How nice it is to be in lovely clean Singapore! We stopped over for a couple of nights and went to Sentosa Island, Orchard Road and did the Red Lantern Walk (red light) in Chinatown. Sentosa Island is party island with beaches, resorts and soon to be opened Disneyland and casino. We went up in the Tiger Tower and checked out the museum of Singapore's beginnings. A nice walk along the beach and then back into Chinatown for the Red Lantern Walk. Since we did not actually see any prostitutes (it is illegal to solicit on the street) and since the area we walked through looked very trendy, we have our doubts as to the actual existence of a red light district. Prostitutes and Singapore seem kind of incongruous. However, the talk about the past lives of Chinese male and women settlers was very interesting and it would appear that in the late 1800's, 1/2 the Chinese women were prostitutes (3000) who catered to 20 times as many men. Most were slaves or tricked into this existence and never escaped. Opium dens were abundant.
On a much lighter note. Singapore really knows how to turn on the Christmas lights.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!
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