating out the cold or flu. Tiger Balm is a pain-relieving…
National Museum of Singapore
The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean art, culture and history. It is the oldest museum in the country, with its history…
National Museum of Singapore
Singapore History Gallery - the rich history of Singapore's development from ancient settlement to modern city. Learn how Singapura became a Crown Colony,…
Singapore Management University
Landscaping at the School of Law
Vanguard Building
The building was built in 1908, housing the Methodist Publishing House. The building is one of the few remaining examples of Edwardian architecture in…
Old Hill Street Police Station
The Old Hill Street Police Station, located at 140 Hill Street, Singapore 179369, is a historic landmark renowned for its distinctive Neoclassical architecture…
Clarke Quay
Clarke Quay (Clark KEE) is located along the Singapore River. It forms part of the Singapore River precinct together with Boat Quay and Robertson Quay. From…
Clarke Quay
Clarke Quay was named after Sir Andrew Clarke, Singapore's second Governor and Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1873 to 1875, who played a key role in…
Clarke Quay
Clarke Quay is a dynamic hub for entertainment, dining, and nightlife. Lined with an array of restaurants, bars, and shops, it offers a lively atmosphere,…
Clarke Quay
Angel Canopies over the inner streets provide for better thermal control and lower energy usage.
Clarke Quay
At present, five blocks of restored warehouses house various restaurants and nightclubs. There are also moored Chinese junks (tongkangs) that have been…
Clarke Quay
Clarke Quay
The Riverhouse Singapore
This multi-faceted venue is a delightful mix of karaoke rooms, restaurants, and bars, all wrapped up in a beautifully restored heritage building along the…
Clarke Quay
Warehouses at Block B were also decorated with a new mural by artists Yip Yew Chong and tobyato
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
Hotel – 2,560 luxury rooms in three hotel towers, totaling 265,683 square meters (2,860,000 square feet)
Marina Bay Sands Hotel restaurant
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
On top -. Sands SkyPark – the three hotel towers are connected at the top (200 meters/656 feet) by a 9,941 square meter (107,000 square foot) park that brings…
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
This 1.2 hectare (3 acre) tropical oasis is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall and large enough to park four-and-a-half A380 jumbo jetsIt spans from tower to…
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
With a length of 280m and a total floor area of 115,000 sq ft, the Atrium links the three hotel towers and provides the main gateway into the casino. Completed…
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
Reception Area
Marina Bay Sands Hotel
Reception Area
Sands Expo & Convention Centre
The interior retail spaces are organized on several levels with an inventive stacked section beneath the waterfront level so as to keep the spaces open and…
Sands Expo & Convention Centre
The design concept for the waterfront promenade was to keep the adjacent building scale low and also transparent to the interior spaces, so that the marketplace…
Sands Expo & Convention Centre
The waterfront itself becomes an extension of the existing river promenades which are actively utilized by night, lined with shopping, food stalls, and follies…
Marina Bay
Marina Bay is a bay located in the Central Area of Singapore, surrounded by the perimeter of four other planning areas, the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina…
Marina Bay
The Marina Bay is a freshwater bay at the confluence of four rivers: the Singapore River, Kallang River, Geylang River, and Rochor River.
Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade
as part of the reclamation process, Singapore River's mouth now flows into the bay instead of directly into the sea.
Marina Bay - Apple Store
Apple Marina Bay Sands is the first Apple store in the world entirely surrounded by water and offers uninterrupted 360-degree panoramic views of the city and…
Marina Bay illumi Asia
See Video. Passed by - The world’s largest light and multimedia event lights up Singapore with over 20 million LED lights in this magical experience.
Bencoolen Station
Just around the corner from our hotel - The six-level underground station reaches 43 metres (141 ft) below ground and is currently the deepest station on the…
China Town
Upper Cross Street - One of the oldest streets in Singapore, Cross Street was featured in the first implementation of Stamford Raffles’s plan for Chinatown.
China Town
Upper Cross Street was also known as “Hai San Street”, which was derived from the Chinese secret society of the same name that had created much trouble in the…
ChinaTown -South Bridge Steet
Built with convict labour in 1833, South Bridge Road is an extension of North Bridge Road, and takes you past many historic landmarks. These include Elgin…
Sri Mariamman Temple
Sri Mariamman Temple
The Sri Mariamman Temple is Singapore's oldest Hindu temple. It is an agamic temple, built in the Dravidian style.. Built in 1827, Mariamman Kovil or Kling…
Sri Mariamman Temple
The building of Sri Mariamman Temple was the inspiration of Mr Naraina Pillai, a clerk with the British East India Company in Penang. Mr Pillai is known to have…
Sri Mariamman Temple
In 1843, a building made of plaster and brick was put up for the first time. It was only in 1962, one hundred and nineteen years later that a new temple…
Sri Mariamman Temple
It was rebuilt in the 1930s and repaired and restored with elaborate proliferation of sculptures in the 1960s. In the last hundred years, the original temple…
Sri Mariamman Temple
The floor plan of the gopuram base block is rectangular and is bisected by an entrance passageway. The entrance contains a pair of very large double-leaf timber…
Sri Mariamman Temple
A small deity of Sri Mariamman was installed by Mr Naraina Pillai in 1827 when the temple was first built. It is an interesting fact that this deity can be…
Sri Mariamman Temple
The main entrance with the gopuram is only one of the entrances into the temple compound, which is surrounded by a perimeter wall. Side openings also exist,…
Sri Mariamman Temple
The compound wall is also decorated with ornamental mouldings, as well as figures placed on top of the wall at various points, including several prominent…
Sri Mariamman Temple Annex
An major addition is a three-storey annexe building sited to the rear of the temple. This annexe has a separate entrance on to Pagoda Street, with an elaborate…
Chinatown Street Market
Next to Sri Mariamman Temple - The pagoda (or gopuram in Tamil) built over the main gate of the Sri Mariamman Temple was a significant feature on the street,…
Pagoda Street
Pagoda Street - Chinatown
Mural on Chocoelf - Chocolate Shop.
Pagoda Street - Chinatown Street Market
n 1843, shophouses-cum-residences were built along Pagoda Street. As there was no access through the back of the shophouses, back lanes were introduced in…
Pagoda Street - Chinatown Street Market
Kopi - Singapore coffee is distinct from other types due to its roasting process and preparation technique involving a variation of the Torrefacto method.…
Pagoda Street - Chinatown Street Market
With the urbanisation of Singapore in the mid-20th century, the street reinvented itself as a commercial area for retail trade and services, as well as textile…
Pagoda Street - Chinatown Street Market
Robinson Center
Mural : Yong Kee Food Supply Wall Mural
A unique wall mural located in a small alley depicting an old fashioned hawker center and a small shop
Mural : Yong Kee Food Supply Wall Mural
Mural : Clog Maker & Kitchenware Shop by Yip Yew Chong
Clog Maker & Kitchenware Shop - Lau Choy Seng (劉再成) was established on 10 Oct 1948 behind this mural. Half of the shop made and sold wooden clogs, while the…
Mural: My Chinatown Home
Yip Yew Chong - "My Chinatown Home - This mural has got to be my most intimate mural ever painted, because it depicts my very first home in Sago Lane,…
Mural : Cantonese Opera - Wall Mural by Yip Yew Chong
Cantonese Opera - I dreamt of painting this mural in Chinatown way back in Sept 2015, as a gift to my beloved Chinatown. See my blog Inspiration from Cantonese…
Durian Shop
Subway Sign - including - NO DURIANS
Locals call this the Durian Building
Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore - Esplanade is art performing centre in the centre of Singapore. It is located at Marina Bay area, just opposite…
Along the Fullerton Promenade
in the distance the Monti At 1-Pavilion Italian Restaurant
Red Plumeria
Elephanticorn?
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Set in a former post office built in 1928, this upscale hotel overlooking the Singapore River is a 4-minute walk a metro station and 2 km from Marina Bay. It…
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Atrium of The Fullerton Hotel Singapore. The Fullerton Building was named after Robert Fullerton, the first Governor of the Straits Settlements…
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Interior Koy pond
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
The mascots for The Fullerton Hotel Singapore are Robby and Lizzy, a pair of teddy bears dressed in the traditional Postmaster uniform. They are often seen in…
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore - Main entrance
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore - Main entrance
The Five Boys By The River
A self-taught sculptor, Chong Fah Cheong, is perhaps best know for this whimsical sculpture, First Generation. The 5 boys jumping into Singapore River shows the…
The Five Boys By The River
The river played a pivotal role in the history and development of Singapore. Children living by the riverbanks used to enjoy swimming in the river despite the…
The River Merchants
The sculpture captures the routine lives of the merchants and labourers conducting business around the river. Consisting of two sets of figures, it features…
The River Merchants
The River Merchants
Singapura cats (kucinta or drain cats)
A family of Singapura cats (kucinta or drain cats), recognised as one of the smallest breeds of cats in the world, located at the southwest abutment of Cavenagh…
The Buff "Pigeon" Statue
This is oversized bronze bird statue was created by Fernando Botero in 1932. Some might think the sculpture resembles a pigeon but it is actually a…
A Great Emporium
By Malcolm Koh - This sculptural ensemble honours the Chinese and Indian labourer who worked the docks of Singapore back in the day. The sculpture depicts a…
Cavenagh Bridge
Cavenagh Bridge is the only suspension bridge and one of the oldest bridges in Singapore, spanning the lower reaches of the Singapore River in the Downtown…
Singapore River from Cavanagh Bridge
United Overseas Bank Plaza
United Overseas Bank Plaza is a complex with twin tower late-modernist skyscrapers in the city of Singapore. I liked the landscaping
Maxwell Food Centre
Dating as far back as the 1800s, hawker culture in Singapore originated from the early migrant population selling quick, affordable meals on street pavements,…
5 Banda Street
Completed in 1973 this public housing is government controlled housing of 430 1 bedroom flats that can be rented or purchased with a 99year lease.
Pinnacle＠Duxton
A newer version of public housing - the Pinnacle@Duxton is a 50-storey residential development in Singapore's city center, next to the business district. All…
Robinson Centre
Robinson Centre is a 20-storey commercial building soaring to a height of 68.94 meter. It was built in year 2000. Robinson Centre is situated in the heart of…
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
This Tang-styled Chinese Buddhist temple costs S$75 million to set up, and is based on various elements of Tang Dynasty architecture. Built in 2007, the temple…
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
The Buddha Tooth Relic is housed in a giant stupa made from 320 kilograms of gold. This Tang-styled Chinese Buddhist temple costs S$75 million to set up, and is…
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
God of Wind ?
Chinatown Wall Art
Hao Lai Wu Chinatown
More for show/tourists it was noted that.. "The food was not exceptional but quite good. Amount was decent for a person. Taste was very nice."
Durian Experience
Proudly - without tripidaton (yet) holding our durian sample
Durian Experience
First bites --- notice the gloves... We were the only one in the tour to try
Durian Experience
Well - I ate all of my portion to the seed. Singaporians like the durian more when it is fully (overly) ripe an drops from the tree. The meat texture is soft…
Smith Street
The only road in the area to be named after a European, After renovation starting in 2013 it officially reopened on 22 February 2014. The revamped Food Street…
Little India
Little India
Little India
Little India
Little India
Little India
Little India
Tekka Centre
Tekka Centre is a sprawling multi-use complex standing proud in the heart — and heat — of Singapore’s vibrant Little India district. Early the area the complex…
Tekka Center
Tekka Centre
Tekka Centre
Tekka Centre
Ellison Building
The Ellison Building is a beautiful colonial-styled building located at the junction of Bukit Timah and Selegie Roads. It was previously owned by Issac Ellison…
Raffles Hospital
Haji Lane
Haji Lane
Haji Lane
The Kampong Gelam Mural
The Kampong Gelam Mural
The ambeng (low wooden platform) is the centre of activities where families would gather to eat, watch TV, do chores and rest. The giant fabrics represent where…
The Kampong Gelam Mural
On left wall, depicts Kg Gelam’s early days by the seafront. Then, the Sultan Mosque had a Nusantara-style pyramidal-roof. The Istana was the Sultan’s palace. …
The Kampong Gelam Mural
The Kampong Gelam Mural
2 maps – an old map and a 2023 map, painted side by side, giving an interesting perspective.
Hamid Store & Money Changer
This small mural at the corner of Arab Street (123A) and North Bridge Road depicts a traditional Mamashop and a Money changer. Mr Hamid ran the mamashop at that…
Hamid Store & Money Changer
When the money changer portrait appeared on the wall, various people stopped by to say he was the earliest operator of the money changer shop at that exact spot…
Sultan Mosque
Masjid Sultan, also referred to as Sultan Mosque, is a widely known religious landmark in Singapore. Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor and Sir Stamford Raffles of…
Sultan Mosque
The mosque was officially inaugurated on 27 December 1929, and was given its name in Sultan Hussein Shah's honor. Its historical significance and striking…
Sultan Mosque
Located atop the eastern and western facade, the Sultan Mosque's two most notable architectural features are its two spectacular golden domes. A crescent moon…
Muscat Street
Muscat Street was named after Muscat, the capital of Sultanate of Oman, a country situated north of the Arabian Sea. With the iconic Sultan Mosque located here,…
Muscat Street
Muscat Street
The Muscat Street make-over which was completed in November 2012, is a collaboration between Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Muscat…
Panther Lima
The Panther Lima was a retro-styled roadster of the 1970s built by Panther Westwinds. It used Vauxhall Viva and Magnum mechanicals, including that car's 2.3 L…
462 Crawford Lane
462 Crawford Lane is a 99-year Leasehold property, located in Central Area. Completion Year 1980
Church of St Joseph's (Victoria Street)
Saint Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Singapore. The church was constructed from 1906 to 1912 with its foundation stone laid in 1904. The building…
Central Fire Station
The oldest fire station in Singapore, it is located in the Museum Planning Area, which is within the Central Area. The Central Fire Station was built on Hill…
National Gallery Singapore
Consists of two national monuments, the former Supreme Court and former City Hall buildings, and has a combined floor area of 64,000 square metres (690,000 sq…
Victoria Concert Hall
The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall first began as the Town Hall in 1862. In the early 1900s, a second public hall was built next to it joined by a clock…
Empress Place
Empress Place
Beautiful GREEN park located in front of Victoria center. Large open lawn with beautiful view of the Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore 🇸🇬 skyline. Statue of…
Rain Trees at Empress Place
Samanea saman - The tree can grow up to 30 m in height with an umbrella-shaped crown, spreading 20 to 30m across. The leaflets of the Rain Tree fold up in the…
Victoria Concert Hall
Anderson Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that spans across the Singapore River to Empress Place. It is one of the oldest bridge in Singapore.
Victoria Concert Hall
It was named after John Anderson, governor of the Straits Settlements and high commissioner for the Federated Malay States (1904–11), who officially opened the…
Statue of Stamford Raffles
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles played a role in further establishing the British Empire's reach in East and Southeast Asia. He secured control over the…
Singapore Cultural Medallion
The Cultural Medallion was instituted in 1979 to recognise individuals whose artistic excellence, contribution and commitment to the arts have enriched and…
Singapore Day Tour Group
Edwin in front then L->R - Tien, Theresa ,Ken , Kate, Aubrey and Betty
Parkroyal Collection Pickering
Built in 2013 the massive curvaceous sky-gardens, draped with tropical plants and supporting swathes of frangipani and palm trees, are cantilevered at every…
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
The Peranakan Chinese are often simply referred to as the Peranakans. Peranakan culture, especially in the dominant Peranakan centres of Malacca, Singapore,…
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
Upstairs is a peranakan style house.
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
This piece of beadwork was created in the tradition much favoured by Straits Chinese women or the Nonyas more than a century ago. Each bead on these shoe plates…
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
Today, few individuals can produce the once popular beaded shoes, especially those using beads with a curious sliced-off side, referred to as manek potong or…
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
Singapore Visitor Centre @Kim Choo Kueh Chang
Headed to Geylang Serai Market and Food Centre
Because it was raining the driver found a place to drop us to walk to the market indoors. This open space was showing old movies near the Geylang Serai…
Bishan Otter Family
The smooth-coated otter is currently classified as a critically endangered species in Singapore, and until 1998 there had been no reported sightings since the…
Bishan Otter Family
The emergence of the Bishan otter family, along with several other otter families, was noted by The Economist as a reflection of the success of Singapore's…
Bishan Otter Family
The otter family starred in the David Attenborough documentary Wild City and their exploits are frequently covered by the Singapore media.
Bishan Otter Family
Multistory Mall in Clarke Quay
We hid in here from the rain for a while.
Changi Airport - terminal 2
Check in area
Changi Airport - terminal 2
Check in area
The Wonderfall at Changi Airport - terminal 2
This digital waterfall cascades among lush green walls to create a mesmerizing, calming spectacle. Within The Wonderfall lies a melodic surprise – Rhythms of…
The Wonderfall at Changi Airport - terminal 2
The Rain Vortex at Changi Airport
he world's tallest indoor waterfall , the Rain Vortex standing at 40 metres (130 ft) high, that is surrounded by a terraced forest setting. Come marvel at the…
The Rain Vortex at Changi Airport
Recirculating rain water is pumped to the roof to free fall through a round hole at up to 37,850 liters (8,330 imp gal; 10,000 U.S. gal) per minute to a…
