Singapore - 2 -

Singapore is famous for its food, and we certainly tried as many different sorts as we could while we were there.....

 ...Sophie and Paul rented a barbecue pit at the flats (you have to book on-line) and we had a pleasant evening by the water. This complex is built on the site of an old dry docks, so there are channels of water , linked by bridges here...

We also went with Sophie and Paul to Jumbo's for food including the famous chilli crab - bibs for all of us.....there are several  branches of Jumbos, but this one is at Dempsey's, on the site of the old British military barracks....lovely food....

 ,,,including this fierce looking snapper..

 On Sunday, we went to  the MacRitchie Reservoir which has a nature reserve surrounding it....drought conditions, so the reservoir was well down (it did start to rain once we had left)...turtles and fish to be seen.....

I was intrigued by these clumps of very large bamboo..... 

...but the highlight for me was seeing various troops of long tailed macaques. This species is a commonly used laboratory animal, so it was great to see them in their natural habitat, eating natural foods. Lots of youngsters and mothers....

I do think that primates should be given special rights, they look so intelligent...

Mother and baby macaque....although you are not allowed to feed them now (this was popular in the past) they still attack when they spot bags of food; the girls ahead of us lost a bag of potato snacks which the monkeys enjoyed. However, the bottle of Pokai Sweat could not be chewed open and had to be abandoned...

This is the treetop bridge (built by HSBC) - it gave you a good look down on the tree canopy.....not many birds stirring in mid afternoon....

Rather than retrace our steps, we left by another exit, near a country club, and spotted another troop of monkeys - this one had stolen a piece of bread I think....

....eating the bread.....

Lots of exotic plants including rattans and "elephant ears"...

On the way back to the flat, spotted these buildings which are called the Interweave Buildings I think...builders and architects seem to be more adventurous in  Singapore!!