A few photos from Singapore…

I promised a few photos from Singapore, and I like to keep my promises.  Ah, where to begin…

My impression is that Singapore is a very wealthy country, and it’s easy to speak with folks here.   Everybody speaks English, so that’s made it very easy for me.  I’m staying in a nice hotel on Orchard Road, which seems to be the Singaporean version of Rodeo Drive.   There’s a lot of money over here, folks, and the place is spotless.    The stores, for the most part, are the same ones we have in the US, and they seem to be very high end.  I’ve seen more fancy watch stores along Orchard Road then I’ve ever seen anywhere else.

There are exotic restaurants and there are the standard ones we are used to seeing.  It felt a little weird flying to the other side of the world and seeing these…

There are quite a few restaurants and that means you can have just about any kind of food you want.  Based on Singapore’s location, you can enjoy Indian, Middle Eastern, Chinese, and other ethnic cuisine.   My hosts are taking me to a nice Chinese restaurant tomorrow, and I’m looking forward to it.  It’s not the place you see below; I saw that one while I was walking around yesterday and I thought it would make a good shot.  And the photo below it?  Well, that’s candied pork…

Oh, and that high end shopping I mentioned…there’s sure a lot of that…

The section of Singapore I’m in is immaculate, and they have interesting art lining the streets and in the malls.   When I say the place is immaculate, I mean exactly that…I don’t think I’ve ever been in a city anywhere this spotless.

Yesterday (Sunday) was interesting.   I walked the entire length of Orchard Road.  Singaporeans love being out and about.   They sure seem to like using their cell phone cameras.

Seeing all those folks tripping shutters bumped me into the selfie mode…

The transportation was interesting.   As I said above, Orchard Road is Singapore’s Rodeo Drive, and the moto-exotica was impressive…

Surprisingly, there were not many motorcycles.   The ratio of motorcycles to cars was about what you’d see in a US city.   After Colombia and Bangkok, I guess I was expecting to see the same swarm of cycles I’d seen in those places, but Singapore is about like we are in that regard.

And folks, that’s about it.   I’m going out for dinner in a bit, and I’m going “wings in the wells” for another 24 hours of flying the day after tomorrow.   I’ve enjoyed Singapore.