Welcome to SE Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Hong Kong)

Welcome to SE Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Hong Kong)

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Singapore, Amalgame of Cultures!!!!

While waiting for my flight to Singapore to depart JFK airport, I observed people around. I am amazed by the amount of different cultures there are in this one place: indonesians, europeans, Americans, germans, chinese and indians. Basically, most of the world is represented in this one gate of the airport.
Now being in Singapore, I think my observation at JFK was a preparation to what I would experience in Singapore. Since my arrival there, I have been shocked by the number of non-Singaporean who actually live on this small island. Indians, such a huge population that an area is called Little India. Same for China in Chinatown. Other cultures are malay, europeans (mostly Germans I believe), small community of Japanese, some Vietnamese among other. For this reason, I am even more appreciative of my time in Singapore as I can experience all these different cultures together.
Stay tune for more about the food from all these cultures in an upcoming post!!!

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