Rest in Singapore |
Rest in Singapore is an acquaintance to the surprising country in which in the most freakish image up-to-date skyscrapers and picturesque ethnic quarters have intertwined with small small houses where time, apparently, has stopped; the largest banks, hotels, modern entertaining complexes and ancient индуистские and буддистские temples; brisk streets with magnificent supermarkets and buried in verdure parks.
Singapore — one of the most unusual places on the Earth. Singapore is an island, the river, a city and the state where three cultures have merged: Chinese, Indian and Arabian.
Acquaintance to Singapore should be begun with visiting of colonial city centre. Here it is interesting to examine the Building of the Empress (1865) in which are a museum, art both antiquarian galleries and smart restaurant, ridiculous Padang, Hotel Refflz which constructed in Singapore and has become by a symbol of east luxury, and also a large quantity of impressive churches, such as Sacred Andrey's Cathedral and the Cathedral of the Kind Pastor.
Чайнатаун (the Chinese quarter) is a cultural centre of Singapore with still remained touch of olden time, the numerous temples decorated by terraces. Here the considerable quantity of shops is located: from up-to-date sun glasses selling the international mark, cosmetics, clothes and electronics, to the small local little shops selling colourful traditional porcelain, to a nephrite, umbrellas from a wax paper, wooden figurines, and even spittoons and hookahs.
The Muslim centre of Singapore is traditionally textile centre where it is possible to buy a batic from Indonesia, silk, саронг and every possible jackets. Add to it the flowers, traditional headdresses, every possible baskets, — and you receive only weak representation about those goods which are on sale in this part of a city. A majestic Mosque of the Sultan — the greatest and often visited mosque in Singapore, and Mosque Малабар Муслим Dzhama-at — the most beautiful. Along passing nearby Норт Bridge Роуд is on sale a lot of the Indian meal, and trays with meal on Буссора Стрит create especial atmosphere in darkness during Рамадана.
Small India is modest, but a picturesque part of Singapore. Close standing little shops exciting aromas and music from the Indian films give the chance to you to have a rest from a sparkling modernist style of other part of a city. Located in the south of Серагун Роуд, this that place, where it is possible to go to buy a picture with the image индуистского the god which you always wished to have, try good vegetarian meal and to observe the street cooks cooking food directly on your eyes. Centre Zhudzhiao, also named Center Tekka is the main market, but nearby there is also a set of the interesting little shops trading in spices. The best temples in this area — Вирамакалиаммам, Шри Шриниваза Перумал and the Temple of 1000 fixtures.
In area Orchard Роуд (Fruit road) prevailing constructions are high quality hotels. This place of dwelling of the Singapore elite which fills shopping centres, night institutions, restaurants, bars and every possible vacation spots.
Джуронг the Town to the West from the city centre is huge industrial and a residential zone. Probably, it not the most interesting place for visiting, but here is Country house Хау of Pairs (extremely interesting Chinese park with mythological subjects), park Dzhurong Berd (the Bird's park), the Chinese Garden and the Singapore Center of Opening where all exhibits can be touched.
It is impossible to recognise acquaintance to the country taken place without visiting adjoining to Singapore to island Sentoza. It is island of pleasure and entertainments, island of beautiful parks and sandy beaches. The island Sentoza is connected to Singapore the bulk bridge and a cable car. Here it is interesting to visit a wax museum, a museum of corals, water park «imagination Island», the largest tropical oceanarium in Asia «the Underwater kingdom», show of musical fountains in Garden Plaze. After walk necessarily visit small restaurants for tasting of dishes of a local cuisine. On island Sentoza there is a well-known 37-metre statue of a symbol of Singapore — mythical character Merliona, a being with the fish tail and with a head of a lion.
In village Chandzhi, at east coast already there are no traditional small houses-kampong, but rural atmosphere still remains, and the beach though is not present tropical paradise, but all the same has advantage of absolutely deserted place, especially within working week.
On road to village Chandzhi it is necessary to visit Well-known prison Chandzhi. This complex is still used as prison, but near to the main collars there is chapel Чанджи and a museum in which the exhibits telling about use of a chapel by prisoners of allied armies during the Second World War are stored. Letters and the notes pinned to walls of a chapel, serve as a reminder on this part of the Asian history.
The village Chandzhi is a convenient basic point for a trip on northern island Pulau Убин. On island the set of silent beaches, reigns quiet rural atmosphere here again it is possible to visit small restaurants favourite by all where submit seafood. The island is so small, that it can be gone round on a bicycle. You also can examine fish farms, temples, to admire косовыми palm trees and deserted beaches.
Natural reserve Bukit Тима is the hugest zone of the remained tropical wood. In park freely themselves ferns and wild tropical flowers feel more than 800 kinds of tropical plants, including huge trees. Here it is possible to see длиннохвостых macaques, lemurs, the pythons, very unusual animal дронго and белобрюхого a sea eagle.
The Singapore zoo is considered one of the most beautiful zoos in the world. Here it is possible to look at crocodiles, tropical birds, rare animals who do not hold in cages. The zoo is known for the largest in the world a colony of orangutans.
The Singapore botanical gardens are well-known as the jungle and specially developed zones where it is possible to see set of various kinds of plants. Gardens are well-known also for the herbarium for which the most complicated work on засушиванию orchids has been done, such, for example, as Vanda Miss Dzhoakvim for which Singapore is famous.
