Day 246, Singapore
Today is the second day of Chinese New Year, the stores and many restaurants are closed, but the museums are open. And the only thing better than a day at the museum, is a free day at the museum. We found this out when we were trying to buy a multiple day museum pass, and now there’s no need.
Certain days are better described by pictures than words. Today was one of those days.
During the morning the girls did some school work and Paul did some business calls.
We first walked along the river to the Asian Civilisation Museum.
First we grabbed a snack in the cafe.
We saw cargo from a shipwreck from the era of the Tang dynasty (618-907). There were over 60,000 pieces of pottery recovered in 1998 from this shipwreck in the Java Sea just southeast of Singapore.
Head of a Bodhisattva, Gandhara, 4th century.
My favorite parts were the examples of Mongol dress, Pejeng-style drum, and the multi-armed figure of Quan Am.
In front of the museum are stones with characters carved in them. When viewed directly from the top one could read what they say, if one could read that language.
We walked over the the National Museum of Singapore. Many of the buildings are so perfect they look as though they are large models of buildings.
This is outside the National Museum of Singapore.
Interestingly, when we at the British Museum in London, there were items Madi had wanted to see which were on tour. Seems we found some of them here in Singapore. But we spent the most time looking at the World Press Photo Singapore Presented by The Straits Times. Many interesting and often disturbing photos.
We walked back to the river marveled at all the city lights and their reflections on the river. We lingered for a long time watching the river boats going back and forth.
We had Indian food for supper, right next to the river.
Then we walked back along the river home.
This is the temple we see from our window.
These are the water lanterns in front of our building.
