Om Mani Padme Hum - Singapore series

Serenity personified

You can make out the places someone travelled just by looking at their fridge door, thanks to invention of magnets. If you want to pick up souvenirs for self or for your friends at budget rates, the place to go is china town. You just need an evening to explore this 6th in the countdown attraction.

Get down at china town MRT and take the pagoda road exit. Above this exit, stands a beautiful garden bridge from which you can see the architectural beauty of the china town. All through Pagoda road there are 3 for $10 shops selling different souvenirs. You can also buy table top decorative here, beware some shops are exuberantly priced.

Once you are at the end of the road, quench yourself with chilled Thailand coconuts. Then take right and you can see the famous Hindu (Mariamman) temple. Keep walking and you would reach Buddha tooth relic temple around the corner. It's the biggest Chinese temple in Singapore (so you can’t miss it) dedicated to Maitreya Buddha.

You would be amazed to see hundreds of Buddha statues, in different forms adorning every nook and corner of the temple. You can pay respects and also get blessed by the monks here. There is also a museum in the same complex which has very interesting Buddha relics and idols. 

The eateries here sell mostly Chinese or international food. If you want to take good Indian food you can book a table in Annalakshmi that resides right at the exit of MRT, in China town complex. In this restaurant you can eat as much as you want and pay as much as you wish. If you are lucky you can catch celebrities who mostly visit here for its ambience and class. Once I saw Rahul Dravid with his whole family having dinner in the very next table. But none of the customers disturbed him.

At 5 is fountain of wealth. This largest fountain in the world is located at Suntec city. I have written about this lovely place in this post. The best way to go here is by cab (nearest is city hall MRT). They have laser shows in the evening and you can even dedicate a song and wish to your loved one, which will be projected on the fountain.

Can you read suntec city?

If you are tired after roaming around, the best thing you can do is go for foot reflexology. Foot massage and fish spa is growing attraction in Singapore. For about 30$ sgd an hour you can have every nerve of your feet attended in a relaxing environment listening to clinky clunky music. Its little tickling at the first time, but the after feel is so damn good. You would feel like floating at every step you take.
More to come...
Srivats
Ps: Ajcl I am yet to learn the watermark thing, would do so in latter posts :)