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Destroy Us All Invades Singapore

It’s probably no mystery to those that I speak to on a regular basis that I went to Singapore over Christmas to see my father, who lives there.

I spent a week there, and I decided to finally get off my lazy ass and upload the pictures that I took whilst there.

First, I took some pictures of the area around my dad’s condo, just to show you how crazy beautiful it is there.

Yeah. That’s just where my dad lives. That’s not even getting into the city itself.

Speaking of, here’s a few shots of the city.

Needless to say, it’s a pretty nice looking place. There’s green everywhere, which is crazy considering it’s an extremely modern city, but seeing as the majority of their income comes from rich ex-patriots and/or tourism, it needs to look appealing and it certainly does that.

One of the things my sister, Kevin, my dad and I did while I was there was take a boat tour through the river that cuts Clarke Quay and Boat Quay (two large shopping strips) in half. I put notes on some of the pictures, so be sure to read those.

Like I said. Green. Also buildings. Lots of tall buildings. The culture there is a mixture of Asian and Indian, and the influences from the former are seen more than the latter. They definitely took a page out of Tokyo’s book and capitalized on the small space they had by building up. Which I suppose I should tell you, Singapore isn’t that large. It takes about thirty to forty five minutes to drive across the entirety of Singapore. There’s a whole lot jam packed into this city.

The night life there is pretty huge, as the streets aren’t that crowded during the day, but that all changes dramatically as the sun starts to go down. People come out in force at night to hit one of the many clubs or bars. Drinking and shopping are the prime things to do in Singapore.

The next thing my family and I tackled was the Singapore Zoo. It’s absolutely incredible, but see for yourself.

The zoo itself is very open, allowing a lot of the animals to roam about the entirety of the zoo. Obviously, the more dangerous animals are kept in closed off enclosures, but there’s a good enough number of them that wander about. You may of noticed the saki monkey that had found its way into the bathroom. That should give you an idea.

Next on the list was Fort Canning. It was a fort established in World War 2 for the Malayan Offensive.

It’s mostly a public park now, but there’s a few areas that are closed off to the public. Overall though, it’s a pretty amazing looking place.

One thing that my dad did a lot of, was introduce me to people he knew at various bars and restaurants. One of the managers at one of the said bars said that my dad was like the “mayor of Clarke Quay”, which I thought was pretty funny. It definitely fit, as pretty much every bar we went into my dad received a pretty big welcome, and we got a lot great hospitality due in no small part to that, I’m sure.

Hooters was no exception.

The girls all knew my dad by name, and frequently stopped what they were doing to chat with him. I know that’s not exactly unusual for Hooters, but they were very good to my dad and I none-the-less. Most of the girls signed a shirt for me, which I brought back with me and will hang up on my wall. I’ll take a picture eventually.

Lastly, we all celebrated my dad’s birthday, which was the day after Christmas. He introduced my sister, Kevin, and I to some of his good friends from the office and we all had a grand old time.

That was the day before our flight back, and Kevin and I were both pretty hungover for most of, if not all, of our flight back. I’m pretty happy that I never puked despite feeling nauseous the entire time. I’m sure airline food didn’t help.

Anyway, that pretty much concludes the trip to Singapore. There’s a lot more to tell, but frankly too much for me to put all down in here so just feel free to ask me about it and I’ll go into better detail.

No worries though, Ashley, Kevin, and I will be back to Singapore in the near future, I’m sure.

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