Fabulous Bangkok by Night

 

Far more beautiful at Night, mostly because you can’t see the polluted river and crumbling buildings. Far less river traffic as well.  We enjoyed a wonderful River Cruise Thai dinner featuring the Tom Yum Soup served in a coconut.   

 

Visited a hooky amusement attraction paying homage to the Buddhist Faith.  There was a graphic warning before entering the park that the scenes inside might be disturbing……See for yourself.  Scared straight by the ten gates of Hell exhibit.  Refer to #8 and share with your children.

Beauty in Singapore

 

We enjoyed a fabulous array of color and rainforest setting at the Marina Bay Gardens under a huge glass doom.

 

We flew this far to enjoy a California Roll at dinner, seriously.  We had dinner at the Marina Bay Sands hotel roof top restaurant, 57 floors up (owned by the Vegas Sands Hotel chain).

 

Our cousin Harrison served as our tour guide.  Glenn quizzed him; he has more studying to do.  Harrison’s brother Scott arrived in Singapore this week as a guest of Singapore on behalf of the Congressman’s office he works for.  It’s so cool to meet bi-coastal family half way around the world.  He enjoyed the original Singapore Sling at the Raffles Hotel.  Side note, this is one of the most prestigious hotels in town, but strangely enough, the peanut shells are thrown on the floor.

 

We arrived at the end of the Chinese New Year, the year of the horse.  So many beautiful orange trees bearing fruit, everywhere.  The oranges symbolize gold coins for wealth and prosperity.  FYI, you are supposed to bring oranges and tangerines to someone’s home on a visit to wish prosperity in the New Year and in exchange you should receive some in return.

Singapore , we arrived...

 

After the longest flight we have ever taken, 20 hours in the air, it took us several days to shake the jet lag of a 16 hour time difference.  We awoke to find a very modern Singapore, like any large metropolitan city in the USA.   No bicycles, dirty roads or shanty towns, but a well-developed Socialistic, financial mecca of Southeast Asia.  A melting pot of faces and religions.