Two weeks ago my friends and I visited our friend Aimee while she was visiting home in Singapore. It was wonderful to see a new city, country, and culture, as well as spend time with a wonderful family.
Things you can learn about Singapore
Even the 7-11s look really classy!
Food is important. Taking pictures of your food is equally important. I spared you the rest, but this is one of the many Indian dishes that we ate.
Two things you can learn here: they take law enforcement very seriously. This is a no trespassing sign. Also all signs in Singapore are in 4 languages: English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.
(English because Singapore was a British colony, and the three major people groups are Chinese, Indian and Malaysian.)
The wildlife in Singapore is amazing!
(You wouldn't think it in a country that is literally a city)
You might not be able to tell, but this ant is about the size of a dog. No joke. German Shepherd size. And we didn't get a video, but right after this he looked up and said in perfect English (with a Singapore accent) "we're genetically refining our race to be human sized and take over the world. We're going to live off of human brains!"
This monitor lizard was a few feet long. He's a relative of the Komodo Dragon, and they can grow up to 2 meters long. We saw 3 or 4 of these big guys.
We took a wonderful hike, complete with canopy walk, on which we saw lizards, skinks, car-sized ants, a giant centipede, turtles, and about 10 monkeys!
Friends
Aimee's back yard.
Legend says that vomit from the magical Merlion will make you a clean, non-gum chewing, non-spitting citizen who loves to eat and shop. It seems to be working for Singapore and it's visitors!
Singapore has the world's only nighttime horse race. We had to check it out (although we had to leave for the airport before night). This is us pretending to care about the results.
