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Singapore Chinatown Part 3 - The Streets
10 September, 2009Thursday
Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population.
The Chinese are the largest ethnic group in Singapore, composing approximately 75% of the population and so it wasn't surprising to find that Chinatown encompassed a whole host of streets such as Pagoda Street and Trengganu Street, the latter of which was a pedestrian mall, transforming into a night market after dark. We took to the streets to explore...
Below is the overhead from the top floor of the Chinese Heritage Museum.
The top row of this clothes shop featured mini robes and cheongsams.
Street decoration over one of the main roads, a result of the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival I think.
This woman ate her lunch outside, lost in her thoughts.
A not uncommon sight in any Chinatown - a traditional medicine shop.
Exploring up Club Street and Ann Siang Hill, where bars and theatre venues seemed to bring a contemporary cultural touch to the area.
More photos of Singapore Chinatown on Flickr.
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In February 2009, Mark and Linh moved from the UK to the Far East to spend 16 months living in Hong Kong and traveling around East Asia. This website documents their journey.
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East-Asian places visited so far:
Hong Kong (Throughout 09)
Vietnam (March 09)
Tokyo (May 09)
Macau (June 09)
Taiwan (July 09)
South Korea (July 09)
Singapore (September 09)
Malaysia (September 09)
Thailand (December 09)
Cambodia (December 09)
China (April 10)
