My last Singaporean post from our resent trip a couple of months ago is the famous Orchard Road. I had never been there before as I am really not a high end fashion shopper but it was definitely worth checking it out. So neat, clean and tidy. It is hard to imagine there is a enough rich people to keep so many high end shops open and operating but there must be plenty of money around.We got there pretty early one morning to beat the heat so the area looked quiet people wise but the road were busy with traffic, maybe people were still om there way to work.We had an early lunch in one of the bigger shopping malls. More expensive than the China town food courts but this Korean food was great. The BigBus tourist bus looked popular but we generally just walk between difference areas.There were lots of Christmas and Diwali decorations up.It was great to see a few flowers and trees between all the concrete and buildings.Right next to Orchard Road is Emerald Hill, a little bit of Singapore's colonial past. It was very interesting to see the contrast of old and new so close to each other.I think this was an some sort of back or tradesman entrance to Sri Temasek, Singapore's prime ministers residence.So after a good few hours walking and exploring we decided to take the Mass Rapid Transit train back to our China Town accommodation.Some tile art works in the subway station.Very quick and efficient, they seem to have very long carriages.
