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Family reunion.

There we would spend the remaining two days having a family reunion with Shirley’s Mom, sister, brother, and sister-in-law plus their kids. The highlights of those two days were of course the family time (short enough to be free of the usual family downsides such as bickering), meeting Stephane for some beers (unfortunately we ran out of time to meet David), and the food (especially the fruits). I’m largely biased against large cities – spending time in most feels wasteful to me – and Singapore was no different. Glass and steel – high tech and low charm. Bad beer with a worse price. Two surveillance cameras per citizen and machine gun sporting soldiers at the airport. On the upside, excellent public transportation made our lives easier especially with such a large group of people and a nice if slightly sterile Chinatown.

Photos

Welcome to Singapore.

Family reunion in Singapore (June 2014).

Singapore with the family (June 2014).

The family enjoying some excellent durian fruit in Singapore. For those unfamiliar with the fruit, it’s considered a controlled substance and is strictly forbidden from hotels, enclosed public places and (most definitely) airliners…the shit is however delicious.

Durian – pre-peeled for your eating comfort (June 2014).

The Singapore Flyer (June 2014).

The family aboard a Singapore Flyer gondola (June 2014).

More views from the Singapore Flyer (June 2014).

Views from the Singapore Flyer (June 2014).

Singapore – views from near the apex of the Flyer (June 2014).

The Singapore Flyer (June 2014).

Singapore Promenade (June 2014).

Family boarding a water taxi in Singapore (June 2014).

Singapore.

Mangos in Singapore (June 2014).

Singapore.

Neil Road in Singapore (June 2014).

Sri Mariamman Temple in Singapore (June 2014).

A fresco in Sri Mariamman Temple (June 2014).

Buddhist Temple (Buddha Tooth Relic Temple) on the edges of Chinatown in Singapore (June 2014).

Entering the Buddhist Temple (June 2014).

Singapore Chinatown (June 2014).

A meat jerky (beef & pork) in Singapore’s Chinatown (June 2014).

A four meter long King Cobra specimen. This one was in a cage in Singapore zoo. Had we visited this before our jungle outings in Malaysia, I’m not sure I would’ve been hiking so peacefully (June 2014).

The barbaric side of Singapore (June 2014).

Dragon fruit with bird nest bits (the gelatinous stuff). Haven’t had it as desert before (only in soup).

Singapore’s Chinatown. Click photo for some fun (June 2014).

Sunrise and moonset over the north Pacific on the way home (June 2014).

A good reunion with my folks back in Oregon…here we are enjoying one of the projects they completed during our absence: pressure washing & staining the patio furniture…we should do this more often!

Go to Malaysia.