Singapore - Day 1 with pictures

Remembered my memory card this time so here are some photos. I was worried that assimilating to a different culture would be difficult, but i think I am getting along quite nicely. Here you can see i've learned the ways of Singapore water fountains:

I headed to Chinatown to sample some of the local cuisine. The streets are lined with small restaurants and food vendors. I searched out one which was popular with the locals... it was called Mak Po (I don't think this would fly in America). Naturally I was a little skeptical about introducing foreign foods into my body so I went with something safe:

That's right, good ol' Frog with Two Special. I wanted to sample the Live Frog and Pig Liver also, but that would have been glutenous of me. Pictures of the meal are on my friend's camera so those will have to wait also. We split an appitizer called Fried Banana and Shrimp in Dragon's Beard which was delicious (much more so than the the Two Special).

The night safari was pretty cool. The Singapore zoo is apparently one of the best in the world and the night safari consists of a tram driving around the area of the zoo where all the nocturnal animals are kept. You can also get off the tram from time to time and walk down specific paths to view the animals much closer. We saw lions, tigers, elephants... etc. All very close up and impressive. Unfortunately, they do not allow flash photography (yeah I don't know why either) and therefore most of my picture didn't come out, but here is a slightly blurry picture of a tiger. He (she?) was laying against the window of his/her cage. This picture was taken from less than a foot away:

That's all for now, today i'm leaving Singapore and flying south to Jakarta, Java (Indonesia). This is where the trip gets interesting...