Singapore is an island city-state and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. The site of several ancient port cities and a possession of several empires in its history, Singapore was a Malay fishing village when it was colonised by the United Kingdom in the 19th century. It was further occupied by the Japanese Empire in World War II, and was later part of the merger which formed the Federation of Malaysia. When Singapore acquired independence, having few natural resources, it was sociopolitically volatile and economically undeveloped. Foreign investment and rapid government-led industrialisation has since created an economy which relies on exports of electronics and manufacturing primarily from its port.
We made the typical tourist stops, including the Sri Mariamman Temple. The Sri Mariamman Temple is the largest and oldest (Built in 1843) Hindu temple in Singapore, and is located in South Bridge Road, Chinatown district.
While in the China district we had dinner.
