Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Chinatown trip




Hello everybody. Welcome to the virtual chinatown. First, let's kick off this trip by starting in amoy street. As you can see, this is the very nice Thian Hock Keng Temple. This temple is also known as the Tooth Relic Temple. Let's go inside and have a look.






This is Ang Siang Hill. This is where the famous singer JJ Lim set up his boutique and cafe here. Many foreign and local visitors love to frequent his store.






Now, let's proceed to mosque street. This is where a mosque called Masjid Jamae stands, thus the name of this street




Now we are at South Bridge Road with the Sri Marriaman Temple at the heart of this road. Sri Marriaman is a national monument and it is a very popular tourist attraction in this area.


Feel free to step inside and take a look. You will be mesmerized by the fine statues and artefacts in this temple.







Pagoda street has a lot of shops selling souvenirs and you might want to stop by and buy a few of these to take back with you as memories of this country.










This is the beautiful tooth relic temple where various statues of Buddhism is displayed there. It is a very famous tourist attraction as it looks very majestic






If you wish to have a break, you might want to visit the nearby cafes and tea houses and taste the unique and mouth-watering snacks there. The food there is guaranteed finger-licking good!




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