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| A high resolution shot looking up the Singapore River. If you look
closely, you can trace the water and the path I took minutes later on my
river cruise.
| Looking alongside SkyPark toward the shipping harbor. Look closely and
you'll notice something striking.
| A close-up of the striking thing: there's a pool and it goes nearly to
the roof's edge, even with water flowing over the pool's edge.
| The arcade that runs down the middle of the roof. Again, look for the
same striking thing.
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The pool really looks like it's about to fall off the edge.
Incidentally, rooftop pools weight a lot. I'm impressed the roof,
supported by three buildings but with some segments with nothing below,
can hold it.
| Nearby, a hot tub flat against the glass at the edge, looking out at the
sea.
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| Bumboat Ride
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| My bumboat, with the floating stadium in the background.
| My bumboat as I was about to board it, with the helix bridge in the
background.
| The merlion as seen from my bumboat.
| Ditto, this time with another bumboat passing in the foreground.
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| A wider angle shot of the merlion with the historic Fullerton Hotel in
the background.
| One more: look how far it sprays!
| Heading under the first bridge (Anderson Bridge), between tall
buildings, into downtown.
| A mischievous sculpture sculpture. (Incidentally, I thought I
previously photographed it on an earlier trip but I cannot find it now.)
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| Approaching Boat Quay, with Elgin Bridge in the distance.
| Minutes later, looking back at Boat Quay.
| A close-up of some people relaxing at one of the many al fresco
restaurants at Boat Quay.
| A good shot of another bumboat, identical to mine.
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| The Riverwalk Hotel's elevators look like space pods.
| Clarke Quay, its giant shade-fans and colorful storefronts.
| A closer shot of the colorful buildings.
| I'd live in these buildings. Too bad they're a hotel, not an apartment
complex.
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| I like the rows of plants in Riverside Point's covered, open-air
courtyard.
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| Haw Par Villa
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| Haw Par Villa. Don't miss the monk and the tiger.
| The gates. Don't miss the goat and the fanged snake at right.
| A sample shot of the park, simply to show what it feels like to look and
walk around. I don't think this picture conveys the park well, but I
couldn't figure out one that would. The experience is hard to
describe.
| A series of dioramas with scenes from Journey to the West, a book I
haven't yet read.
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| Some dioramas are huge.
| Some dioramas such as this family of pandas seem to be there just for
atmosphere, not to convey any particular message.
| An old man fighting women, while two other women argue, one with a child
on her hip, and yet other women keep the beat. What does it all mean?
| An example of one of the dioramas demonstrating virtues.
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| Its explanation.
| A pornographic version of The Little Mermaid.
| An example of a diorama about a Chinese historical tale.
| Its explanation.
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