1.8.15 - Singapore

A few years ago I had an invitation to come to a go-kart race at Singapore. Yet tno one no talka about F1 or the Marina Bay, two joint projects. But the race was connected because it was one of those side events that serve to put a product in the mindset of consumers.I didn`t come.Since then I wanted to discover this city in the middle of the Indian and Pacific, the New York of the East.Singapore dawn gray, despite the heat and moisture; some raindrops threatened to fall but were by the threat.We left the hotel and after a brief stop at Starbucks - can`t like that - we started around the city.First destination: China Town.Between new skyscrapers, bright, with their metals and glossy glass, with the top names as JP Morgan, UBS, Merrill Lynch, among many others, is the heart of Singapore, the few houses of the city's origins and still they manage to escape to realestate fury.A tight neighborhood with trade and restoration streets, massage centers, Chinese pavilions and Art Deco houses, Buddhist temples, markets with all kinds of mushrooms, fish, insects and the like, dry for medicinal or culinary purposes.I entered a temple and attended a Buddhist ceremony. Out of respect imitated the gestures of others and can`t fail to hear the songs and prayers of the monks, tones of the various bongos and bells, an exotic atmosphere given the gold and the intense smell of incense.Necklaces and bracelets Buddhist sale from $ 150; I'm glad they aren`t a particular material goods religion!I bought an identical, on the street, for $ 8. Not blessed but for an atheist .. "who cares ?!"After China Town we went to Clark Quay, a more tourist area, with many cafes and restaurants by the river. We crossed several bridges and through, Ana dropped the lid of the camera to the river. The Iberian sympathy and perseverance and $ 10 made the cover back on the sidelines.Following Parliament were giving Cavenah Bridge and the Fullerton Hotel, continuing to Marina Bay to see the imposing building - a 'boat on top of three towers "- the lion that symbolizes Singapore and lunch.Speaking about lunch, it was at Pelican: fried fish and clams accompanied by beer. Five times the price of other places and half of flavor.After lunch we head to the Singapore Zoo, near the border with Malaysia. Being the zoo on 64 acres of tropical forest, created the idea is that the animals live freely as they are - many of them - in their natural habitat and barriers are almost invisible.Among crocodiles, rais, otters, flying squirrels, snakes, tigers, lions, leopards, bears, hyenas, giraffes, rats, spiders and scorpions, catfish, turtles and many other species, we made two trips at the zoo. One day, by the river: don`t go, not worth it: a tiny path of 15 minutes that just saw in the distance a giraffe. The best part of the river was the idea - for me and João

- that we were in the middle of the Mekong go get Marlon Brando; then they not missed two helicopters to fly over the area. Robert Duvall would be to get the board ?!At night we can see the animals in a different way. A walk to repeat but with more time ... Because after that was a rush to go to the hotel to shower, dinner in a Japanese - the best meal so far - and fly to the airport in a van out of Pimp My Ride.