Walk from Raffles to Chinatown

After a yummy lunch with Chris and Juliet we decided to go into Chinatown. We caught the train and got off at Dhoby Ghaut, intending to cross the platform to catch the purple line but instead got off at Raffles so we walked across the roads and around some buildings on our way to Chinatown. These are some of the scenes we saw.
While we walking we found this delightful park and it had some amazing flowers and views of buildings. The temple is one of the oldest temples in Singapore. This road has a shrine, temple and church within walking distance of each other. The next photo shows the shrine building (1835), old shop houses and the new buildings in the background. This photo of the flower was so unexpected. Everything else in the park was green leaves.Statues of a typical Chinese family in the late 1800's to early 1930's depicting a normal family outing. This are use to be water front but has been reclaimed.
We finally found ourselves in Tanjong Pagar and there happened to be a little Irish Bar at the top of the hill. So of course we had to stop for a drink. We were surprised afterwards to find that one of the streets was bar after bar. After talking at work we found out that it is one of the rougher areas to be in.




While waiting for the train at Yishun we took this picture of the flag. Its is Singapore's 43rd birthday and there are signs and flags everywhere.