A walk on the shore and Chinatown

Kate took Friday off, so we could have a weekday to do some sightseeing. We decided to check out East Coast Park. This park runs along the Southeastern shore of the island. You can see a map here. I think we both expected there to be a little more to look at, but it is just a long green space area along the shore. In the long run, it will be a good find, as there are separate walking/jogging and biking/rollerblading paths. What we had thought would be a nice morning stroll, turned out to be a 4.5 mile walk

The strangest thing we saw this morning was the cable-water skiing place...



The handle and line you hang on to are connected to the cable above. The cable moves through the pulley system and that is what propels you... really funny to watch.

Just beyond the water skiing pond was another hawker stand (yay!) so we had nice lunch of chicken and beef satay before hopping the bus back to the apartment. More pictures can be seen here.

It was still early in the afternoon, so we decided to take a walk though Chinatown. Both Kate and I love going to open air markets, and we found plenty here. Everyone here is gearing up for the Chinese New Year so the markets are really bustling! This year will be the Year of the Ox, (which is Kate's year) so you can find just about anything with an Ox on it.



After a few hours of walking around, it was time to get something to eat and drink, so we took advantage of the happy hour price on the local favorite, Tiger Beer.




The rest of the photos from Chinatown can be seen here.


And for my co-workers... If I do end up moving here, I guess I can just get a job driving this: