Boat Quay and some Historical Stuff

Boat Quay (pronounced Boat Kee) is an excellent strip of restaurants and food stalls along the Singapore river. I have now eaten lunch there twice, both times at this neat little sandwich shop.

A part of Boat Quay

The rear of Boat Quay. These people like their air conditioners

The place where I ate lunch

Strangely enough, the Quay is also right beside the Singapore business district, which, in comparison to something like the Toronto business district, is surprisingly clean and pretty. A certain amount of class is also added by the various sculptures that litter the area.

I don't know what this is supposed to represent, but it scares me.

This is intended to warn visitors about the incredibly muscular pigeons that inhabit Singapore.

This sculpture depicts a few people talking about stuff.

Just across the river is a collection of a bunch of different historical buildings, including the Museum of Asian Civilizations. I didn't really take any pictures, partly because I didn't know if pictures were allowed, and partly because looking at pictures of Museum exhibits isn't terribly interesting. However, the special exhibit was about the Chinese Terracotta Warriors, which are worth reading about if you have some extra time.

In case you're blind, this is the Asian Civilizations Museum

In the same area as the museum was an art gallery of sorts. Aside from housing some rather expensive, fancy restaurants, they displayed a collection of art done by primary school students, as well as a selection of animated LED art.

The art gallery houses a 7m tall, 325kg chandelier

I apologize for my delay in getting this post up, so you can expect another post within the next 36 hours or so.