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Bhutan
Singapore + Malacca, April 2024
Bangladesh
Singapore
Malacca
Singapore - the Battlebox
The British command bunker during the Japanese invasion.
Down into the bunker
Air defence control
The command staff
Surrender
Malaysia - Malacca
A day trip from Singapore to Malacca, an old Portuguese, then Dutch, then British trading port.
Proclamation of Independence Monument
"Sultan's Palace" reimagined
A Famosa Gate, from Portuguese Fort
Shell of St Paul's church
Hazy view to Strait of Malacca
Dutch Square
Duch Stadhuys, from the 1650s
Side view of Stadhuys
19th c Clock Tower
Queen Victoria Fountain
Built to commemorate Diamond Jubilee
Diamond Jubilee Plaque
Waterfront view to Dutch Square
Gratuitous "Dutch" windmill and cows
Kampung Kling Mosque
With a very SE Asian style
Cheng Hoon Teng Temple
Replica of
Flor de la Mar
, a Portuguese ship of 1502
River cruise
The so-called “Floating Mosque”, by the sea.
Bhutan
Bangladesh