Photo taken at a Chinese Medicine Shop near Ghim Moh Market, Singapore.
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Singapore Photo of the Day: Chinese Medicine Shop near Ghim Moh Market
Posted in Chinese Medicine, Ghim Moh, Market, Photography, Shopping, Singapore, spices, travel photography, tagged Chinese Medicine, Ghim Moh Market, Photo of the Day, Photography, Shop, shopping, Singapore, Store on April 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Fancy Melons
Posted in Expensive Eats, Fancy Eats, Food, Food Photography, Foodie Photo of the Day, fruit, Grocery Store, grocery stores, Photography, Singapore, Vegetarian/Vegan, tagged dean and deluca, foodie photo of the day, fruit, green musk melon, grocery store, orchard central, Singapore on April 18, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Ran across this item while browsing at Dean and Deluca in Orchard Central. Ever tried one of these Green Musk Melons? At 100 SGD (that’s 80 USD or 50 GBP) a piece I hope they are absolutely fantastic! That’s one food item you don’t let rot in your refrigerator.
Singapore Photo of the Day: Nap Time
Posted in Danger, Foreign Worker, Heat, Immigrant Life, Photography, Singapore, Sleep, travel photography, Weather, tagged danger, foreign worker, heat, hot, Immigration, nap, Photo of the Day, Photography, Singapore, Singapore photo of the day, sleep, snooze, tired, Weather on April 1, 2013 | 1 Comment »
One thing about living in hot climates is that you often see people napping out in public. And why not? With all the heat, you are bound to get a little tired – especially if you work as hard as some of the foreign workers in Singapore. I’m just not sure you should do it so close to equipment marked as dangerous. Or perhaps he’s guarding it?
Singapore foreign worker enjoying a snooze on his lunch break.
Singapore Photo of the Day: Looking up
Posted in Architecture, modern, perspectives, Photography, Singapore, Tanjong Pagar, travel photography, tagged Architecture, Asia, business, CBD, lanterns, look up, perspectives, Photography, Singapore, Singapore photo of the day, Tanjong Pagar, travel photography on January 25, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Looking up in Tanjong Pagar
Life in Little India
Posted in Food Stalls, Free, Fruit Stalls, Little India, Photography, Singapore, Travel, travel photography, Uncategorized, tagged Buddhist, coconuts, Hindu, Little India, Photography, religious icons, shophouses, Singapore, statues, temples, tourists, Travel, travel photography on January 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I love a trip to Little India in Singapore. The area is so colorful and different than the rest of Singapore. You often forget that you are on this tiny island all together.
We had our first visitors in September and they wanted to check the area out. With the food and the visually stunning temples, this was not a hard sale for me. Here is a small collection of photos I took that day.
Temples, temples and more temples…
Beautiful shophouses
Am I the tourist or is he?
Locals shopping for groceries
Who can resist a coconut stand?
British girl Amy’s first coconut.
I think she liked it.
Note: Sunday in Little India gets very hectic. It can be overwhelming. Plan accordingly.
Singapore Photo of the Day: Hawker Center Life
Posted in Cheap Eats, Hawker Food Diaries, Photography, Singapore, travel photography, tagged Hawker Center, Hawker Center Diaries, Photography, Singapore, travel photography on November 12, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Hawker Center Life
Bugis Street Market
Posted in Bugis, Camden, Food Stalls, Fruit Stalls, Market, Photography, Singapore, travel photography, tagged Bugis, Bugis Street Market, Camden, cheap clothes, Food stalls, Fruit Stalls, iPhone Covers, Mandarin, Market, Photography, Singapore, slow moving people, travel photography on September 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Have you had a walk around Bugis Street Market?
It may not be a great place to head if you know what you want and are in a hurry, but if you are looking for some aimless interesting walking and shopping, maybe some bargaining or snacking, it’s a good place to be.
You can buy everything from purses to iPhone covers to $1 fruit juices. Do you realize how much fruit has to go into a juicer to make a glass of juice? I recently acquired a juicer and I promise you that a knob of ginger, an apple and three carrots only makes about a third of a glass.
It reminded me of a very small and Asian version of London’s Camden Market with a mix of cheap items, food stalls and slow moving people. There even seemed to be some astrology reading sessions going on just outside the tent. The writing on the tent was in Mandarin, so maybe I will never know.
Unless I have a volunteer to come along and interpret for me.
Bugis Street Market
Fruit Stall at Bugis Market
Singapore Photo of the Day
Posted in Clarke Quay, Photography, Singapore, travel photography, tagged boy, Clark Quay, colorful shutters, colourful shutters, Communications and the Arts, dog, Ministry of Information, Photography, river, riverside, Singapore, travel photography on July 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The view from Boat Quay
Singapore Photo of the Day
Posted in Kampong Glam, Photography, Singapore, tagged aerial view, Kampong Glam, Photo of the Day, Singapore on July 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Kampong Glam
Oh, Valencia.
Posted in Architecture, Art, Beach, cake, cathedral, City Breaks, Dance, Food, gothic, grafitti, Landmark, modern, Photography, Roman, Spain, spanish, Spanish, street performance, Travel, travel photography, Weather, tagged Architecture, Art, bachelorette party, Beach, cathedral, city breaks, costume, Food, hen party, La Pepica, Landscapes, paella, parade, Photography, Plaza de la Virgin, reflexology on beach, Roman architecture, Spain, Torre del Micalet., Travel, travel photography, vacation, Valencia on April 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sun. Paella at La Pepica. Roman architecture in the city centre. Spontaneous street parades. Independent designer street vendors. Reflexology from my beach chair. 14 girl hen / bachelorette party. Sangria. Cava.
A great weekend in a beautiful city with a wicked group of ladies. I really do love Spain. Although Seville is so far my favorite Spanish city, it does lack a beach, a quality Valencia delivers highly on. Unfortunately my fancy pants camera is in the shop. Again. Well, technically it’s not in the shop anymore. It’s being held ransom in UK customs. Here are a few shots I took with my extremely vintage iPhone. Let me know what you think.
We were greeted at the airport by these lovely gluten free, vegan hen cupcakes. What a great way to start our journey.
Valencia has a thriving night life and the old city at night is absolutely breathtaking.
The silly sunglasses man made out like a bandit on us. Here is the normally gorgeous Anna giving the rest of us a fair shot at looking beautiful too.
Valencia Beach. If you get a reflexology on the beach, pick the lady with the Dora the Explorer bag and flowered hat. The rest pale in comparison. Kind of like standing next to Anna when she's not wearing those ugly glasses.
After some partying and beach time with the ladies, I took a later flight so that I could explore the old city myself. I am so glad I did as I ran across many spectacular moments in the short span of a Sunday afternoon.
The Cathedral.
The Cathedral.
The Cathedral.
Torre del Micalet.
Couple at Torre del Micalet.
City view from Torre del Micalet..
Fountain in Plaza de la Virgin
Child vs. pigeon standoff in Plaza de la Virgin.
A bit of modern architecture mixed in.
Valencia street view.
Random street performance. These ladies were amazing.
Clarinet player in the street performance band.
Costumed men joining the street performance.
And now I’m finding it difficult to get back to the mundane tasks that life is requiring. I guess that’s what Monday is all about. What do you think the people of Valencia are doing right now? With a current 24% unemployment in Spain, perhaps I should stop day dreaming and get back to work…. for now.
