Foreign Friends in Singapore

A simple bus journey from Milan train station to Bergamo airport created a friendship between Janan and Heinz, and myself, Janan and Derrick stayed at his house in a neighbourhood near Heidelberg in Germany for a night last year while touring Europe.

Heinz and his wife had a day of stopover in Singapore yesterday and Janan and I brought them to some nice places in Singapore. They were quite jetlagged and climate affected due to the time zone difference and the sudden jump in temperature from around 0 degrees celcius to a hot 30 degrees celcius here. I can understand their temperature woes coz i was complaining how hot Singapore is for 1 whole week after i got back here from Europe.

Anyway, Janan had planned their 1 day itinerary and i was the driver of the day. We fetched them from the airport and unloaded their luggages at my house where they were going to stay for the night. Their first stop was Bukit Timah nature reserve.

Hindhede Quarry

View of the quarry in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

They had a breather back at my place after sweating it out climbing half the hill. We had lunch at a hawker centre in Toa Payoh and proceeded to Little India next. We visited the Sri Veeramakaliamman temple and Mustafa Centre.

Janan and Heinz at Sri Veeramakaliamman temple

Intricate and colourful statues on the temple roof

Heinz and I in front of the main door

A closer look at the door with many bells

Walking around in the older parts of Singapore

We had dinner at Mellben Seafood to eat the famous Mellben Crab Bee Hoon and they enjoyed the meal quite a lot.

Dinner

We then proceeded to Esplanade and City Hall area to let them admire the city nights in Singapore.

Outside Esplanade

Heinz loved this shot I took (and some others below) :)

Esplanade, Singapore Flyer and Singapore River

With Merlion and the skyline of Singapore

Merlion in closer view

Parliament House

St Andrew's Cathedral

The couple enjoyed the night stroll in the city area and were impressed with the cleanliness and the night view. We ended the tour and headed back at 9 pm.

We woke up early the next day to fetch them to the airport.

Farewell group photo

Hope to visit them in Davao in the future.