23 May 2023
Phase 1 of 3 complete
Singapore Chinatown area
I think today will be a 3 update day.
First update, sleeping in the crap hotel was crap, bed too hard, went to sleep after 1AM, still woke up at 6AM. Great.
After pretending I was not wide awake, it was time to go for a walk.
It was raining on and off, but that kept it a bit cooler, so that is good. Also since everyone has already been to Singapore, I won't go on about it too much in detail, and will probably talk in nonsense abbreviated sentences.
A lot of places are open early, breakfast food courts, this is utopia. After a small ride on the subway, I walked through Chinatown, there are a huge number of mainlander's here these days, more and more arriving daily.
Everyone here has COVID. So much coughing. Not a lot of mask wearing. Not a lot of long sentences.
It is very annoying, I keep fleeing. The Singaporean Prime Minister tested positive for COVID yesterday. I saw an Australian woman who was so sick when she coughed mask free, on the subway, she slumped over in a semi faint and had to pull her self up using a pole. Awesome.
Now for another shower, a noon checkout, and then only 12.5 hours until my 8 hour flight home...
This is the area near my hotel, in gay nightclub land. Lots of adult shops, spa's, questionable massage joints, sauna's (just stand outside?), and even a place literally called 'BIG GAY CLUB'. Sadly they were all shut for my early walk.
Nearby of course, the Taipei Buddhist centre. I just left Taipei!
After a brief trip on the subway, I emerged in tall building land.
That is not Marina Bay Sands, just some apartment buildings made to look like it.
The first of many food courts. I have been to this one on a previous trip.
Chinatown. Obviously.
A lot of Chinatown is undercover. It is made to look old, I don't think it is.
More Chinatown. That big yellow building on the right appears to be old apartments. I would like to see inside those.
Last one of Chinatown.
Chickens roam freely in the streets?
Today's open sewer. The pink flowers and reflection look nice, but it is surprisingly full of rubbish.
And final pic for phase 1, some new under construction public housing. The scheme is studied globally, we have similar blocks in Australia, people call them prisons, in Singapore they are an amazing gift to the people that are greatly appreciated?