Local scene - Kluang

An old car still in use.

Classic Mercedes-Benz

Classic Mercedes-Benz in front of a local shophouse in Kluang.

Kluang - Street corner

A red car by a blue shop house. Nice combination. 

Abandoned rail cars - details

Abandoned railway cars

Beside Kluang station, a few railway cars that have clearly been abandoned to rust on unused tracks.

Kluang train station

Waiting area and sign.

Clearly the sign was never updated as express trains do stop at Kluang station. At least I well wish so as the ticket I am holding is to board an express train... It did stop, and for at least 10 minutes!

Kluang RailCoffee

An old coffee shop within the train station of Kluang, which serves local coffee and breakfast, consisting of eggs and kaya on buttered toasts.

Kluang KTM train station

 Kluang can be reached by train from Singapore. The ride last 2 1/4 hours through Johor Bahru and palm plantations. 

Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Glass Temple - Johor Bahru

Deities in a temple were all walls and ceiling are made of glass tiles.

Shop gates along the Old Street - Johor Bahru

Old Street - Johor Bahru

The charm of the old streets. 

Duck rice and hairdresser - Johor Bahru

A huge featherless cooked duck marks a take-away restaurant, located just beside a hairdresser.

Reflection - Johor Bahru

Image of modern Johor Bahru. 

Johor Strait - Johor Bahru

The Johor Strait as viewed from the Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque in Johor Bahru. The strait defines the border between Singapore and Malaysia.

Sultan Ibrahim Building - Johor Bahru

Bangunan Sultan Ibrahim is the former state secretariat building of Johor. Its construction was completed in 1940 and was supposed to hold the British colonial government.

Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque - Johor Bahru

The mosque was built between 1892 and 1900 under the direction of Sultan Abu Bakar. His anglophile sentiments are clearly visible in the colonial English Victorian architecture of the building, with the minarets designed in the form of British 19th century clock towers.

Bridge over the Marina

Keppel Bay Vista bridge by the Marina at Keppel Bay. Interestingly, I was not allowed to take pictures of the boat at anchorage with the Reflection @ Keppel Bay in the backgound as a self important security guard stopped me and informed me that "pictures with DSLR are not allowed for security reasons". In my mind I thought that I should go back, use a quality point and shoot, stitch up a high resolution panorama out of 20 images and post it on the net... While we had planned to have a meal at the Marina, we changed our plan as we were clearly not welcomed.

Rock the tree

Bukit Batok Nature Park.

Little Guilin - Singapore

Little Guilin at dusk.

Haw Par Villa - Singapore

Representation of the Goddess of Mercy. Evening lights.

Haw Par Villa - Singapore

A theme park depicting scenes from the Chinese mythology, Haw Par Villa was originally built in 1937 by the Aw brothers, inventors and manufacturers of the well known Tiger Balm. The park has since gone through good and bad days. Some areas are now derelict and closed to visitors.

Pu Ehr cha - A taste of China

Pu-ehr tea is a fermented tea produced in the Chinese province of Yunnan. It is usually compressed and shaped into cakes or discs and aged. Pictured above is a tea set from Chengdu used to brew pu-ehr bought in a specialist shop in Chinatown / Singapore.

Singapore Turf Club

 

Selected images from a race.

Urbanscape around Universal Studio

Around Universal Studio - Sentosa Island.

Aiming for the sky

Cannon at Fort Siloso.

Follow the light

Another way out of the tunnel.

Follow the light

The path out of the tunnel.

The National Library

Another shot at the interesting architecture of the National Library of Singapore. The "wings" structures (left) are engineered to block direct sun and yet let light and breeze pass through. A method to keep the building cool in quasi equatorial climate. 

The Fort Gate

The Fort Gate, from an unusual angle. Fort Canning Park, Singapore.

Container port of Singapore

View of the Singapore container port from the Skywalk of the Pinnacle@Duxton.

Armenian Church of Singapore

The Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator is the first Christian church built in Singapore in 1835. 

The vaulted ceiling and cupola are based on traditional Armenian Church architecture.

Within the quiet tropical garden surrounding the church lie tomb markings of Armenians who died in Singapore.  The tombstones were transported here in the early 1970’s from the Bukit Timah Cemetery.

Chinese Garden - Singapore

The two little pagodas and the setting fun fighting to pierce through heavy clouds.  We could hear the thunder and observe flashes of lightning. Altough the rain did not show.

The interior staircase of the tall pagoda.

Singapore National Library

Reflections at the Singapore National Library.

Raffles City

A strong sun projects sharp shadows on the shopping centre walls.

The Supreme Court Building

The Star War styled new Supreme Court building of Singapore.

Garden by the Bay (2)

After a brief shower, the lens of the camera could be pointed up before the sky turned too dark.

Garden by the Bay (1)

These metal trees come to life at night with their lighting constantly changing.

The lowering of the flag

As the sun set, the Singapore flag is lowered on board the stealth frigate RSS "Intrepid". Is that a dragon in the sky?