Chinatown and Little India

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What the Monks got up to!

Ok! So we've just finished a month in China,
and here we are heading to Chinatown....
Are we mad!!
Or just missing China!!



Thought we'd do Little India as well,
as it was only 2 stops up on the MRT.



Information pack said "They were a must do".



Must say we had a good day although it was hot and humid,
and we learned a bit of history..



Check out our pictures and see what you think......

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Photos

This is Chinatown
The streets are full of stalls selling alsorts... It's just over the road from the Peoples Market.

Temple
There was an admisson charge, so we didn't go in this one

Inside Temple
Picture taken from outside...

Side view
Don't forget to take your shoes off...

Another side view
From the back...

Skim finds another friend
Must find some friends of my own....

Skid finds a friend
Looks like Bill and Ben to me!!!

Street stall
Thai guy preparing our thai coconuts...

How refreshing is that....
And only about 40p each...

Mines good too...
I think I'll have another..

When you've finished...
He'll even break it in half and scoop the insides out for you. Mmmmmmm.....

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
This one was free to get in, so we went in.......

Statue outside the Temple
Skim! You'll have to work on that pose!!!

Skim had to cover her shoulders...
Doesn't she look fetching...

Resident Monks
They readily posed for us, they must do it every day....

Close up
Of Buddhas

Big Buddha
And offerings of food...

Wall to wall Buddhas
And a Skid of course.

Not quite so big Buddha
With little Buddhas

Another big Buddha
Watch the video, to see what the monks get up to...
NB. We should not have been on the first floor - it was restricted to the public. Whoops, we didn't know!!!

Comments

[Jane]

I remember when it was all fields round here...
ha! It's changed a bit since I went to school there! Can't you get trips round the opium dens now? Mum did those with Ladies' Circle, I think it was, watching all the opium addicts puffing away... It all looks very clean. Is C K Tang department store still there?? You'll break your hearts to hear you're missing cold weather here: still got some travel spinach available, if you want... Of course, nothing beats Hereford at this time of year [she muttered through gritted teeth] and who needs a nice bit of heat [she sobbed] at this time of the year? The first fireworks have started! Greetings from all at Oxfam! Jane

[skid skim]

Opium Dens
Didn't see any of those, more likely they have all been put to death - Cos' thats the stark warning as you enter the country, that possesion of drugs carries the death penalty... Sounds like you all need to get you're thermals on now the weather has changed.