Battle Box Singapore

Got up at 5 from the jet lag, and did the planning for the day,
Breakfast wasn't until 8, so I just went for a walk outside until then.

We then went to fort Canning park and wandered around and into the Battle Box, until lunch time, where we went to Lau pa sat, But when we got there we arrived at peak hours when all the office workers …

... bomb proof underground command centre, which consists of a network of war tunnels which were used during WW II, and for the Battle of Singapore. That evening we went to Little India. Little India is a world away from Singapore, and feels more like Delhi ...

... here and there to see what there is to see! On our first day we took the bus across to Sentosa Island, now when I visited Singapore back in 1999 I adored Sentosa Island and told Matt all about it, so off we went intending to spend the whole day. What ...

... to the floor !!! Being the nice guy that I am, I dragged her out and we made our way down to the old Battle Box. It was the only bunker in Singapore and was used during the 2nd WW. No photos were allowed, but as this is Asia, everyone was shooting, so I ...

... river again from a different perspective. Then we headed to Fort Canning Park again to visit the Battle box which is the bunker where the decision to surrender Singapore to the Japs was made. We were given a guided tour with little earphones and looked ...

... , we had to make the 1hr train journey to Singapore as we had pre-booked accommodation. Sun 8th We spend 10 hours watching animals @ Singapore Zoo adn the Night Zoo... as the pics show we got a bit snap happy seeing especially animals we'd not seen ...

... through the bunker complex there. Wasn't too bad, the moving mannequins going through the discussion that led to the decision to surrender Singapore to the Japanese were a bit strange but fairly well done. More than I could say for the guide, he gets the ...

... on Smiths Rd in central Chinatown. It isn't flash but it is central. After ditching our gear we walked to central Singapore, visited Raffles Hotel (was OK), many fountains, mauls, and interesting buildings. We then decided to visit the Battle Box. This ...

... we do dinner outings and such all together in the evenings/weekends.  The parents have gone to Har Paw Villa, taken the Singapore boat taxis, gone to the museums/temples, tried the sandwich ice cream from the street vendors (one of them tried to ...

... they prepared to surrender to the Japanese forces. At the second museum, they provided more information about occupied Singapore. It is however, extremely difficult to describe accurately just how terribly the local population (particularly Chinese) ...

... Drive, where there are a cluster of beautiful old colonial buildings including the City Hall, the Supreme Court building, the Singapore Cricket Club (the Jewel of Padang), the Victoria Theatre and the Arts House (the original Parliament House). The ...