I never know whether a street I walking down in Singapore is going to be Chinese, Indian or Arab. Little India was all lit up for Deepavali and it seems that all of Singapore was celebrating. I had a wonderful Indian Dinner: paneer tikka, roghan gosht, a mixed fruit lassi and a Carlsberg beer, okay two Carlsberg. After all, I am on Holiday. After dinner, I went to a sweets shop and bought an interesting collection of Indian treats. Gifts to take home and give to my friends and family. I know, right? Indian sweets from Singapore?
 
I was near Desker Road, which are the alleys behind all that constitutes Singapore’s red-light district. Most of the ladies were lazily sitting in the doorways either reading a magazine or talking amongst themselves. There didn’t seem to be that much business going on, but I really didn’t scrutinized that closely. I also ran into some gambling artists. I never thought I’d play the shell game, but after watching it over a dozen times and getting it right every time, I threw down my SGD and ended up some SGD poorer. Silly me. I knew better, I guess I just wanted to give it a whirl.
 
I went back to my hotel room really tired and crashed until late the next morning. I went to Fort Canning, a once military fort on top of course, Fort Canning Hill. It’s not far from the city center. The fort is not in use anymore, but the tombstones, which line the hill, are a reminder of those who founded Singapore. I was pleasantly surprised to find a spice garden surrounding the path going up the hill. The National Museum had some historical dioramas, some interesting exhibits on war, and a small collection of modern paintings of a variety of birds. I found the abundance of school groups too much, so I headed out of there.  It was lunch time so I found  Orchard Road, which is a broad street lined with department stores, and found a restaurant which served the best sushi Singapore is known for. Then I walked back toward the city, managed to take a few wrong turns and ended up walking through Chinatown. I save that little detour for another blog.

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