Travel Virus

Today I explored the area around Bugis, toward arab street and the Gran Sultan Mosque (in the pic). After several months I’m here in singapore, I’m still amazed by the variety of cultures and their still strong distinctive characters that can be found here! It’s wonderful…. especially to see all these religions going well along together!
It’s ramadan and as you see in the picture there was a ramadan bazar, many people, lots of exotic food (including shrimp donuts and maccheroni), mainly ladies with wearing scarves and some talk show from the mosque!
Just behind the sultan Mosque you can find Arab Street, the famous place for buying textiles and silk. Indeed it’s very good, although the shops are a bit all alike. I think i made some good deals… they were also selling silk from Italy and from St. Gallen. St. Gallen???
Not far from the muslim heart of Singapore I stepped into a hindu temple (in the Bugis area) where there was a function for Krishna’s birthday. The temple was full of indians and indian-singaporeans, ladies with beautiful sarees, candles and hindu engaging music… but the most amazing part was to see the chinese-singaporeans stopping by and pray in buddist way in front of the temple!!
Awesome Singapore