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Today was a full day tour around Singapore - the one we were meant to go on the other day. It was really good as we had the guide to ouselves as we were the only people on the tour that day. It included breakfast, lunch, a tour of the local wet markets, a Temple visit, Changi Prison, Johore Gun and finished with the Kranji War Cemetery.




The birds are out for their
singing practise.

These are different so they
are kept in a separate area.

Breakfast in the local community.
Garlic paratah and curry dip - beautiful.

Next - a visit to
Brighthill Temple.

The Great Hall - no photos allowed
inside any temples.

The pictures do not do
this place justice.

Lions are
featured everywhere.

A
Shrine.

Decorated walkways connect
all temples and shrines.

The large Buddah overlooks
smaller ones on the lawn.

Flowers were a major
feature here.

Food is also grown here
by the monks.

The gardens and plants
are well tendered.

The ambience and peace
here is serene.

Changi Prison
chapel.

50th Anniversary plaque depicts.
the major events of the war.

Gai in a Changi Prison cell.
Not a nice place to be in.

In the
Chapel.

Churches of
the Captivity.

Looking to
the Alter.

Some of the
different attack routes.

The artists who painted
the Changi Murals.

One
of four.

Two
of four.
Three
of four.

The
Alter.

Four
of four.

Johore Battery comprised of 3
guns, part of 19 in total.

A gun shell and the
lifting mechanism.

Gai in front
of the gun.

Publicity photo of the
Monster Gun from WWII.

Looking across the sea
to Malyasia.

Kranji War
Cemetery.

Showing major troop placements
in the Kranji region .

Entrance from the
car park.

An Alter half way
up the cemetery.

The top Alter is shaped.
like the rear of an aeroplane.

25,000 names of those who
lost their lives adorn the walls.

The tomb of the
Christian President

The tomb of the
Muslim President

The name of the Hotel says it all !.