Singapore

*	A small group of dancers met the Queen Mary 2, despite the fact that we were at yet another container terminal (hover over the detail to see the surrounds).
*	During Rudyard Kipling's time, the rich people travelled by rickshaws pulled by poor people.
*	The rickshaws were replaced by what are called trishaws, which were in use until trains and buses became affordable. Only tourists ride trishaws anymore.
*	The trishaw ride ended at the Raffles Hotel, which is obviously still celebrating colonial rule by dressing the valets in clothing entirely unsuitable for the warm weather.
*	The Raffles Hotel is named after the man who founded the colonial version of Singapore.
*	From Raffles Hotel, we drove to the river and took a ride on a bumboat (I don't know the significance of the name).
*	Singapore shares Hong Kong's problems of insufficient land for the number of people, so the only way to build is up.
	The merlion (lion head, mermaid body) is the mascot of Singapore, which was named after a lion someone thought he saw 500 years ago, now believed to have been a tiger.
	Skyline at dusk: our camera won't take pictures like this, of course. Next stop: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

*Hover over pictures marked with an asterisk to enlarge them.