Blogs from Little India, Singapore, Asia - page 2

Dernière étape de mon voyage (un peu en retard, je l'admets) : Singapour. Nous avons passé 5 jours dans cette ville - état, le temps d'en faire un bon tour. En tous cas des principales zones intéressantes pour les touristes. La principale attraction ou en tous cas celle que tout le monde a déjà vu sans aller à Singapour, c'est le Marina Bay et la zone qui l'entoure. LE Marina Bay, c'est ce complexe de 3 tours chapeautées par un bateau en béton (les photos rendront ça plus clair). A côté : les garden on the bay. Ce sont des jardins au bord de la mer, dans lesquels on trouve notamment des arbres artificiels et 2 serres immenses. Franchement, on a beau en avoir vu plein de photos, on est pas déçu quand on y est. ... read more

Arrivé à l'aéroport de Singapour, je tombe sur l'un des spectacles les plus magnifiques et harmonieux que j'ai pu rencontrer auparavant. La sculpture "kinetic rain" s'agite et se réinvente dans des contorsions pleines de poésie. Je vous laisse cette courte vidéo pour vous laisser le plaisir de l'admirer. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NXuQnDeIyY8 Apres avoir passé la nuit sur une chaise de l'aéroport, j'arrive dans mon dortoir où je me lie rapidement d'amitié avec Firat, un chirurgien kurde d'une quarantaine d'années d'une hospitalité incomparable, avant de partir explorer la ville avec lui. Ce qui me marque rapidement est le silence qui y règne. Non pas que les rues soient désertes, mais les gens ne sont pas bruyants comme ils peuvent l'être dans une métropole comme Tokyo ou Hong Kong. Dirigée d'une main de fer depuis sa scission avec la Malaisie ... read more

Tuesday 11 August 2015 Our thirteen hour flight from Paris seemed to go reasonably quickly. It was a strange flight. If we kept our watches on Paris time it showed we landed at 1:20 am. Needless to say we hardly slept. Saw two films, ate two meals, enjoyed in-flight snacks, read e-books, wrote a blog. There was one short bumpy section over the Bay of Bengal. Because of the late departure from Paris there were a large number of passengers starting to get concerned as we got closer to Singapore. Many had onward connections that they thought they were at risk of missing. Three passengers tried to leave their seats before the plane came to a stop. When the plane did stop they ran the length of the plane to be first off. Why would you ... read more

We did a few errands in he morning and then had a shopping day. We went round all the markets and ended up being out for about 5 hours! Lots of the stalls have similar stuff but you have to ask several people for the price of an item, find out the cheapest and then haggle with them for a cheaper price. It's quite funny because they give you a ridiculous first price which you can practically halve and then you make offers which they eventually accept! I got two playsuits a down from 350,000 to 130,000 IDR (£6!) then Katy and I went to sky garden where they have an all you can eat buffet for 60k including free beer for an hour (a shame that I don't drink beer or that it wasn't free ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! Today has been a most interesting day, one thing that I've reflected upon today is the aura of coexistence that surround this city. While walking around in this city I find that it's not uncommon to locate, within a stones-throw of each other, Hindu temples, Islamic mosques, Christian churches, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples. While talking about faith, religion and the world today with the Imam of one of the mosques he told me that all religious differences here are settled through a religious council with prominent members of all faiths attending and that it is written into law that you will not ridicule any religions and that all faiths are to be respected in Singapore. In light of recent events in Europe this might be something for us to take to ... read more