Long Bar

Cool and dimly lit, this shows the rattan ceiling fans and the marvelous staircase

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Raffles - British Colonialism at its Best

May 25th 2009
One of my very favorite places in Singapore is Raffles Hotel. If there is one place that epitomizes British Colonialism in tropical parts of the world, that place is Raffles. I kept expecting to see Somerset Maugham coming around a corner. Cool, solid, stately, and elegant, there are many legends around Raffles - and most of them are true. See if you can tell fact from fiction: Raffles was a ... read more

Asia » Singapore

Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more

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