Singapore & Malaysia
August 2014
Singapore
Our home away from home,
thanks to Kristina J
A tour
around Sentosa Cove by golf cart…
Chinatown…
Buddha
Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown…
The
temple’s peaceful rooftop garden…
… and
prayer wheel…
…
complete with 10,000 buddhas…
Indian temple in
Chinatown…
The Arab
Quarter…
Chinatown by night…
My first
durian…
Dinner in
Little India…
Marina
Bay Sands with the lotus shaped Art & Science Museum…
The Arts
Centre, aka the Durian…
Merlion…
Bonsai
in the Botanic Gardens…
The
National Orchid Garden. More orchids
than you can shake a stick at!
Cool
architecture…
Marina
Bay Sands with the Singapore Flyer…
Gardens
by the Bay and the majestic Supertrees…
Quality
nephew time with Alex…
Cloud
Forest dome, complete with 60ft waterfall…
View
from the top of the waterfall…
A cheeky
drink at the rooftop bar (Ku De Ta) at Marina Bay Sands…
Alex
enjoying the magnificent view…
The view
from the Williamsons’ hotel room…
“Skewer
St” next door to Lau Pa Sat hawker centre...
You can
have anything, as long as it’s satay..!
Dumplings
for breakfast at Maxwell Road Hawker Centre…
Regular
stops for fresh juice, including dragonfruit, were required…
… and
fresh young coconut…
The Williamsons prepare
for another epic multi-course hawker meal…
Marina Bay Sands light
show…
The Helix Bridge…
Penang / George Town
The first of many food
stops: beef noodles and oyster pancake…
Char Kuay
Teow…
Early evening beers on
the terrace outside our shophouse…
The Blue Mansion…
Armenian St, George Town…
The Clan Jetties…
Another awesome food
experience in a dim sum restaurant…
“One of everything,
please”…
Kimberley St hawker centre…
Exploring George Town and
its street art…
Khoo Khongsi
Temple…
Kek Lok
Si Temple, the largest Buddhist Temple in SE Asia…
Be careful what you wish
for…
More exploring around
George Town…
Mega-incense sticks in
preparation for the burning…
At the end of the month
of the Hungry Ghost Festival, it’s time to scare all the spirits out of
town.
Bonfires of fake money
and food, fire-crackers and ultimately the burning of the
King of Hades (pictured
below) marks the farewell of the ghosts of dead ancestors…
Stocking up with paper
fuel…
The Reclining Buddha
temple…
Ipoh
The street art of Ipoh…
The Ubudiah
Mosque, Kuala Kangsar…
Sultan Shah Aziz Museum,
Kuala Kangsar…
Cave temples outside
Ipoh…
Ipoh by
night…
Pomelos…
The Cameron Highlands
The Lakehouse
Hotel…
Tea: BOH
(Best of Highlands) Plantation…
Exploring the tea
plantations on our trusty 125cc motorbike…
The road to Sungai Palas Plantation…
Picking tea by hand…
Butterfly and insect
farm…can you spot the leaf insect?
The Indian food was
spectacular…
…as was the locally-grown
sweetcorn…
Indian temple, Brinchang…
