Singapore snaps

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our trip. To see more, please click here.

We had so much fun staying with our friends (thanks guys!). Here are the boys playing soccer in the driveway. D had a blast until he skinned his knee. It was nothing ice cream couldn't cure.

There's some mighty tall bamboo in the front yard...

View of Sentosa from the Luge chairlift (looking over my shoulder on the way up)

This go-kart/toboggan is called the Luge, and it's (reasonably) safe. Drivers have to be able to steer and brake around the turns.
Heading to Sentosa beach
D in Chinatown. ("Well hello there, little boy...")
Hitting the stalls in Chinatown. Check out the pretty shophouses at the far end of the block. The boys are wearing their souvenir shirts that they picked out themselves, and that's my friend distracting them while I shop and snap pictures.
This 'Guardian of the Buddha' statue stands right outside the front entrance...
...of this Buddhist temple in Chinatown known as the Tooth Relic.
Back at the house: these parrot plants are growing in the backyard. Or are they Birds of Paradise? Not sure.
These lovely ladies live under the piano.
This is "First Generation," a bronze sculpture by Singaporean artist Chong Fah Cheong that shows five boys in the buff jumping into the river for a swim. We spotted it during our bumboat cruise. It's next to the Cavenagh Bridge near the Fullerton Hotel.
Me and my kid on a bumboat on the Singapore River.
There's no monkey house at the Singapore Zoo. These orangutans are not in a cage or enclosed in any way, they're just hanging out in their tree house. We passed under them on the way to Cat Country.
The ball pit at the zoo's playground is located in its own pavilion, with a lake view. Glorious!