3/4/2007 ~ Singapore

On the Rio: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee ~ Old Jabo

After Bintan Island, I spent 2 days in Singapore, and for those of you who have never been there, that is plenty. Unless of course, all you want to do is shop.

This is the skyline of Singapore arriving by ferry at sunset.

These fan palm trees are seen throughout the city.

We met up with some Yum folks for lunch at Haw Par Village, a Chinese mythology park built in the 1930s by Aw Boon Haw, the flamboyant marketing brother of Tiger Balm ointment.

To promote Tiger Balm, he had this car built in 1932.

The park itself is now rather run down, but a new museum of Chinese history, has been established, along with a the new restaurant that serves delicious roast chicken and wasabi prawns.

Here are a few pictures from inside the park.