Less than 2 weeks before leaving to Singapore

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Excitement is building. Making a list of all the places we want to see and favorite places to eat. Took a look through some of the hundreds of photos we shot when we lived there and included here a few favorites and views of where we lived in the Emerald Hill Road historic district.

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Photos

46 Emerald Hill Road
The terrace house in the center is where we lived in Singapore. These type of houses are also known as "shophouses" because many had a business on the ground level and the owner and family lived on the second floor.

A view across the street
This is what we saw as we stepped out our front door. These houses were 3 stories tall and had more elaborate architectural detail than our shophouse.

View of Emerald Hill Road
A view down the street where we lived. Usually very quiet and serene. You would hardly know we were little more than a city block from Orchard Road, one of the busiest streets in the city.

Shrimp Lady at the Tekka wet market
We did a lot our shopping at the wet market near Little India. This lady always had very good shrimp and good prices. The market has been recently renovated, so we're interested to see how it has changed. I hope the didn't put in airconditioning...it would ruin the experience!

Artists
Almost every Saturday morning, artists would set up a couple doors down from our house and sketch or paint watercolors of the victorian style houses across the street from us.