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Singapore/Singapur Round the world trip 2007
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Last night we spent wandering for food and ended up in Chinatown. Amid a festive night market, we enjoyed sausages from Austrian street vendor Erich at his Wuerstelstand. We learned from Erich that we were 128km north of the equator, so now our seasons match the US again.
Today is Independence Day for US citizens. Singapore is an interesting place to celebrate this day because freedom of religion is alive and well here. Singapore is one of the wealthiest per capita countries in the world and the numbers of shops, restaurants, galleries, and financial institutions attest to that. In 30 years this city transformed itself, through strict laws and rules, cleaning its rivers and harbors and building modern transport corridors between modernized housing and tourist facilities. Locals that remember the old Singapore feel it is too sanitized today, but as we drink the tap water, ride our bike among courteous buses and newer cars without pollution issues, visit world-class museums and eat foods from every culture at thousands of restaurants, street stalls and mall food courts, we relish this modernization. Every area that is not paved in wandering bricks or stones is landscaped and groomed. Orchids are often one of the favorite landscape flowers, the national flower of Singapore. Most things here are first class, safe and clean! And most people speak English, some with heavy accents, but English just the same. As a center for Asian exports, Singapore attracts foreign businesses and people from worldwide. A very exciting city state.
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July 01 Singapore/Singapur Weltreise 2007
Last night we spent wandering for food and ended up in Chinatown. Amid a festive night market, we enjoyed sausages from Austrian street vendor Erich at his Wuerstelstand. We learned from Erich that we were 128km north of the equator, so now our seasons match the US again.
Today is Independence Day for US citizens. Singapore is an interesting place to celebrate this day because freedom of religion is alive and well here. Singapore is one of the wealthiest per capita countries in the world and the numbers of shops, restaurants, galleries, and financial institutions attest to that. In 30 years this city transformed itself, through strict laws and rules, cleaning its rivers and harbors and building modern transport corridors between modernized housing and tourist facilities. Locals that remember the old Singapore feel it is too sanitized today, but as we drink the tap water, ride our bike among courteous buses and newer cars without pollution issues, visit world-class museums and eat foods from every culture at thousands of restaurants, street stalls and mall food courts, we relish this modernization. Every area that is not paved in wandering bricks or stones is landscaped and groomed. Orchids are often one of the favorite landscape flowers, the national flower of Singapore. Most things here are first class, safe and clean! And most people speak English, some with heavy accents, but English just the same. As a center for Asian exports, Singapore attracts foreign businesses and people from worldwide. A very exciting city state.
