Day 18 (Mar 23 2013): Singapore Day 2

The Quick Facts:

* Explored Little India and Arab Street
* Saw an amazing Lego art display at the ArtScience Center
* Searched out the Raffles 1887 Hotel, an iconic hotel (hey, I may be unemployed but I’m still a real estate nerd)
* Wonderful dinner at Min Jiang at One North where we were treated to amazing Peking Duck

The Good:

* Little India and Arab St are fun – such diversity in Singapore
* The Raffles Hotel is gorgeous
* Dinner at Min Jiang was outstanding

The Bad:

* Did I mention that it’s hot here?

Today Akiko joined Carrie and me on our morning journey to Little India and Arab Street. Little India is bustling with people; Arab Street is a little more subdued (thankfully – it would be hard to be busier than Little India!).  Here is a picture of Akiko and Carrie in Arab Street (Akiko is ~8 months pregnant):

 

Carrie and I then ventured off on our own to the ArtScience center to take in an exhibit of sculptures made completely out of legos.  The artist’s name is Nathan Sawaya and he is known as the “brick artist”. If you’re ever in Singapore, or if this guy’s stuff ever comes to your town, you should definitely check it out.  Here’s just a sample:

 

 

 

 Then we walked over to the Raffles Hotel, which is named after Stamford Raffles, a Brit who worked for the British East India Company and is credited with making Singapore the major port hub that it is today.  There are a lot of things named after Raffles in this City.  Here’s the hotel:

 

We ended the night with dinner at Min Jiang at One North where we had traditional Peking (or Beijing) Duck.  I hadn’t had that since I went to China in business school, it was delicious!  Tomorrow we are off to Bali.

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