"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
-Aristotle
So after I said goodbye to Seoul, I boarded a 6 hour flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and then a 1 hour flight to Singapore. Singapore was the last of the East/Southeast Asian countries I needed to visit. I only had about 15 hours in Singapore, but it was a great 15 hours! My first stop after arriving was the Gardens By the Bay. This is a huge park with botanical gardens and greenhouses, but my purpose for going was to see the Supertree Grove! These "trees" are made of concrete but have plantings all along the "trunk." They are between 82 and 160 ft tall. At night there is a light and music show, unfortunately I was to late to see the show but I was able to see them lit up and it was magical!
In all the cities I have visited in Asia, I have loved the colonial architecture! These are all old shophouses. Today they are used for all sorts of businesses and houses. Its so strange to see a 7eleven in such a beautiful and historic building.
My hostel was in the chinatown district of Singapore. This temple apparently has part of one of Buddha's teeth inside.
The building that sort of looks like a surfboard behind the tree is the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. If you saw the new movie, "Crazy Rich Asians" it was filmed in Singapore and this hotel was featured.
Singapore is a super diverse country. It has a mixture of people from China, India, Malaysia, and many other places which means the food is all the best things taken from those places and mixed together! On the right is a merlion statue. These statues are everywhere and are the symbol of Singapore.
After walking around until midnight, I found my hostel and slept for a couple of hours before waking up at 7:00 to get some more sightseeing in. I hate waking up early but wanted to get in as much as I could before I had to get back to the airport at 11:00.
After my walk around Chinatown, I decided to visit the neighborhood of Little India.
It was a crazy couple of hours but I am so glad I was able to see a little bit of what Singapore has to offer. Since this is the end of my adventures in Asia, I have started a new blog to chronicle my next year in Australia. Please register to get email updates from my new blog! Here is the link: The Land of Deadly Animals
