Nevertheless... last night we ran into a co-worker of mine who took us to an even larger mall than what we found on Orchard Blvd. earlier in the day. I almost forked over the money to have two bobble heads made in the likeness of Jenna and I. She talked me out of it. I might go back when she is back in the states for work, all I need is a picture of each of us. My co-worker couldn't find the store he was looking for but he directed us to a good spot to eat. There we had some noodles with prawns in this place called the Food Republic. Apparently they are in a lot of the malls and provide a place to have "authentic" Singaporean food. I think they are really for people with fanny packs and camera's. Either way, the food was great and there was no smell of Durian to be found. Durian apparently is not allowed on the MRT... this is a good law.
Today we took the MRT to Little India which is where the majority of these pictures are from. It shouldn't be hard for you to figure out which ones are from Little India as it felt like an entirely different country than the feel of Orchard Blvd. We followed the walking tour detailed in one of our many travel books on Singapore. It took us to a number of different temples, malls (yes more malls), and places to eat. There were a number of temples where we just wanted to shoot away with the camera but weren't sure it was appropriate. Then we happened upon the Buddhist temple. Two women in there invited us to enter some of the areas that we weren't sure if we could enter at first. The temple was very quiet and peaceful and provide a nice break from the hustle and bustle in the sticky hot heat of Little India. After the temple we made our way back to the MRT through some side streets. Found a spot called the Thieves market where by the looks of the merchandise, I couldn't help but wonder if Jenna's cameras would be found there for sale the next day. So I kept my bag close to me, even jumped away from the sidewalk when I heard a motorcycle come zipping by. I'm sure someone laughed at me, but I read a lot about motorcycle thieves zipping buy and grabbing people's bags... of course, I read about this when researching Vietnam but hey... it could happen in Singapore... but probably doesn't.
So we made it back thoroughly drenched in sweat and feeling gross. Luckily we stopped and got a bunch of water along the way, found a lot of shade to walk in as we forgot our sunscreen and rested up at another hawker center. The big winner for the snack of the day was the Roti Prata. Unfortunately, the shot we have of the food was of the chicken marsala which was full of bone bits which were hard to eat around. Maybe next time we'll taste the food before deciding which dish gets to be the focal point of the food shot.
Until next time!
NO Durian's on the Subway...they stink!
Amazing pics....it looks beautiful there!
ReplyDeleteGarret
Loving the pics! I can almost smell the durian. Ick! I think your first blog entry was great Jason. If you keep doing it, you can be a good a Jenna :)
ReplyDeleteJob well done, Jason! The photos are amazing, Jenna! I can almost smell the food and incense you photographed. Never smelled a durian...scary looking piece of fruit. Josh and I are looking forward to more posts.
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures and great recap! I feel as if I'm right there with you! Love... Mom
ReplyDeleteDid you try that stinky fruit? You have to!...Just dont bring any home for us, haha
ReplyDeletexo-erin
No stinky fruit yet, but we will try it. I don't think they would let us bring on the plane anyway.
ReplyDeleteAnd we found out that the fruit in the picture above is not Durian. We thought it was weird that it didn't smell but looked the same... so we'll fix that with another picture later.
Never heard of a durian--you must do a post on the adventures of durians!
ReplyDeleteJason, I think you did a fabulous job, so you are not off the hook from putting in your 2 cents! :)