We enjoyed a nice breakfast buffet our hotel offered and decided we should head on over to Chinatown for a morning trip. Chinatown is a large area of Singapore with a good amount of shops and stalls through out. The Chinese restaurants and the food markets selling all kinds of food, which we thought for sure could never be digested with our very sensitive American stomachs. We did have some fun bartering with all the local merchants and then walking away as if we got the best price.

One of the more interesting things we came upon, was a store that seemed to be a pharmacy that carried some very unusual items behind glass shelves. Like, dried sea horse, dried chicken feet, and other items that we had no idea what they were. In the back of the store, there appeared to be a medical clinic. They let us observer a man mix up the many elements retrieved from behind the glass cases up front, weight the items, weighing with a precision that was with the utmost care. Then grind the items into a tincture. We were so impressed. We wished we had some ailment, just so we’d get our very own potion.

We continued walking down the streets and we came up to a place where there were shoes lined up along the sidewalk, the shoes continued for 3 blocks! When we came to the end of the shoes, we were standing in front of a temple. The temple was huge, it took up a whole city block. The music wafting through the doors was peaceful and lovely. We peeked inside and saw well over 300 people worshipping in bare feet. We saw many other bare feet people waiting in line in the lobby just to get in the main section of the temple. We were in awe.

It was beginning to get warm, so we decided to catch a taxi and check out the Singapore Flyer. The Singapore Flyer is a very large Ferris Wheel with enclosed capsules. We could see for miles and miles. While in the capsule, we were given a guided tour of Singapore. Our whole day had been on amazing experience after another. I believe we never stopped smiling the whole day. I’m judging this by how tired my mouth is.

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