More random fyotos

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Catterpillar on Uncle Gab's plant. Still trying to ID it. Very exciting. It's about the size of my index finger!!!


Morning glory - yes, that's what they're REALLY called. Because they open only in the mornings and wilt in the afternoon. No childish sniggering please.


Trishaw in Chinatown taking a break. These are taken by tourists and sometimes squads of them can be seen galavanting around the CBD in the heat of the day.


Shopping street in Chinatown. All the shops have generous fronts here that are connected by shady walkways - which serve two purposes - to provide shade and shelter from the rain/sun and to cause accidents to unsusspecting pedestrians. We were once forced to buy a lantern at an extoritinate price because Prema fell into a display and upset the owner.


No, this is not a movie still from the lastest Ghost in the Hsell cartoon, but the Bhudda Tooth Temple in Chinatown. It has been built at the cost of over $60 million to house Bhudda's tooth. The tooth is about 7 cm long and is thought to come from Bhudda - most prpbably in his water buffalo incarnation. If you think the outside's impressive you should see the inside. Gilded statues, ceilings and alcoves.


The lantern display for the mooncake festival which has been ptiched at a vacan football field. Usually used for things like Funderland in Ireland, these lots double as cultural showcases during festival months - which is every month in Singapore. I had initally thought that they were to be burnt for the ghosts, but they're really giant lanterns that you can walk up to and into as well, if you wanted to.

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