Saturday, October 24, 2015

October 21 Singapore


Hallelujah! Good Internet! Joan and I spent all morning perusing the results of the election. I spent 2 hours on Elections Canada website checking out every province and all the Montreal ridings. Good work Canadians.
It was 1 PM before we went for a small walk outside. Singapore is currently a high smog zone due to Indonesian companies burning the forest down in Sumatra. With over 1000 fires burning the Indonesians are polluting all of southeast Asia. Both Caroline and Ali walk to work underground to avoid the smoke.
The Sail where Caroline and Ali live
It has been 2 years since we were last in Singapore and the city has changed. My favorite barber is no more. His alleyway ha been replaced by a construction site. The lighting on the Sail (Caroline's apartment building) has been upgraded. They have built a new pedestrian bridge over the river.
October 22 Singapore
Singapore is an island just like Montreal. Like Montreal there are several smaller islands just offshore. We visited one today that was undeveloped and mostly forest and park. We rented bikes to get to the wetlands and then we walked the boardwalk through the wetlands. The island is famous for it's lizards but I never found one. I had to settle for pigs
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