Singapore 2

       

Sunday 12^th February

The tour that I went on today, was described as not being suitable for people with limited mobility, so Fred decided to stay on board.  We started by going to Arab street, and visited the biggest Asian Mosque-   as I was wearing shorts, I was given a long blue gown to wear,  so I could enter the mosque.   Inside preparations were taking place for a wedding, and the mother of the bride invited me to have my photo taken with a lovely bride( see photo).  We then went tp. Shangi prison, a sobering experience.   It was moving to see the many messages that had been left by relatives of the people who had been captive in the POW camp.  Some of the original murals were still on display, and a couple of the chapels had been reconstructed.  As when I visited   the German camps, , it struck me again how mankind can display such inhuman behaviour towards other people, and how the atrocities that had taken place inside these camps, had happened a relative short time ago.

We finished by visiting a shopping centre where Singapore people  do their everyday shopping with a lot of very enticing Thai food on display.

The boat left Singapore in a thunderstorm with hot rain falling down;  apparently this is typical Singapore weather.  The next 2 days we can relax and get to know some of the new people that came on board for the 2^nd leg of the voyage

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