Singapore...

Is so clean and pretty and efficient-- like Vienna, but nothing like Vienna. Said to be the only shopping mall with a seat at the UN, Singapore can now add Universal Studios Theme Park to its attractions. For us, a walk to the iconic Merlion was more attractive. Raph's dance group was truly honoured here, with the president of Singapore in attendence, they gave a feature-length performance in the beautiful Jubilee Hall Theatre, and gave all the money for the tickets to a local Hindu Temple. Between temple visits and performances, Raph and I managed to squeeze in a harp-accompanied High Tea at Raffles, famed to be one of the best in the world. Singapore directly following India is a pretty drastic, though common, juxtapostion;)

See http://picasaweb.google.com/raphandmichela for pictures