3 - 5 March 2000

  
Singapore City Hall (75K)3 March 2000
City Hall - High Court. This is located in the Civic District of Singapore.
Suntec Fountain (100K)3 March 2000
The Fountain of Wealth, located in the Suntec shopping centre. This is apprarantly the largest fountain in the world!
Singapore Harbour (84K)4 March 2000
What? The world's busiest port? Nah... you'd never guess (taken from Sentosa Island).
Siloso Beach (96K)4 March 2000
Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island - apparantly made with genuine Hawaian sand. This is bizaar as I heard the Yanks imported sand for Hawai from the Aussies :-)
Mosque Street (107K)5 March 2000
Sultan Mosque - the state mosque in singapore located at Jln Sultan.
Singapore Temple (100K)5 March 2000
Another shot of Sultan Mosque - This area is where the early malay settlements congregated. In the early days Raffles zoned Singapore into distinct Racial Zones.
Raffles Hotel (90K)5 March 2000
The world famous Raffles Hotel where Michael Jackson once booked out the entire wing.. each room going for at least US$800 per night - Wierdo!!
Chijmes (70K)5 March 2000
Chijmes - an ex-convent girls school (CHIJ) that was redeveloped and turned into a major entertainment 'complex'. It was renamed Chijmes thereafter.
Inside Chijmes (112K)5 March 2000
Inside Chijmes we see it's more of an small collection of bars, restaurants and tourist shops than a complex. Very pleasant none the less though.
Inside Chijmes (77K)5 March 2000
Chijmes is a converted ex-convent school so I guess this was the chapel?
Newton Hawker Centre (126K)5 March 2000
Newton Hawker Centre a food court which sells local food, frequently patronised by both locals and foreigners alike.
 
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