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Singapore Photo of the Day

Posted in Asia, Chinatown, Food, Food Photography, Food Stalls, Foodie Photo of the Day, fruit, Fruit Stalls, Hawker Food Diaries, Photography, Raw foods, Singapore, singapore photo of the day, travel photography, Uncategorized, Weird Asia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

 

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Durians in Chinatown.

 

 

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Singapore Photo of the Day : Sri Mariamman Temple

Posted in Chinatown, city life, Photography, Religion, Singapore, singapore photo of the day, temples, Travel, travel photography, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The Sri Mariamman Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore and was founded in 1827, eight years after the East India Company established a trading settlement in Singapore. Today it is a stone’s throw from Singapore’s Central Business District.

The rural South Indian mother goddess Mariamman is a protector against diseases.

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Views in Singapore’s Chinatown are a mix of the old and the new.

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Singapore Photo of the Day: Sunset at Tanjong Beach

Posted in Asia, Beach, island, Photography, Sentosa, Singapore, singapore photo of the day, sunset, tanjong beach, Travel, travel photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tanjong Beach

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Street side massage chair? Seems legit.

Posted in Asia, Chinatown, massage, Singapore, Spa, travel photography, Weird Asia, tagged , , , , , , , on March 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

A post-dinner cruise through Chinatown had myself and a few friends stumble on this site.

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“Huh,” we thought. “Is this legit?” Stephanie immediately chucked the boxes out of the way and sat down for a try.

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Unfortunately, the massage chair didn’t work. Massage chair uncle in his most stylish tee came out to troubleshoot the situation.

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Ahhhhhhhh. There we go.

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A few minutes later we were on our way having made a few new friends in this ambiguous shopfront.

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I love everyday life in Singapore Chinatown.

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Singapore Photo of the Day: Looking up

Posted in Architecture, modern, perspectives, Photography, Singapore, Tanjong Pagar, travel photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Looking up in Tanjong Pagar

Looking up in Tanjong Pagar

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Life in Little India

Posted in Food Stalls, Free, Fruit Stalls, Little India, Photography, Singapore, Travel, travel photography, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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…

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Beautiful shophouses

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Am I the tourist or is he?

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Locals shopping for groceries

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Who can resist a coconut stand?

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British girl Amy’s first coconut.

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I think she liked it.

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Note: Sunday in Little India gets hectic. Plan accordingly.

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Singapore Photo of the Day: Hawker Center Life

Posted in Cheap Eats, Hawker Food Diaries, Photography, Singapore, travel photography, tagged , , , , on November 12, 2012| 2 Comments »

Hawker Center Life

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Bugis Street Market

Posted in Bugis, Camden, Food Stalls, Fruit Stalls, Market, Photography, Singapore, travel photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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.

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Fruit Stall at Bugis Market

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Singapore Photo of the Day

Posted in Clarke Quay, Photography, Singapore, travel photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 18, 2012| 2 Comments »

The view from Boat Quay

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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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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?

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