Re: Some Holiday Snaps - Thailand & Singapore
Originally Posted by
Mr Magoo
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Bruce
I really enjoyed your pictures of Singapore. I was there from January 1954 to May 1955 in the Army during my National Service days. Apart from the plants the place looked nothing like that then. It was nothing like the modern city and with no hint of the the buzz that you have displayed.
I have never walked so far in one day I don't think. Singapore people are all go, go, go. I was shown round by a Malaysian ex pat who lives and works in Singapore, it was all I could do to keep up. Left Jahor Bahru at 6.30am arrived back at 11pm. What a day!
Such a modern go ahead place but with a lot of the old Chinese virtues still intact. Quite incredible but very expensive compared to Malaysia (though still cheaper than OZ).
Crossing the causeway into Singapore we must have been passed by a few thousand people rushing on their way to work in Singapore as we went through immigration and customs each end. No wonder the Japanese had no trouble invading you wouldn't have even noticed them in the rush.