Singapore - Day 9
The first stop as a group today was the Chinatown Heritage Center. This museum focuses mainly on the personal histories of Chinese migrant life in Singapore. Video interviews, long quotations and displays replicating storefronts, bedrooms, kitchens, food and so on makes this museum a refreshing change from the usual. It definitely helps one's imagination of the past.
Strolling down Chinatown
Chinatown
Afterwards, we all broke off into small groups and visited various tourist sights including the Tian Hock Temple. In contrast to Hong Kong, most dishes used for offerings in Singapore are vegetarian.
Searching for the Tian Hock Keng Temple
Finally here - Tian Hock Keng
Vegetarian offerings
According to Ying Kit, this plaque was a gift from a Chinese emperor
We also made our way to the business district, the Merlion, the Esplanade and then to a nearby shopping center. At night, we had more chicken rice.
The big durian
My failed attempt at drinking from the Merlion
Apparently this building is modeled after Batman's Gotham City
The gorgeous Raffles Hotel
Busy at work in the courtyard kitchen
Standing beside Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore
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